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In Ireland, being of little imagination, we always called the ref 'Ref'. Go figure!
Went to play in Oz in the 90s and everyone called them Sir.
Now as a ref I get called Sir a lot but still a little Ref!! For some guys they don't like to be called Sir but I don't know why.
I say either is fine but you can't go wrong with Ref 
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| Referees are always 'Sir' or 'Miss/Mam' as the case may be. I find as a coach/player it never hurts to introduce yourself to 'sir' at the start of the game, and shake hands and sy thankyou after the game. They do remember this next time! There is also the funny phenomenon whereby spectators also refer to the ref as 'sir', as in "aaaw c'mon sir that's Bull****" or "Are you*&^%ing blind, sir".
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I started playing properly in the Army & it was alway's Sir', When I played for civvie teams in Scotland it was Sir' there as well, It's respectful & confers the authority of the players to the Ref as the sole point of authority on the pitch, speak out of turn at your cost!! The respect this shows to the man/woman in charge feeds back to the kids coming through, & ensures the respect given to the Referee by the senior players is carried through the whole club, It is a lesson in manners that some kiss ball players would do well to heed to!!!!
Props rule!!!!!
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Some four years ago I was the national coach to India. I was asked to go to a city call Pune, ( Poonah in the old money ). My brief was to introduce rugby to 60 girls of various ages up to 17. There were a large number of parents there, one of the main reasons they were allowing their children to take part was the fact that the game teaches respect for officials. It is interesting to note that they were also impressed with the respect shown to opponents, team mates and themselves. Another factor was the lack of swearing. All this I was told by the guy organising the session. As a result of that small seed and some very hard work by the guys concerned, Pune now provide at least 75% of the national ladies squad. All because of the way we conduct ourselves.
No this far from a silly question. At present I am Head Coach at Antwerp. Here we have a mixture of French and Flemish speaking referees. I am not sure what the procedure is, to be safe I call them, " Referee Sir ". Maybe this is overkill.
For those souls who do not really mean what they say to the referee, here is an anecdote that may hit the spot.
Whilst in the army, I was watching a Company Sergeant Major from the Grenadier Guards addressing an Officer Cadet who had incurred his wrath on the drill square. The conversation went something like this.
" You call me sir, I call you sir, but we know who really means it, don't we sir "
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