Face-to-face courses and accreditations

World Rugby works in conjunction with our Regional Associations and member unions to deliver a needs-based, blended learning portfolio of online learning and face-to-face attendance/accreditation courses. Our aim is to enable our member unions to become self-sustainable in the delivery of the entry/mid-level courses, whilst our higher level courses are delivered on a regional basis. Some of our larger member unions choose to deliver their own suite of Training and Education courses, so please check with your union to find out what training courses are available in the first instance. World Rugby’s face-to-face courses and accreditations are delivered by our network of over 2000 Licenced Trainers and Educators. This network delivers our courses on behalf of, and on the approval of, both their member unions and World Rugby. They are trained, quality assured, and licenced by World Rugby to do so. The full list of courses delivered is available below, along with the online pre-requsites which participants must complete before attending a course.

Match Day Staff

The courses in this strand are run on an invite only basis.

Match Commissioner.

3-4-day, competency-based accreditation course to prepare the learner to act as a Match Commissioner at high level competitions.

Mandatory Online Pre-requisites (Must be completed to achieve accreditation):

Recommended Modules (Useful additional reading, not mandatory):

Citing Commissioner.

Full day, competency-based accreditation course to prepares the learner to act as a Citing Commissioner at high level competitions.

Mandatory Online Pre-requisites (Must be completed to achieve accreditation):

Recommended Modules (Useful additional reading, not mandatory):

Judicial Officer

2-3-day, competency-based accreditation course to prepare the leaner to be part of the judicial process at high level competitions.

Mandatory Online Pre-requisites (Must be completed to achieve accreditation):

Recommended Modules (Useful additional reading, not mandatory):

Tournament Manager.

3-4-day, competency-based accreditation course to prepare the learner to act as a Multi-match event Manager for various formats of the game at Union or Regional Level.