Match officials point and catch sight of back (8)
I believe the answer is:
referees
'match officials' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'point and catch sight of back' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'refer' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'catch sight of' becomes 'see' (to catch sight of something is to see it).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'see' back-to-front is 'ees'.
'refer'+'ees'='REFEREES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for referees that I've seen before include "Sports officials" , "Officials to ensure fair play" , "Officials ensuring fair play" , "Match officials" , "Umpires" .)