About Us

The Royal Navy Rugby Union Referees (RNRUR) is an integral part of the Royal Navy Rugby Union and the UK Armed Forces Rugby Referees Federation. The society exists to manage and develop match officials in the Royal Navy, by appointing the right officials to the right games. Many of our officials have had significant success in civilian as well as Service rugby, with our members having experience officiating across all levels of the community game up to and including the Premiership, URC, and EPCR Challenge Cup.

The society offers the RNRU advice on all refereeing matters through the Society Chairperson, in their role as Assistant Director of Rugby (Referees). The Society is available to support all RN representative sides or unit teams that may wish to utilise the services of a referee in the training / coaching environment. In conjunction with the RNRU's Rugby Development Officer and Director of Rugby, the Society also gives a refereeing input on all development initiatives.

Like most organisations the RNRUR is indebted to its membership, who freely volunteer their time to officiate service rugby and provide the environment to support refereeing and allow it to thrive within the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RNRUR is also indebted to the support provided by the RNRU, RFU through its refereeing department and of course its sponsor QinetiQ.

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