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Australia's Andrew Cole receiving his World Rugby 2021 Referee Award
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Australia’s Andrew Cole receives 2021 World Rugby Referee Award at World Rugby Awards

06/12/2021 Ref Comments Off on Australia’s Andrew Cole receives 2021 World Rugby Referee Award at World Rugby Awards

Former test referee, Andrew Cole from Australia, receives 2021 Rugby Referee Award at the World Rugby Awards […]

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South Africa Rugby confirm 2022 referee, AR and TMO panels

03/12/2021 Ref Comments Off on South Africa Rugby confirm 2022 referee, AR and TMO panels

SA Rugby have confirmed their match official panels for 2022, […]

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Romain Poite to retire from international refereeing

05/11/2021 Ref Comments Off on Romain Poite to retire from international refereeing

His 72nd Test on Saturday, Scotland v Australia will be Romain Poite’s final rugby international before retiring. […]

Tony Spreadbury - new Head of Match Officials, EPCR
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Tony Spreadbury to leave RFU to join EPCR as Head of Match Officials

15/10/2021 Ref Comments Off on Tony Spreadbury to leave RFU to join EPCR as Head of Match Officials

Tony Spreadbury to join EPCR in December as Head of Match Officials. […]

Hollie Davidson, Scottish referee who will make her Pro14 debut in Glasgow on 13 February
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Hollie Davidson to make Pro14 referee debut

10/02/2021 Ref Comments Off on Hollie Davidson to make Pro14 referee debut

Scotland’s Hollie Davidson is to make her referee debut in the Pro14 as Glasgow host Benetton on Saturday at Scotstoun. […]

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Joël Jutge returns to World Rugby as Head of Match Officials

17/11/2020 Ref Comments Off on Joël Jutge returns to World Rugby as Head of Match Officials

Frenchman, Joël Jutge is to rejoin World Rugby in January as Head of Match Officials. […]

Appointments

Owens century as World Rugby announces autumn international referee appointments

24/09/2020 Ref Comments Off on Owens century as World Rugby announces autumn international referee appointments

Nigel Owens to get 100th international as referees, ARs & TMOs announced for autumn international rugby matches […]

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Amy Perrett to make Super Rugby referee debut

27/08/2020 Ref Comments Off on Amy Perrett to make Super Rugby referee debut

Amy Perrett becomes first female referee of a Super Rugby match this weekend. She will oversee the Brumbies against the Force in round nine of the Super Rugby Australia competition. […]

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Kaplan and Pollock to lead referee development for Major League Rugby

06/08/2020 Ref 1

New roles for former international referees Jonathan Kaplan and Chris Pollock. […]

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Alain Rolland to step down as World Rugby referee chief

14/07/2020 Ref 1

Alain Rolland, Head of 15s High Performance Match Officials to step down at end of the month. […]

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