Code of Conduct in Relation to Match Officials
Mandatory for all Levels within Rotherham Rugby
Introduction.
This Code of Conduct is designed to ensure that all match officials attending Rotherham Rugby Club are treated to a positive experience both on and off the field of play. Match officials are in short supply and without them the club cannot function, and we need to ensure that they are treated with the respect they deserve and the common decency that anyone visiting the club should receive. Officials give up their time to ensure that players can play the game, they do it for the love and enjoyment of the sport and we must remember this in our dealings with them.
As a club we value exceptionally highly our reputation and will take whatever action is necessary
against individuals or teams that damage this reputation.
Prior to the Game and After the Game for Team Managers, Coaches and Captains
- Ensure that you know who your referee is and that you have made contact to introduce
yourself.
- Find out if they are male or female and ensure changing facilities are allocated accordingly.
- Allocate one person to be their liaison throughout the time they are at the club and make sure
that the official knows who this person is.
4.Show the official where they need to be to change and which pitch they are officiating on.
(Think about what they do with their valuables during the game).
- Most referees will bring a drinks bottle make sure they know where to fill it up.
- Explain the process of where to go after the game and how to get a meal and a drink, (make
sure you order and provide them with a meal ticket and a drink after the game).
- Engage with them in the bar afterwards as they will be genuinely interested in discussing how
the game went, there is nothing worse as an official than being ignored after the game and
remember they may be officiating next week!
- Make sure that the liaison offers them their expenses, it is embarrassing for officials to have
to chase after teams to pay them their expenses and it should be done as a matter of course.
On the field of Play
No one should need to be told how to treat an official during the course of a game it should be
ingrained within the core values of the club and the game. As a reminder of the games core values TREDS
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