Dagens match mellan Sverige och Lettland var inte bara historisk för Sverige som nu kvalat upp till European Nations Cup 1B för första gången, utan även för sidlinjedomarna. Det var första gången någonsin som en ENC-match haft kvinnliga sidlinjedomare. Claire Hodnett från England och Barbara Guastini från Italien fick äran att döma landskampen. De kommer båda agera huvuddomare under morgondagens European Women's Cup-finaler.
This and last weekend saw a number of new and old referees in action on training matches on grass pitches in Uppsala, Stockholm, Lund and Göteborg.
Last weekend a Level 1 and Level 2 course were delivered in Stockholm by the SRF's team of iRB Educators Richard Hopkins and Julian Bevan. A snow storm arriving in Stockholm nearly destroyed all plans but alternative arrangements were made on the morning of the course and all materials were delivered during the courses.
The Håckes cup 2012 was held on the weekend of the 2-4th March 2012. Here is a link to the report on this on the FIRA website.
An extract from an article on Planet Rugby's referee site.
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3943_7534990,00.html
A short report from a referee's perspective from Jacob Bäverstam who joined the U18s on their training tour to Cork, Ireland.
De första domarutbildningarna under 2012 finns nu upplagda online. Level 1 and 2 (del 1) kurser, hålls i Stockholm i april.
In what is hopefully the first of many off season matches for Swedish referees, Julian Bevan took part in his first game in the Bundesliga in Germany, refereeing RK03 Berlin vs Heidelberger RK in Berlin.