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Sione Ake Mokofisi

Sione Ake Mokofisi is serving his second term as president of the Utah Rugby Football Union, and an active member of the Utah Rugby Referee Society. He lives in Salt Lake City and works in the travel industry, but aspires to improve his free-lance writing/photojournalism work into a fulltime career. You may reach Sione at sionemokofisi@officiating.com..

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The Unpredictable Ruck — Constantly forming, growing, or collapsing
Critical Referee Positioning Studied — Part II — Without a strategy, you'd be running in circles
Critical Referee Positioning Studied — Part I — If you can't see the ball grounded for a try, you're out of position
MIA Officials Ruin USA 2007 Rugby World Cup Big Chance
Instant Replay: No Longer the "Savior" — Part I — Rugby's honeymoon with TMOs shortlived
Referee Positioning Studied — Part III — Are TMOs making refs "endangered species"?
Rugby in the Super Bowl? — One-dimensional offense, boring and predicatable
Officiating Women's Rugby is Best Job — Part I — Men ruggers are from Jupiter, women are from Earth
Law Review: More Americanization Proposals Needed — Part II — Not a zebra, but zebra-like efficiency
Law Review: Change Proposals Need More Americanization — Part I — Not a zebra, but zebra-like efficiency
Law Review: Changes will not Alter the Game — Part VII — Distinguished features stay the same
Law Review: Test Rugby 2004 Season — Part VI — Tri Nations final wrapup...
Law Review: Test Rugby 2004 Season — Part V — Pat O'Brien criticized in Tri-Nations clincher
Law Review: Test Rugby 2004 Season — Part IV — The Americanization of rugby: good or bad?
Law Review: Test Match Season 2004 — Part III — Line-outs resemble gridiron scrimmage lines
Law Review: Test Rugby 2004 Season — Part II — Game control v. commercialization
Test Rugby Season Kickoff - Law Review — Professionalism requires modern-day changes
Test Rugby Season Kicks Off: Law Reviews — Part I — U.S. Eagles still erratic
Mark Wheeler Interview — Part V — Competition needed to elevate American game
Mark Wheeler Interview — Part IV — U.S. referees toil in isolation
Mark Wheeler — Part III — U.S. referees isolated in world rugby
Mark Wheeler — Part II — U.S. referees isolated in world rugby
Mark Wheeler — Part I — U.S. referees isolated in world rugby
Stats of the Union — Part III — Possession is 9/10s...
Stats of the Union — Part II — Ball hogging
Stats of the Union — Part I — More tries
IRB Committee Interprets the Laws — Part V — Front-row replacements
IRB Committee Interprets the Laws — Part IV — Maul tackling, line-outs
IRB Committee Interprets the Laws — Part III — Tackling mauls
IRB Committee Interprets the Laws — Part II — Law 3: number of players
IRB Committee Interprets the Laws — Part I — Potpourri
World Cup 2003 Laws Review — Part IV — Keeping the line-out straight
World Cup 2003 Laws Review — Part III — Referees' behavior, security scrutinized
World Cup 2003 Laws Review — Part II — The rolling maul
World Cup 2003 Laws Review — Part I — Knock-on and scrummage
U.S. World Cup Foes Out For Blood — Part III — No miracles for Eagles
U.S. World Cup Foes Out for Blood — Part II — Referees and Eagles selections
U.S. World Cup Foes Out for Blood — Part I — Eagles Will Need Miracles
Perfecting the Tackling Calls: Law 14/15 — Part II — When should the ref award a penalty-try?
Perfecting the Tackling Calls: Law 14/15 — Part I — Exciting rugby results from a clean "tackle area"
Law 10: Foul Play — Part III — Referee manages game better while in control
Law 10: Foul Play — Part II — Dangerous play and misconduct
Law 10: Foul Play — Part I — Repeat offenders: Sin Bin or the bench
Start a Referee Society From Chaos — Part V — Society and league must work together
Start a Referee Society from Chaos — Part IV — Enemies Gathered at the Gates
Start a Referee Society from Chaos — Part III — Organizing from the ground up
Start a Referee Society from Chaos — Part II — Searching for answers to stop the violence
Start a Referee Society from Chaos — Part I — Our culture wants law and order
Andrew Cole, International Rugby Referee — Part II — Australian evaluates American Rugby
Andrew Cole, International Rugby Referee — Part I — It's a great profession, and he likes every minute of it
Major Changes (the Guillotine?) Needed in Collegiate Rugby — Part II — Courting NCAA compared to soliciting IRS
American Collegiate Rugby Championship for Sale — Not all colleges are created equal
U.S. Women's Rugby... Now Second Rate — After dominating three World Cups...
2003 World Cup, 2008 Olympics -- U.S. Participation in Jeopardy — Losses in S. America force a wait-and-see status for U.S. Eagles
Assaults on Rugby Refs — Officials face threats with 30 tired, angry players
U.S. Defeats Chile 35-22 in World Cup Qualifier — Eagles Dodge Bullet to Stay Alive
Americans Should Learn Good Sportsmanship From Rugby
Officiating Rugby: A Dream Job For Anyone

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