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The power of one an autoethnographic journey of a rugby union referee

The power of one an autoethnographic journey of a rugby union referee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal the experiences the author encountered during one of his rugby union refereeing seasons.Designmethodologyapproach When the author assumed the role of a senior referee in a local community rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia, he started collating his matches in the form of a diary. His lived experiences, as recorded in the diary, were the sole source of data for this inquiry. The data collected were over a 12month period 2010.Findings This study provides a descriptive analysis of the author's weekend and, on occasion, week daynight match experiences in rugby union as a referee and the challenges of fairness and subjectivity encountered.Originalityvalue The paper identifies challenges of maintaining a viable and competitive local rugby union competition free from violence amidst a growing trend in declining player numbers and skill levels at the local community rugby union level. It is envisaged that the findings may benefit competition administrators in designing and facilitating better ways to cater for the diverse playing abilities of local rugby union players in an increasingly competitive sport market who are looking for ways to participate in teambased sports. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Qualitative Research Journal Emerald Publishing

The power of one an autoethnographic journey of a rugby union referee

Baldwin, Christopher Francis
Qualitative Research Journal , Volume 13 (2): 9 – Jul 19, 2013
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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1443-9883
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10.1108/QRJ-02-2013-0008
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal the experiences the author encountered during one of his rugby union refereeing seasons.Designmethodologyapproach When the author assumed the role of a senior referee in a local community rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia, he started collating his matches in the form of a diary. His lived experiences, as recorded in the diary, were the sole source of data for this inquiry. The data collected were over a 12month period 2010.Findings This study provides a descriptive analysis of the author's weekend and, on occasion, week daynight match experiences in rugby union as a referee and the challenges of fairness and subjectivity encountered.Originalityvalue The paper identifies challenges of maintaining a viable and competitive local rugby union competition free from violence amidst a growing trend in declining player numbers and skill levels at the local community rugby union level. It is envisaged that the findings may benefit competition administrators in designing and facilitating better ways to cater for the diverse playing abilities of local rugby union players in an increasingly competitive sport market who are looking for ways to participate in teambased sports.

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Qualitative Research Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 19, 2013

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