Referee Signals
Referee signals are an important communication tool. Only those few
players close to you will hear clearly the decisions made by most
referee's. The use of signals allows players, coaches and spectators to
understand the rulings made by the referee.
Signals have been grouped into signals for general play and penalty
signals. These are noted as follows:
Signals for General Play
- Start of play
- Five touches
completed
- Six touches
completed
- Half-time and
full-time
- Touch count
restarts, Six to go
- Lost control of ball
- Incorrect rollball
- Try
- Dummy half caught in
possession
Signals for Penalties
- The penalty sequence
- Forward pass
- Over the mark
- Touch pass
- No-freeze rule
- No touch, voluntary
rollball
- Defender in the ruck
or obstruction
Most signals are designed to be made at chest height or above to be
within an area of eye contact that will catch the attention of everyone.
Each signal is depicted in photographs in the following pages. Signals
should also be made at a deliberate pace, not too fast as to be missed and
should also appear fluent.
The signals depicted are the main signals used during the game, however
it is not an exhaustive list, there are many others. Senior referees should
be only too willing to demonstrate any of these signals.
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