Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson (born 19 July, 1968. He made his international referee debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and the 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.

Stuart commenced refereeing at the age of 12, whilst also playing fly-half and fullback for Epping Boys High School. He has been employed fulltime 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.

Representative Football

Stuart 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

International Friendlies

Tri Nations

Six Nations

The Rugby World Cup. Stuart will most likely referee in the Mazda Australian Rugby Championship (ARC) in 2008. He missed the inagural season in 2007. This was due to the fact that the competition was being played under the Stellenbosch Experimental Law Varations (ELV's), and this might cause confusion as he was to referee at the 2007 World Cup just one month later.

Test Match Honour Roll

Stuart Dickinson is one of the most experienced referees in the world. Stuart has currently refereed 38 test matches. Below is a list of all the test matches he has refereed.

1997 Papua New Guinea v. Tahiti

1997 Tonga v. Cook Islands

1998 Canada v. Argentina

1998 Hong Kong v. 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. Korea

2002 Taipei v. 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)

2007 England v. South Africa (World Cup)

Controversy at the 2007 Rugby World Cup final

n the 2007 Rugby World Cup final on October 20, Dickinson as Television Match Official disallowed a try claimed by England's Mark Cueto on the grounds of being in touch. This was considered controversial by many England fans, although the BBC match report wrote that it was the correct decision yet however published a photo of Cueto's foot above the line. [1]

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