This blog post is your one-stop shop for understanding how referreeing with ITRA works! When is it on? Tag rugby is played in the evenings during the week, so refs will need evening availability. Each game of tag is 40 minutes long. For referees, this is known as a "round". Each venue will have between two and four "rounds" each night. One referee will ref all "rounds" on the pitch they are assigned by the VM (Venue Manager). ITRA runs leagues in multiple venues, Monday-Thursday, twelve...

The Irish Tag Rugby Association is delighted to welcome Connor McComb, Henry Start and Seamus Owens to the refereeing team! Connor, Henry and Seamus have joined the reffing team through ITRA's new Player Ref initiative, and they are also taking advantage of ITRA's long-standing initiative where referee earnings can be put towards Tag Rugby World Cup costs. With a World Cup in Australia in October of this year, this initiative is mutually beneficial for players and for ITRA. Player Refs are...

ITRA are excited to announce a new initiative aimed at encouraging more player refs of all levels. Player Refs are often some of the quickest to ascend through the pathway due to their advanced knowledge of the laws and understanding of the game, so we love to see players putting themselves forward to ref! Not only are player-refs usually quite high standard, in high-demand venues and especially on busy summer nights, player refs can prove invaluable to keep everything running in the face of...