RFU trials ref-cam this weekend

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Continue Find out more ]]> /**/ Accessibility links Skip to content Skip to local navigation Accessibility Help bbc.co.uk navigation News Sport Weather Travel Future TV Radio More… Search term: Rugby Union $render("advert","advert-sponsor-section"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); Home Football Formula 1 Cricket Rugby U Rugby L Tennis Golf Sports Personality More Sports American Football Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowls Boxing Canoeing Cycling Darts Disability Sport Diving Equestrian Fencing Gaelic Games Gymnastics Handball Hockey Horse Racing Ice Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon MotoGP Netball Olympics Rowing Sailing Shooting Snooker Squash Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Winter Sports Wrestling Results Fixtures Tables Live Scores All Teams English Premiership Bath Exeter Gloucester Harlequins Leicester London Irish London Wasps London Welsh Northampton Sale Saracens Worcester Pro12 League Cardiff Blues Connacht Edinburgh Glasgow Leinster Munster NG Dragons Ospreys Scarlets Ulster $render("advert","advert-leaderboard"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); $render("advert","advert-mpu-early"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); 19 December 2012 Last updated at 17:02 GMT Share this page print RFU to trial ref-cam in Championship fixture   The Rugby Football Union is trialling a "ref-cam" during the televised Championship game between Newcastle Falcons and London Scottish on Sunday. Match official Matt Carley will have a camera attached to his shirt to show close-ups of on-the-field action. Newcastle players' thoughts Fly-half Joel Hodgson: "I can't see it distracting the boys' mind process much, we're very focused here. "It'll be fun and games for the viewers but it won't disrupt us too much. "You'll have to tell the boys in the front row to watch themselves." Hooker Rob Vickers: "It's an interesting one. If I was a viewer would I want to see and hear it? It might be nice to get an insight into what's going on. "As a player it's our job to make sure it doesn't distract us. We're all aware it's going on. "With all technology it has to move on and evolve and if that's how they think it's going to be let's give it a go." "It offers a new perspective for viewers," said head of professional referee development Ed Morrison. "It will also provide us with an additional tool which can be utilised within the development of referees." Referees at televised matches are already connected to microphones which keep the dialogue between players and officials open to all. Likewise, in both union and league codes of rugby, cameras are located in dressing rooms to give viewers an insight behind the scenes, but this is the closest the sport has come to bringing an insight at pitch level. "I don't know whether I like it. They're bringing all these things in to improve the viewers' experience. It's going to be something different," Newcastle Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards told BBC Newcastle. "It's something we have to be mindful of. It's a high-pressure game with a few thousand people here. "When you get so close to the action it's a different experience to at a distance. I'm nervous about it." The game will be shown live on Sky Sports 3 at 15:00 GMT on Sunday.   Also related to this story Newcastle 31-15 Plymouth 01 Dec 2012 Rugby Union Richards wants Falcons intensity 13 Sep 2012 Rugby Union Richards wants more from Falcons 03 Sep 2012 Rugby Union $render("page-see-also","ID"); Share this story Share this page print $render("advert","advert-sponsor-module","page-bookmark-links"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); $render("advert","advert-google-adsense"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); (function(){ gloader.load( ["glow", "1", "glow.net"], { async: true, onLoad: function(glow) { glow.ready(function() { commentsParams = { version : '2.0.24', bbc_id_env : 'id.bbc.co.uk', base_non_secure_url : 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/modules/comments/', base_secure_url : 'https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/modules/comments/', ajax_load_url : 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/modules/comments/index/getcomments/', ajax_preview_url : 'https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/modules/comments/index/preview/', user_auth_url : 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/modules/comments/getauth/', translations_url : 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/modules/comments/getjstranslations/', items_per_page : 20, sort_order : 'Descending', sort_by : 'Created', filter : 'none', current_page : 1, page_count : 1, comment_count : 6, site_name : 'sportcommentsmodule', forum_id : '__CPS_20787300', title : 'RFU to trial ref-cam in Championship fixture', preset : 'opinion', parent_uri : 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/20787300', postFreq : 0, character_limit : 400, loc : 'en-GB', timezone : 'Europe/London', policy_uri : 'comment', allow_not_signed_in_commenting : '', rtl : false, textarea_height : '16px' ,logged_in : false }; glow.net.loadScript("http://static.bbci.co.uk/modules/comments/2.0.24/javascript/comments.js", { useCache : true }); }); } } ); })(); Comments Sign in with your BBC iD, or Register to comment and rate comments All posts are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules.   All posts are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules Jump to comments pagination   All Comments 6 Order by: Latest First Highest Rated Lowest Rated rate this 0 rate this 0 Comment number 6. john wales 14 Minutes ago Next game for camera is against Fuji with rugby commentator Richo Shea Report this comment (Comment number 6) Link to this (Comment number 6) rate this 0 rate this 0 Comment number 5. ConsettRFC Smithy 30 Minutes ago I think that it is a good idea using the ref cam, because the referee will be able to see things that he wouldn't have done if it wasn't for the camera. I play Rugby as my username suggests, and I think that with the camera it is also a lot fairer. Report this comment (Comment number 5) Link to this (Comment number 5) rate this 0 rate this 0 Comment number 4. Anglophone 46 Minutes ago Interesting...but I doubt that it will add much as it's a fixed camera on the ref's shirt...not what he's actually looking at! Maybe at least we'll see how hard it is!Perhaps they should fit a camera on the back of the ref's head so that the viewer can see the defending side encroaching offside and all the other shenanigans that goes on behind his back.A good Christmas theme...IT'S BEHIND YOU! Report this comment (Comment number 4) Link to this (Comment number 4) rate this 0 rate this 0 Comment number 3. woutster 1 Hour ago sky sports 3 at 3pm Report this comment (Comment number 3) Link to this (Comment number 3) rate this 0 rate this 0 Comment number 2. mikey 1 Hour ago oh great that's exactly what rugby needs, more pressure for the ref to blow his whistle, there's enough stoppage already thank you. Report this comment (Comment number 2) Link to this (Comment number 2)   Comments 5 of 6 Show more   Add your comment Sign in with your BBC iD, or Register to comment and rate comments All posts are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules.

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