Match Facts 101 For Clubs
The New England Rugby Referee Society has moved from Who’s the Ref to Match Facts (MF) as our assignment platform.
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Each club and conference has an established account, and NERRS pre-loaded the primary contact from last season (2022-2023) in the system for each account. The primary contact can log into Match Facts and follow the rest of the process.
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If you're working with NERRS for the first time or your old primary contact is no longer associated with the club/conference, please contact Amelia Luciano at president@nerugbyrefs.org to request establishing/updating of the account's contacts.
Officer Responsibilities and Instructions
Primary contacts must ensure the following procedures are done for their club.
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1. Update Contacts
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Anyone who has the role “Membership Officer” can add others and can assign them roles.
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Login to Match Facts. Go to the “Organization” view by clicking in the top left of the page (as opposed to your personal section).
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Go to MEMBERS
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Click “Add member”.
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Enter name and email - Your new member then will get an email to complete their registration.
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WHAT WE DON'T NEED:
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Date of birth
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Gender
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Postal address​​ for every member
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Club Treasurer's contact information that includes:
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Email address
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Phone number
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The club's correct postal address for BILLING
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Club President's contact information that includes:
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Email address
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Phone number​
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At this point, members with the "Membership Secretary" role can assign the new member roles.​
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Members can have more than 1 role
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A single role can be assigned to multiple people
e.g. both the Treasurer and the President might want the “Treasurer” role so they both get invoices.
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Please clear out any members who are no longer involved in your club’s administration.
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FOR CONFERENCES ONLY
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You also need to update your contact list with a name and email address for the following three roles:
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Leader (president, commissioner, czar, whatever your conference calls it)
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Treasurer
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Chair of Disciplinary Committee
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2. Enter your playing venue (or venues)
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In the Organization section, go to GROUNDS
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Put in your field’s name and address. This needs to be able to generate a close enough location for GPS.
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For venues with multiple fields (e.g. Fort Adams or Union Point) use the option to “add fields”.
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If you don't, the system will only accept one game per time slot (causing problems at places like Moakley Park).
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Inform Amelia Luciano that you have done the above, and she will enable your team to input fixtures.
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3. Enter Requests
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Go to MATCHES, and click the little arrow at the right side of the “add new match” button.
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Select game or tournament
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INDIVIDUAL GAMES
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Select your competition (Club Men or Liberty or Colonial Coast Women or etc.)
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Select division
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Select round (2024)
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Select field
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Enter time/date/opponent details
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TOURNAMENTS
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Select your competition (Club Men or Liberty or Colonial Coast Women or etc.)
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Select division
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Select round (2024)
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Select field
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Enter time/date/opponent details
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Update the Notes section with the following information
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# of Matches per day
1 referee can cover up to 6 matches of 7s
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# of teams
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Type of match: 7s or 15s or 10s
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Turf or Grass & # of Fields
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PROOFREAD DETAILS. You are responsible for the accuracy of your entries.
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Hit “save”
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Your games will show on our schedule as “pending”, until approved by the Society.
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Teams that have unpaid bills will remain pending until cleared by our treasurer.
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If your game(s) don’t change from pending to future in 48 hours, please contact Amelia Luciano.
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4. Communicate with assigned referee(s)
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When an assignment is made, team's contact(s) will receive an assignment email; Save for your records.
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The referee assignment from Match Fact includes:
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Details you entered about the match
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Referee's contact information​​
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Once notified of an assignment, CONTACT THE REFEREE(S) DIRECTLY:
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Confirm the match details.
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Exchange phone numbers so in the event of changes or a cancellation you can communicate effectively.​
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User Guides for Match Facts
For detailed information concerning capabilities please review the PDFs linked below.
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