Quickbeam - Last year there was snow on the ground!

England deserved their win but France "turned up" at least! The Tuilagi try was definately offside bet hey ho the referee missed it and the replays are providing the "experts" with something to talk about.

Wales and Italy wasn't exactly a showpiece event either - I heard one commentator remarking on the crowd pre-match stating something like " Look at the happy Welsh, Last game Paris, this week Italy and Scotland next week, no wonder they look overjoyed ...." What weather though. A bit like Dublin when England squeezed a win!

Aitchbee - At this level neither have I and I'm a Referee and an RFU Referee Trainer! There is a definate difference in interpretation at top level and a certain tolerance that the elite referees have to offences as well as certain accepted protocols with the players.

If you want to learn more have a look here RFU Link to The Game In the navigation bar start with the Basics and if you want the full Laws it's also there. (I was once told when I started refereeing that the last thing I needed was a Law Book though - in isolation it's a dangerous thing! There is a danger that a referee could be blowing his whistle all afternoon if he applied every law rigidly. I can think of over 20 offences at the scrum alone!)

Have a look here and in the bottom right hand box there are links to iRB training videos. The Scrum sequence is not current - there are now only 3 stages but the rest are pretty accurate.

If you want some more links to training videos drop another post.

Thanks Taff ... will have a close look at your link, later. I have never been to a rugby game, but will know what to look out for, when I do.