Yesterday I got my first gold star since primary school - except this one was given to me by Prince William at Windsor Castle, not Mrs Banfield at Bream CofE. What an honour. The kids have already hidden it!

Popped for a beer and look who I ran into!

Not a conventional Rugby World Cup for me, this one. But memorable for a variety of reasons!

There’s never a consensus on refereeing decisions in rugby. This is why I welcome the news that officials can now reduce their consequences with the new 20 minute red card trial. My full thoughts in today’s Telegraph Rugby

Great company at England Rugby v Wallabies on the weekend. And Martin Bayfield is definitely following me..

Whether you see it as bending the rules or simply using their box of tricks to gain sporting advantage, you can be sure the Springboks will entertain us all at the Allianz against England Rugby on Saturday.

How good was the atmosphere at Twickenham during the Autumn Nations Series? Here I explain why the new laws played their part.

The opening Guinness Men's Six Nations weekend was relatively controversy-free. So let’s try and just enjoy the rugby instead of searching for debatable infringements (while we can).

A famously brutal match; and much easier to analyse from my retiree’s armchair!

My old refereeing friend David Plews has been given 2-3 yrs to live. He might get longer with access to a new trial drug, except it’s not available in his area. Please help me to help him by adding your name to this petition to make it available 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7295…

To give the Lions refs the best chance of success, they need to be allowed to work together regularly. My thoughts on one of the match officials’ biggest challenges ahead of the tests in today’s Telegraph Rugby

My guide to the Lions test officials ahead of this weekend. Three good friends, and three top class refs.

I reckon this might be useful for anyone watching the British & Irish Lions game: passport.world.rugby/laws-of-the-ga…‘

My take on the ending of the second British & Irish Lions test and why I think the refs got it right 👇