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{{short description|Australian former Rugby union referee|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Stuart Dickinson''' (born [[19 July]], [[1968]]. He made his international referee debut in 1997 in a [[Rugby World Cup]] qualifier between [[Tahiti national rugby union team|Tahiti]] and the [[Papua New Guinea national rugby union team|Papua New Guinea]].
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'''Stuart Dickinson''' (born 19 July 1968) is an Australian former [[Rugby union]] [[Rugby union match officials|referee]]. Dickinson has refereed in many rugby competitions, including the [[Rugby World Cup]], [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri Nations]], [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]], international friendlies, [[Super 15|Super 12/14/15]], and [[Shute Shield]].
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 was a referee at the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]], the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]], and the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]]. He is Australia's most-capped referee, and the only Australian referee to appear at three Rugby World Cups.


==Referee career==
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.
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 [[Australian Rugby Union]] (ARU) from 1996 to 2011. Prior to 1996, he worked as a site manager for [[Linfox]], a transport company as well as with the [[New South Wales Police Force]].


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]]. He refereed his first international match between two Tier 1 nations a year later for the 1998 international between [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] at Wembley.


Dickinson refereed several pool games in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, including Fiji's upset of Wales. Shortly after the 2007 World Cup, Dickinson authored a book entitled "The Rugby World Cup Diaries – A referee's inside view."
== Representative Football ==


Dickinson was publicly criticised by [[International Rugby Board|IRB]] referees manager [[Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)|Paddy O'Brien]] 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.
Stuart Dickinson has refereed in many world rugby competitions. These include:


==Retirement==
NSW Tooheys New Shute Shield (NSW Premiership Club Rugby First Grade, Australia)
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 Rugby World Cup. O'Brien denied there was any vendetta against Dickinson. Dickinson subsequently announced his retirement from refereeing on 27 September 2011.<ref name="Stu Dickinson calls time on his career">{{cite web
|title=Stu Dickinson calls time on his career
|publisher=rugby.com.au
|date=2011-09-27
|url=http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/4577/Default.aspx
|accessdate=2011-09-27 }}</ref>


==Test Match Honour Roll==
Super 12/14
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}}
International Friendlies
*1997 {{flagicon|TON}} Tonga v Cook Islands {{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
*1998 {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada v Argentina {{flagicon|ARG}}
*1998 {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong v South Korea {{flagicon|South Korea}}
*1998 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
*1999 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v France {{flagicon|FRA}}
*1999 {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland v Uruguay {{flagicon|URU}} '''(World Cup)'''
*1999 {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina v Japan {{flagicon|JPN}} '''(World Cup)'''
*1999 {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Ireland v Argentina {{flagicon|ARG}} '''(World Cup)'''
*2000 {{flagicon|FRA}} France v England {{flagicon|ENG}}
*2000 {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa v England {{flagicon|ENG}}
*2000 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v Samoa {{flagicon|SAM}}
*2001 {{flagicon|FRA}} France v Scotland {{flagicon|SCO}}
*2001 {{flagicon|ENG}} England v Italy {{flagicon|ITA}}
*2001 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand Maoris v Argentina {{flagicon|ARG}}
*2001 {{flagicon|ENG}} England v South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
*2002 {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan v South Korea {{flagicon|KOR}}
*2002 {{flagicon|TPE}} Chinese Taipei v South Korea {{flagicon|KOR}}
*2002 {{flagicon|FIJ}} Fiji v Tonga {{flagicon|TON}}
*2002 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
*2002 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v Fiji {{flagicon|FIJ}}
*2003 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v England {{flagicon|ENG}}
*2003 {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland v Japan {{flagicon|JPN}} '''(World Cup)'''
*2003 {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa v Georgia {{flagicon|Georgia}} '''(World Cup)'''
*2004 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v France {{flagicon|FRA}}
*2004 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v Pacific Islanders
*2005 British and Irish Lions v Argentina {{flagicon|ARG}}
*2005 {{flagicon|ENG}} England v Barbarians
*2005 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
*2006 {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Ireland v Scotland {{flagicon|SCO}}
*2006 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v Ireland {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}}
*2006 {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa v France {{flagicon|FRA}}
*2006 {{flagicon|FRA}} France v New Zealand {{flagicon|NZL}}
*2007 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v France {{flagicon|FRA}}
*2007 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
*2007 {{flagicon|USA}} USA v Tonga {{flagicon|TON}} '''(World Cup)'''
*2007 {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina v Namibia {{flagicon|NAM}} '''(World Cup)'''
*2007 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v Fiji {{flagicon|FIJ}} '''(World Cup)'''
*2008 {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Ireland v England {{flagicon|ENG}}
*2008 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
*2008 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand v Samoa {{flagicon|SAM}}
*2008 {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales v Canada {{flagicon|CAN}}
*2009 {{flagicon|ENG}} England v France {{flagicon|FRA}}
*2009 {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa v British and Irish Lions
*2009 {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy v New Zealand {{flagicon|NZL}}
*2010 {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina v France {{flagicon|FRA}}
* 2011 New Zealand vs Fiji


==2010 Super 14 season==
Tri Nations
*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


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 Finals)'''

== 2007 Rugby World Cup final ==

In the [[2007 Rugby World Cup Final]] on [[October 20]] between [[England national rugby union team|England]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]], Dickinson as Television Match Official ruled that England {{Wing}} [[Mark Cueto]] had not scored a [[try]]. He ruled that Cueto's boot had made contact with the touchline before the try was scored &mdash; in rugby union this means Cueto was outside the field of play. An extremely tight decision, even with the help of multiple camera angles, it proved highly controversial, although the [[BBC]] match report wrote that it was correct.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7052822.stm "World Cup final 2007."] By James Standley, ''BBC Sport'', 20 Oct, 2007.</ref> Dickinson's boss, [[International Rugby Board]] referees manager [[Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)|Paddy O'Brien]] publicly backed Dickinson, saying the decision was correct, adding that a photo showed Cueto's foot on the line. But Cueto claimed that the replays showed his foot lifted above the line.<ref>[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/rugby_union/s/1020800_try_decision_backed "Try decision backed."] ''Manchester Evening News'', 21 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://gary.bloxio.us/a/cueto-try/ Video frames of Cueto 'try'] on ''Gary's Place'' bloxio blog. Retrieved 26 October 2007.</ref>
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/Tournament/Match+Officials/Officials/Stuart+Dickinson.htm Stuart Dickinson] on rwc2003.irb.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060507233715/http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/Tournament/Match+Officials/Officials/Stuart+Dickinson.htm Stuart Dickinson] on rwc2003.irb.com
* [http://www.irb.com/EN/News/070426+DR+WC7+Match+Officials.htm Rugby World Cup 2007 match official appointments set] IRB.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513204115/http://www.irb.com/EN/News/070426+DR+WC7+Match+Officials.htm Rugby World Cup 2007 match official appointments set] IRB.com
*[http://sport.iafrica.com/rugby/trinations/news/223614.htm "Boks blame Dickinson" - Tri-Nations 2007 refereeing controversy] sport.iafrica.com
*[http://sport.iafrica.com/rugby/trinations/news/223614.htm "Boks blame Dickinson" – Tri-Nations 2007 refereeing controversy] sport.iafrica.com

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Latest revision as of 08:25, 12 July 2024

Stuart Dickinson
Date of birth (1968-07-19) 19 July 1968 (age 56)
Rugby union career
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
1999–2007 Rugby World Cup
1997–2010 Test Matches
– Super Rugby
– Tri Nations
– Six Nations

Stuart Dickinson (born 19 July 1968) is an Australian former Rugby union referee. Dickinson has refereed in many rugby competitions, including the Rugby World Cup, Tri Nations, Six Nations, international friendlies, Super 12/14/15, and Shute Shield. He was a referee at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He is Australia's most-capped referee, and the only Australian referee to appear at three Rugby World Cups.

Referee career

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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 Australian Rugby Union (ARU) from 1996 to 2011. Prior to 1996, he worked as a site manager for Linfox, a transport company as well as with the New South Wales Police Force.

He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea. He refereed his first international match between two Tier 1 nations a year later for the 1998 international between Wales and South Africa at Wembley.

Dickinson refereed several pool games in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, including Fiji's upset of Wales. Shortly after the 2007 World Cup, Dickinson authored a book entitled "The Rugby World Cup Diaries – A referee's inside view."

Dickinson was publicly criticised by IRB referees manager Paddy O'Brien 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.

Retirement

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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 Rugby World Cup. O'Brien denied there was any vendetta against Dickinson. Dickinson subsequently announced his retirement from refereeing on 27 September 2011.[1]

Test Match Honour Roll

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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 Papua New Guinea v Tahiti French Polynesia
  • 1997 Tonga Tonga v Cook Islands Cook Islands
  • 1998 Canada Canada v Argentina Argentina
  • 1998 Hong Kong Hong Kong v South Korea South Korea
  • 1998 Wales Wales v South Africa South Africa
  • 1999 New Zealand New Zealand v France France
  • 1999 Scotland Scotland v Uruguay Uruguay (World Cup)
  • 1999 Argentina Argentina v Japan Japan (World Cup)
  • 1999 Ireland Ireland v Argentina Argentina (World Cup)
  • 2000 France France v England England
  • 2000 South Africa South Africa v England England
  • 2000 Wales Wales v Samoa Samoa
  • 2001 France France v Scotland Scotland
  • 2001 England England v Italy Italy
  • 2001 New Zealand New Zealand Maoris v Argentina Argentina
  • 2001 England England v South Africa South Africa
  • 2002 Japan Japan v South Korea South Korea
  • 2002 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei v South Korea South Korea
  • 2002 Fiji Fiji v Tonga Tonga
  • 2002 New Zealand New Zealand v South Africa South Africa
  • 2002 Wales Wales v Fiji Fiji
  • 2003 New Zealand New Zealand v England England
  • 2003 Scotland Scotland v Japan Japan (World Cup)
  • 2003 South Africa South Africa v Georgia Georgia (country) (World Cup)
  • 2004 Wales Wales v France France
  • 2004 New Zealand New Zealand v Pacific Islanders
  • 2005 British and Irish Lions v Argentina Argentina
  • 2005 England England v Barbarians
  • 2005 Wales Wales v South Africa South Africa
  • 2006 Ireland Ireland v Scotland Scotland
  • 2006 New Zealand New Zealand v Ireland Ireland
  • 2006 South Africa South Africa v France France
  • 2006 France France v New Zealand New Zealand
  • 2007 New Zealand New Zealand v France France
  • 2007 New Zealand New Zealand v South Africa South Africa
  • 2007 United States USA v Tonga Tonga (World Cup)
  • 2007 Argentina Argentina v Namibia Namibia (World Cup)
  • 2007 Wales Wales v Fiji Fiji (World Cup)
  • 2008 Ireland Ireland v England England
  • 2008 New Zealand New Zealand v South Africa South Africa
  • 2008 New Zealand New Zealand v Samoa Samoa
  • 2008 Wales Wales v Canada Canada
  • 2009 England England v France France
  • 2009 South Africa South Africa v British and Irish Lions
  • 2009 Italy Italy v New Zealand New Zealand
  • 2010 Argentina Argentina v France France
  • 2011 New Zealand vs Fiji

2010 Super 14 season

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  • 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

References

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