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IRB honour for SA referee
03/04/2008 19:06 - (SA)
Johannesburg - South African rugby referee Phillip Bosch will be on the panel of referees for the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship in Wales from June 6-22, the IRB has announced.
The panel, which comprises a blend of the best up and coming international referees who have impressed in the IRB Sevens World Series and previous IRB Age Grade Tournaments, will officiate the 40 Championship matches across the four host venues in Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Wrexham.
For those selected the Tournament represents the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of a number of top referees such as Wayne Barnes, Nigel Owens, Bryce Lawrence, Craig Joubert, Marius Jonker and Christophe Berdos, who have advanced to referee Test matches on the back of their performances at IRB Age Grade Tournaments.
"The panel selected for the IRB Junior World Championship has an exciting complexion. We feel that all 10 of them are potential Test referees so it is a huge opportunity for them to perform in front of the selectors," added O'Brien.
Individual match appointments for the pool stages of the Tournament will be made when the match officials arrive in Wales in late May. Performances will then be assessed before appointments for the final rounds are made. A panel of six specialist touch judges will be appointed in due course.
IRB Junior World Championship 2008 Referees
Andrew Small (England)
Romain Poite (France)
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
James Jones (Wales)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
James Leckie (Australia)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
James Bolabiu (Fiji)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
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