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Stuart Dickinson (born 19 July 1968) is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea.

A year later he was the referee for the international between Wales and South Africa at Wembley. He was a referee at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales, the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. He is Australia's most-capped referee and the only Australian referee to appear at three World Cups.

Dickinson commenced refereeing at the age of 12 while also playing fly-half and fullback for Epping Boys' High School. He was employed full time with the ARU from 1996 to 2011. Prior to 1996, he worked as a site manager for LinFox, a transport company as well as with the NSW Police Force. He currently resides in Brisbane with his wife and three children.

Dickinson was publicly criticised by IRB referees manager Paddy O'Brien in 2009 for his refereeing of the scrums in the Italy v New Zealand Test Match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on 14 November 2009. O'Brien stated that Dickinson had got it "completely wrong", believing the Italian tight-head prop, Martin Castrogiovanni was boring in on his opposite. This led to outrage by the Australian Rugby Union, who issued a formal complaint to the IRB against Paddy O'Brien. O'Brien ended up apologising to Stuart Dickinson and the Australian Rugby Union.

“I have unreservedly apologised to Stuart Dickinson for the action of publicly discussing elements of his performance review and would like to extend that apology to the Australian Rugby Union," said O'Brien.

In 2010 despite being rated in the Top 3 SANZAR Referees (after being appointed to the Super Rugby semi-final in Soweto) he was overlooked for the 6 Nations tournament for the first time since 2000. Then in 2011 Dickinson was overlooked for the World Cup. O'Brien denied there was any vendetta against Dickinson. Dickinson subsequently announced his retirement from refereeing on 27 September 2011.

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Representative Football

Dickinson has refereed in many world rugby competitions. These include:

NSW Tooheys New Shute Shield (NSW Premiership Club Rugby First Grade, Australia)
Super 12/14/15
International Friendlies
Tri Nations
Six Nations
The Rugby World Cup

Test Match Honour Roll

At the Townsville District Rugby Union Referees Dinner on 2 October 2009, Dickinson confirmed (at that time) he had refereed 43 international matches in total. 41 of those matches are listed below.

1997 Papua New Guinea v Tahiti
1997 Tonga v Cook Islands
1998 Canada v Argentina
1998 Hong Kong v South Korea
1998 Wales v South Africa
1999 New Zealand v France
1999 Scotland v Uruguay (World Cup)
1999 Argentina v Japan (World Cup)
1999 Ireland v Argentina (World Cup)
2000 France v England
2000 South Africa v England
2000 Wales v Samoa
2001 France v Scotland
2001 England v Italy
2001 New Zealand Maoris v Argentina
2001 England v South Africa
2002 Japan v South Korea
2002 Taipei v South Korea
2002 Fiji v Tonga
2002 New Zealand v South Africa
2002 Wales v Fiji
2003 New Zealand v England
2003 Scotland v Japan (World Cup)
2003 South Africa v Georgia (World Cup)
2004 Wales v France
2004 New Zealand v PIRA
2005 British and Irish Lions v Argentina
2005 England v Barbarians
2005 Wales v South Africa
2006 Ireland v Scotland
2006 New Zealand v Ireland
2006 South Africa v France
2006 France v New Zealand
2007 New Zealand v France
2007 New Zealand v South Africa
2007 USA v Tonga (World Cup)
2007 Argentina v Namibia (World Cup)
2007 Wales v Fiji (World Cup)
2008 Ireland v England
2008 New Zealand v South Africa
2008 New Zealand v Samoa
2008 Wales v Canada
2009 England v France
2009 South Africa v British and Irish Lions
2009 Italy v New Zealand
2010 Argentina v France

2010 Super 14 Season

Round 1, 12 February 2010: Hurricanes 34 – 20 Blues
Round 7, 26 March 2010: Highlanders 39 – 29 Lions
Round 8, 2 April 2010: Western Force 16 – 15 Stormers
Round 9, 10 April 2010: Blues 21 – 33 Stormers
Round 12, 30 April 2010: Stormers 42 – 14 Crusaders
Round 13, 8 May 2010: Sharks 20 – 14 Stormers
Semi-Final, 22 May 2010: Bulls 39 – 24 Crusaders

Published works

Shortly after the 2007 World Cup, Dickinson authored and released a book entitled "The Rugby World Cup Diaries – A referee's inside view" which gave an insight into the World Cup from the view of the referee.

References

^ "Stu Dickinson calls time on his career". rugby.com.au. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

External links

Stuart Dickinson on rwc2003.irb.com
Rugby World Cup 2007 match official appointments set IRB.com
"Boks blame Dickinson" – Tri-Nations 2007 refereeing controversy sport.iafrica.com

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[Stu_Dickinson_calls_time_on_his_career-1] "Stu Dickinson calls time on his career". rugby.com.au. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

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 '''Stuart Dickinson''' (born 19 July 1968) is a former Australian [[Rugby union|rugby]] [[referee]]. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a [[Rugby World Cup]] qualifier between [[Tahiti national rugby union team|Tahiti]] and [[Papua New Guinea national rugby union team|Papua New Guinea]].
-A year later he was the referee for the international between [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] at Wembley. He was a referee at the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]] in [[Wales]], the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] in [[Australia]] and the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] in [[France]]. He is Australia's most-capped referee and the only Australian referee to appear at three World Cups. He has recently been confirmed as part of the eight-man core panel of referees for the 2010 [[Super Rugby]].
+A year later he was the referee for the international between [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] at Wembley. He was a referee at the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]] in [[Wales]], the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] in [[Australia]] and the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] in [[France]]. He is Australia's most-capped referee and the only Australian referee to appear at three World Cups.
-Dickinson commenced refereeing at the age of 12 while also playing fly-half and fullback for Epping Boys' High School. He has been employed full time with the ARU since 1996. Prior to 1996, he worked as a site manager for LinFox, a transport company as well as with the NSW Police Force.  He currently resides in Sydney with his wife and three children.
+Dickinson commenced refereeing at the age of 12 while also playing fly-half and fullback for Epping Boys' High School. He was employed full time with the ARU from 1996 to 2011. Prior to 1996, he worked as a site manager for LinFox, a transport company as well as with the NSW Police Force.  He currently resides in Brisbane with his wife and three children.
-Dickinson was publicly criticised by [[International Rugby Board|IRB]] referees manager [[Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)|Paddy O'Brien]] in 2009 for his refereeing of the scrums in the Italy v New Zealand Test Match at the [[San Siro Stadium]] in [[Milan]] on 14 November 2009. O'Brien stated that Dickinson had got it "completely wrong", believing the Italian tight-head prop, [[Martin Castrogiovanni]] was boring in on his opposite.  In 2010 Dickinson was rated in the Top 3 SANZAR Referees after being appointed to the Super Rugby semi-final in Soweto.
+Dickinson was publicly criticised by [[International Rugby Board|IRB]] referees manager [[Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)|Paddy O'Brien]] in 2009 for his refereeing of the scrums in the Italy v New Zealand Test Match at the [[San Siro Stadium]] in [[Milan]] on 14 November 2009. O'Brien stated that Dickinson had got it "completely wrong", believing the Italian tight-head prop, [[Martin Castrogiovanni]] was boring in on his opposite. This led to outrage by the Australian Rugby Union, who issued a formal complaint to the IRB against Paddy O'Brien. O'Brien ended up apologising to Stuart Dickinson and the Australian Rugby Union.
+“I have unreservedly apologised to Stuart Dickinson for the action of publicly discussing elements of his performance review and would like to extend that apology to the Australian Rugby Union," said O'Brien.
+In 2010 despite being rated in the Top 3 SANZAR Referees (after being appointed to the Super Rugby semi-final in Soweto) he was overlooked for the 6 Nations tournament for the first time since 2000. Then in 2011 Dickinson was overlooked for the World Cup. O'Brien denied there was any vendetta against Dickinson. Dickinson subsequently announced his retirement from refereeing on 27 September 2011.
-He announced his retirement from refereeing on 27 September 2011.<ref name="Stu Dickinson calls time on his career">{{cite web
+<ref name="Stu Dickinson calls time on his career">{{cite web
   |title=Stu Dickinson calls time on his career
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 ==Test Match Honour Roll==
-At the Townsville District Rugby Union Referees Dinner on 2 October 2009, Dickinson confirmed he had refereed 43 matches in total.  41 of those matches are listed below.
+At the Townsville District Rugby Union Referees Dinner on 2 October 2009, Dickinson confirmed (at that time) he had refereed 43 international matches in total.  41 of those matches are listed below.
 *1997 {{flagicon|PNG}} Papua New Guinea v Tahiti {{flagicon|TAH}}