For Referees

WRU Digital Transformation

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) is proud to announce the re-launch of MyWRU, a pioneering platform dedicated to enhancing and supporting community rugby across Wales. As we kick off the new year, MyWRU will roll out a suite of innovative features designed to streamline club and game management, foster player development, and enhance fan engagement, replacing 16-year-old software with new modern engineering.

MyWRU is a pivotal platform to the community game, but in recent years development has stalled due to a rise in costs. We’re now pleased to say that the WRU has redeveloped the system in-house, giving our community game more ownership of the platform, and for us to be able to develop features at a much quicker pace.

We want MyWRU to be a system that better supports the community game, reduces the administration hours of our volunteers, and brings value to individuals and clubs.

However, this does mean change, but we will be here to support you through it.

The new platform

The new MyWRU platform will launch in the first few weeks of January.

When the system launches, you will see that the look and feel of MyWRU has improved significantly. From January onwards, more features and functions will be introduced as we continuously improve the system. We ask for your patience and feedback throughout the new year as clubs get to grips with the new system.

MyWRU will continue to be accessible via mywru.co.uk AND the new web address my.wru.wales. We will also introduce a Welsh web address.

What this means for Referees

Registration

As you are already a registered Referee, you DO NOT have to register again once the new system is launched. Your registration will continue to be valid until the end of the season.

Allocation to games

The Referees department will continue to inform you of the fixtures you are allocated to officate ahead of time as per the current procedure.

Referee expenses

There is no change to the way referees submit their expenses.

The Ref App

The Ref App will be temporarily unavailable during the first few months of 2025. This means there will be some changes to the way you accept team sheets, submit results and complete discipline reports:

Teamsheets

There will be no change to the way clubs submit team sheets for their fixtures. HOWEVER, team managers must show you their submitted team sheets via their team sheet app or paper (depending on the competition) ahead of kick off.

Submitting Results

Temporarily, results will be submitted via an online form which will be made available to you prior to every match you referee (depending on the competition). Please use this to submit the results for the game that you are refereeing.

Submitting Discipline Reports

Temporarily, red card reports will be submitted via the red card discipline forms which will be made available to you prior to every match you referee (depending on the competition). Please use this to submit red card reports for the game that you are refereeing.

Support & communication

We will provide you with a supplementary help document to answer all your questions and send out further information regarding the changes in the coming weeks. Please refer to these in the first instance if you are having any issues.

In addition, please contact digitalanddata@wru.waleswith any technical queries you have.