"Mzomba. Amongst other games, Rogers was referee in the following: Rogers was the referee for the match between the Junior Springboks & The British & Irish Lions at the Boland Stadium on 17 June 1997. In recognition of Rogers' achievements in rugby refereeing, his ""alma mater"" now awards the """"Ian Rogers Trophy for the Most Competent Rugby Referee"""". Ian Rogers (rugby referee) Ian Rogers (born 9 July 1957 in Harding, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) was an international rugby union referee from South Africa. Before becoming a full-time referee, Rogers attended Maritzburg College – the same high school as fellow international rugby"
"Alain Rolland Alain Colm Pierre Rolland (born 22 August 1966) is a former Ireland rugby union international and rugby union referee. He also played for Leinster . He refereed the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was an assistant referee in the final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In September 2013 he announced his intention to retire from refereeing at the end of the 2013/14 season. During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for . He started the match on 27 October 1990 against , and gained further caps as a replacement against"
"the ground. Wales ultimately loss the semi-final to France, 9-8. On 22 February 2014, Rolland refereed his last International match as Wales defeated France 27-6 in the 2014 Six Nations Championship at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. He is scheduled to referee his last major European contest on 24 May 2014 in the Heineken Cup final at the Millennium Stadium. Rolland is a member of the Leinster Branch of Referees. In March 2016 Alain was appointed as World Rugby's 'High Performance 15s Match Officials' Manager', having previously worked as a mortgage broker in Dublin. Alain Rolland Alain Colm Pierre Rolland"
"in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 caps for Leinster, and played club rugby for Blackrock College. He also played 11 times for English club Moseley during the 1996/97 season. Rolland retired as a player at the start of the professional era and began refereeing, with his first Test appointment coming on 19 September 2001 when beat 81-9 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. He made his Six Nations refereeing debut six months later, when France beat Scotland 22-10 at Murrayfield, with his first Tri-Nations match following in July 2003, with ’s record 52-16 defeat of . Rolland refereed"
"52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In January 2014, FIFA included Wilmar Roldán in its refereeing team for the World Cup. He was the head referee in the Group A match between Mexico and Cameroon. In April 2017, Roldán was selected as a referee for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. He was selected to officiate the tournament's opening game between the host nation Russia and New Zealand. In June 2018, Roldán was selected to referee England vs Tunisia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Wilmar Roldán Wilmar Alexander Roldán Pérez (;"
"Thierry Alibert Thierry Alibert is a professional rugby league referee. Alibert is a full-time professional referee, under jurisdiction from the Rugby Football League, and currently takes charge of Super League games, as well as selected Challenge Cup and international games as one of the Rugby Football League's Full Time Match Officials. Alibert got his opportunity to step up to full-time professionalism with the return of the referee Ashley Klein to his native Australia. He has refereed in two Rugby League World Cup group matches, in 2000 and 2008. He was put forward as a neutral referee for the Four Nations"
"O'Brien publicly apologized to New Zealand with regards to the refereeing performance of Stuart Dickinson during an international match against Italy. He subsequently issued a public apology to both Dickinson and the Australian Rugby Union for his breach of IRB protocol in making his comments public rather than going through official channels for commenting on referee performance. During the 2011 Rugby World Cup O'Brien publicly defended referee Alain Rolland's decision to issue Captain Sam Warburton a straight red card during their semi final match against France stating ""Alain Rolland's decision to issue a red card was absolutely correct in law"
"to leave his Welsh rugby role and left him close to suicidal. The depression continued until 2009. Norling credits his wife, Mair, and BBC reporter Phil Steele for helping him recover. Clive Norling Clive Norling (born April 1950) is a former Welsh international rugby union referee. Norling is one of the world's most experienced referees, having officiated in a then-record 35 international tests prior to his retirement in 1992, including a quarter final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup. In 1998, he took over from Ken Rowlands as the Welsh Director of Refereeing, a post he held until 2003. After"
"Steve Walsh (rugby referee) Steve Walsh (born 28 March 1972) is a retired professional rugby union referee from New Zealand. He officiated at international level from 1998 to 2014, and at three Rugby World Cups, including refereeing the semi-final between South Africa and Argentina in 2007. Walsh became the most experienced Super Rugby referee in 2014, passing Jonathan Kaplan's record before retiring from the game in 2015. Steve Reid Walsh was born in Cambridge, New Zealand and attended Glenfield College and the Kristin School in Auckland. He played junior provincial representative rugby until a spinal injury and subsequent medical check"
"season. Walsh has a tattoo on his left inner forearm which reads 'He who controls himself, controls the game'. During the 2011 Rugby World Cup this tattoo was covered by a flesh-coloured plaster. Steve Walsh (rugby referee) Steve Walsh (born 28 March 1972) is a retired professional rugby union referee from New Zealand. He officiated at international level from 1998 to 2014, and at three Rugby World Cups, including refereeing the semi-final between South Africa and Argentina in 2007. Walsh became the most experienced Super Rugby referee in 2014, passing Jonathan Kaplan's record before retiring from the game in 2015."
"referee at European Rugby Champions Cup/Heineken Cup level with 80 appointments, overtaking Alain Rolland. He also officiated at that season's final between Clermont and Toulon, before refereeing the 2015 Pro12 Grand Final. The 2015 Pro12 final was his third time refereeing the Pro12 final, having refereed the 2011 and 2014 Pro12 Grand Final. Owens was on the 12-man referee panel for the 2015 Rugby World Cup where he was appointed to three pool stage matches, including the France v Ireland clash at the Millennium Stadium, which was the first time Owens refereed an international match at the Welsh home stadium."
"Romain Poite Romain Poite (born September 14, 1975) is a French rugby union international referee. He made his World Cup debut as an assistant referee in 2007 during the match between Ireland and Namibia. He also officiated (as touch judge or television match official) during three games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship. He refereed his first Six Nations match in 2010. Poite was appointed to the 10-man elite referees panel for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where he refereed four matches. He was also appointed to referee the third and deciding Test of the 2013 British and Irish Lions"
"match between England and Australia on 31 October 2009. However, the Australian Rugby League stated their desire for a more experienced referee, and the match was officiated upon by England's Steve Ganson. 2000 2008 Thierry has refereed: Thierry Alibert Thierry Alibert is a professional rugby league referee. Alibert is a full-time professional referee, under jurisdiction from the Rugby Football League, and currently takes charge of Super League games, as well as selected Challenge Cup and international games as one of the Rugby Football League's Full Time Match Officials. Alibert got his opportunity to step up to full-time professionalism with the"
"In addition to taking charge of test matches, Brace has also served as a touch judge/assistant referee in both the Six Nations Championship and the Rugby Championship. Andrew Brace Andrew Brace is a former Belgian rugby union international and current rugby union referee who represents the Irish Rugby Football Union. Brace has refereed matches in the Pro14, the European Rugby Challenge Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Brace refereed the 2014–15 British and Irish Cup final and the 2015–16 All-Ireland League final. In 2017 he began refereeing test matches. Brace is originally from Cardiff, Wales. At the age of"
"was selected as a match official for the 2016 Summer Olympics. James Bolabiu James Bolabiu (born May 25, 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian international rugby union referee and Fiji's most experienced referee. He was an assistant referee at the 2008 Tri Nations Series matches between and in Sydney and Auckland. He also officiated at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship held in Wales. After officiating at the 2008 Tri Nations Series, Bolabiu had a two-month stint in South Africa in the Currie Cup First Division competition. He was the first Fijian referee to officiate at the IRB Sevens"
"for the Bronze Final between South Africa vs Argentina on 30 October 2015. Chris Pollock Chris Pollock is a retired Rugby Union referee who represented the New Zealand Rugby Union. In 2008, he was part of the IRB's touch judge panel. He made his international referee debut in 2005, when he refereed Niue vs Tahiti, while his first IRB appointment was in 2006, taking charge of Hong Kong vs Japan. He was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup referee panel, where he was assistant referee in 6 matches. After refereeing the match between Ireland and Scotland in the 2012"
"Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union) Jonathan Isaac Kaplan (born 7 November 1966 in Durban, South Africa), is a former international rugby union referee who used to hold the record for the most international matches as referee. He announced his retirement on 26 October 2013 and took charge of the 2013 Currie Cup Final between and the as his final domestic league match as referee. His final test match as a referee was on 16 November 2013 when he took charge of the Namibia v Kenya match in the final fixture of the 2013 Namibian Tri-Nations in Windhoek. Kaplan was born in"
"still playing, being currently Técnico U-18 head coach. He also started an international referee career, first at a youth level, in 2002, and at the senior level, in 2006. His first international match took place in Monaco, at 11 October 2008, between Monaco and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In December 2012 he was named as part of the 18-man referee team for Super Rugby 2013. His debut was on 1 March 2013 when the Waratahs played the Melbourne Rebels. Rohan Hoffmann Peter D'Rohan Hoffmann (born 14 January 1972) is an Australian-Portuguese rugby union referee and former international player for Portugal. He played as"
"Ian Rogers (rugby referee) Ian Rogers (born 9 July 1957 in Harding, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) was an international rugby union referee from South Africa. Before becoming a full-time referee, Rogers attended Maritzburg College – the same high school as fellow international rugby referee Craig Joubert. As one of South Africa's foremost referees of his time, Rogers represented his country as referee at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Rogers refereed a total of 10 international test matches during his career from 1993 to 1998. He is the 8th-most capped international rugby referee from South Africa, along with Freek Burger and Louis"
"appearance at Test match level during the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests, where he officiated the Italy vs. Tonga match. Greg Garner Greg Garner (born 26 June 1980) is an international rugby union referee who represents the Rugby Football Union. He began officiating in 2000 at local rugby clubs in Coventry before joining the elite referee development at the RFU in 2008, and was part of the touch judge team in the 2008–09 English Premiership. In 2010, Garner was part of the IRB referee panel for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy - refereeing 4 fixtures, before refereeing"
"Keith Rowlands Keith Alun Rowlands (7 February 1936 – 18 November 2006), was a Welsh international lock rugby union player, later administrator who was the first chief executive officer of the International Rugby Board. Rowlands was born in Brithdir, Bridgend, the son of a Glamorgan Constabulary Police Inspector. After attending Cowbridge Grammar School, on his father's transfer to Aberdare, Rowlands entered the second year at Aberdare Boys' Grammar School and went on to captain both the rugby (1953–54) and cricket teams (1954 and 1955). He won a Welsh Secondary School Cap in 1955, playing against England at Cardiff. He graduated"
"Roland Black Roland Black (born 22 July 1971) is an Irish cricket umpire. He was added to ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel in 2016. On 14 July 2016 he stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Ireland and Afghanistan. He was initially appointed to stand in the match between the two sides on 10 July, but the match was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled. On 5 September 2016 he stood in his first Twenty20 International match, between Ireland and Hong Kong. On 30 May 2017, he was one of the two on-field"
"Watson proved to be valid. André Watson André Jacobus Watson (born 24 April 1958) is a South African former rugby union referee. He officiated a record number of finals in the Rugby World Cup (two), the Currie Cup (seven) and Super Rugby (five). Watson was born in Germiston, Transvaal and attended school at Maria van Riebeeck Primary and Goudrif High School. He later attended Stellenbosch University and the University of the Witwatersrand before working as an engineer. As a youth Watson played representative rugby for Transvaal Schools XV. While studying at university he played for Stellenbosch University and the University"
"tour against Australia; the Lions won and Poite was commended for rewarding the dominant scrum. He was later excluded for a few months from the IRB panel for giving an incorrect yellow card during the 2013 Rugby Championship. Poite famously told the England rugby team ""I'm a referee, not a coach"", during the 2017 Six Nations Championship match versus Italy. Poite was appointed referee for the third and deciding British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand (game ended in a 15-15 draw, leaving the three match series tied 1-1). Romain Poite Romain Poite (born September 14, 1975) is a"
"Clive Norling Clive Norling (born April 1950) is a former Welsh international rugby union referee. Norling is one of the world's most experienced referees, having officiated in a then-record 35 international tests prior to his retirement in 1992, including a quarter final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup. In 1998, he took over from Ken Rowlands as the Welsh Director of Refereeing, a post he held until 2003. After retiring from refereeing, Norling completed a Masters Degree in business and taught at the Swansea Institute of Higher Education, before succumbing in 2002 to a crippling clinical depression, which forced him"
"2017. Matthew Carley Matthew Carley (born 21 December 1984) is an English rugby union referee representing the Rugby Football Union. He is a regular referee in the English Premiership and has refereed games at European level. Carley started refereeing at the age of 16, taking charge of Aylesford 3rds v Maidstone 4ths. In September 2004 he was first person to be offered a RFU refereeing scholarship at the University of Gloucestershire, which ran alongside his sports science degree. After graduating, he returned home and joined the RFU's South East Group of referees ahead of the 2008-09 season. In 2010, Carley"
"Wilmar Roldán Wilmar Alexander Roldán Pérez (; born 24 January 1980 in Remedios, Antioquia) is a Colombian football referee. He was ranked the World's 7th Best Referee of 2015 by the IFFHS. He has been a referee in the domestic league since 2003 and became a FIFA International in 2008. He was selected for his maiden Copa América tournament in 2011, where he officiated in two group matches and the third-place match between Venezuela and Peru. Roldán has also officiated at the 2012 Olympic tournament and 2014 World Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Roldán to its list of"
"clash with any of the teams during a game. Some officials also have their own sponsorships, for other equipment such as boots. The current members of the elite panel are referees highly regarded by World Rugby and their referee selectors. Four of the referees come from South Africa, the most from any country. England, France, Ireland and New Zealand each have three. Australia has two and Wales has one. The current panel are in alphabetical order, not ranking wise. South Africa's Craig Joubert refereed the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final in New Zealand. The referee selectors and coaches are each"
"Rhiwbina RFC, the Welsh Academicals and the Welsh Deaf Rugby Association. He was also President of the Cwmbach Male Voice Choir. Rowlands collapsed at his home in Cardiff and died at lunchtime on 18 November 2006, less than 24 hours after watching Wales beat Canada 61–26 at the Millennium Stadium. Keith Rowlands Keith Alun Rowlands (7 February 1936 – 18 November 2006), was a Welsh international lock rugby union player, later administrator who was the first chief executive officer of the International Rugby Board. Rowlands was born in Brithdir, Bridgend, the son of a Glamorgan Constabulary Police Inspector. After attending"
"on performance from previous matches and selection for neutrality. Referees came from seven different nationalities and three of them made their Rugby World Cup debut. The touch judges came from 10 different countries. Tony Spreadbury of England officiated the opening game between France and Argentina at the Stade de France and Irishman Alain Rolland refereed the final. The competition was contested over 44 days between 20 different nations, over 48 fixtures. The tournament began on 7 September at the Stade de France with a match between the host nation, France, and Argentina. The tournament culminated at the same venue on"
"Andrew Lees (rugby union) Andrew Lees (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian professional rugby union referee. He has been a member of the Super Rugby referees panel from the 2012 season and onwards. Lees took up refereeing in 1996, and combined this with playing throughout university. By 2001 he was refereeing senior rugby in Sydney and he was selected on the ARU referees panel in 2008. Lees made his international debut in 2008 on the IRB Sevens World Series circuit and refereed in several Cup Finals as well as at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens. Lees was"
"He eventually started to referee at the highest level, refereeing at the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cup. Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket) David Alan Lewis (born 1 June 1964 in Cork, Ireland) is a former Irish cricketer and rugby union referee. He is also an occasional media commentator on Irish cricket. His father, Ian, and daughters, Robyn and Gaby, have also played cricket for Ireland, A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 121 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1984 and 1997, including eight first-class matches against Scotland and 23 List A matches. He"
"Marco Antonio Rodríguez Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born 10 November 1973 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican football referee. An international referee since 2000, Rodríguez has been selected for three FIFA World Cups. In the 2006 tournament in Germany, he refereed the England vs Paraguay match and the Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro match, where he sent off Cyril Domoraud and Albert Nađ. In the 2010 tournament in South Africa, Rodríguez was match referee for the first group match between Australia and Germany, where he gave a straight red card to Australian striker Tim Cahill. He also sent"