The World Rugby Referee Award (previously called IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service) honours referees with a distinguished long-term service to...

The World Rugby Awards are given out annually by World Rugby (until November 2014, known as the International Rugby Board), the worldwide governing body...

international rugby union referee, who retired in December 2020 after a 17-year career. He previously held the world record for the most test matches refereed and...

The World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year is awarded by World Rugby each year. It was first awarded in 2004. The award is based in large part on the player’s...

World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised...

appointed to World Rugby's Match Official Selection Committee, a position he held until 2015. In December 2021, he received the World Rugby Referee Award in recognition...

2023 Rugby World Cup (French: Coupe du monde de rugby 2023) was the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national rugby union...

form of the game. When the game of rugby union was developed at Rugby school, there were no official rugby referees. It was not until many years later...

selected to referee at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. During the 2018 World Rugby Awards, Angus Gardner received the "World Rugby Referee of the Year" award. "Refs...

an Irish rugby union referee. Clancy refereed at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups. He has also refereed in the Pro14, the European Rugby Champions...

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...

is a former international rugby union referee who used to hold the record for the most international matches as referee. He announced his retirement...

a rugby union referee from New Zealand. He currently referees at domestic, Super Rugby and test match level. O'Keeffe became a professional referee for...

BBC Sport, Talksport and Love Sport Radio. He qualified as a Rugby Football Union referee in 2010. Moore was born to single mother Rina Kirk in Birmingham...

The RLIF Awards are the Rugby League International Federation's annual major international sporting award for rugby league. Since 2004 the awards ceremony...

RugbyRugby.com. (2008). History of the referee in rugby. Retrieved April 5, 2010, from http://guide.rugbyrugby.com/Rugby%20Sections/History/Referee.asp...

retired Scottish Rugby Union Referee who refereed 42 major international matches and was a touch judge in a further 75. He also refereed 7 women's internationals...

began refereeing as a teenager, began refereeing on the World Rugby Sevens Series in 2016. He refereed during the 2020 Olympics, before committing to the 15-aside...

David Alan Lewis (born 1 June 1964) is a former Irish cricketer and rugby union referee. He is also an occasional media commentator on Irish cricket. His...

position) if not for an act of foul play by an opponent". In rugby league, the referee "may award a penalty try if, in his opinion, a try would have been scored...

The World Rugby Coach of the Year is awarded by World Rugby in the autumn each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Coach...

The World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year is an award presented annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. It is given to honour "the achievements...

former English rugby union referee. He refereed the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final. In 1998 he became England's first full-time professional referee. He was given...

1977) is a South African professional rugby union referee and a Referee Talent Development Coach at World Rugby. Joubert officiated in domestic first...

The Women's Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held...

Year World Rugby Women's Player of the Year IRB International Young Player of the Year IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service IRB Spirit of Rugby Award...

The following is a list of rugby league referees who have appeared in Australian top-level rugby league, that is the NRL and its predecessors, the NSWRL...

World Cups. He has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award a joint record three times and was the most capped test rugby player of all time from August...

played. They are enforced by a referee, generally with the help of two assistant referees. When playing a game of Rugby Union the overall objective is...

The 2025 Rugby Europe Championship will be the ninth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams...