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Retired props to referee international scrums

Submitted on Sunday 22nd October 2023

Rejected on Monday 30th October 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Retired props to referee international scrums

Petition Details

The British Government to lobby World Rugby to require a retired international prop (>30 caps) to be added to as an additional match official.

The retired prop would saunter onto the pitch when scrums are formed and act as a specialist scrum referee

Additional Information

I want the government to prevent any more egregious referring errors such as those witnessed five times on Saturday 21 October at the Rugby World Cup


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about rugby officiation are a matter for World Rugby, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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