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 Finals)
2007 Rugby World Cup final
In the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final on October 20 between England and South Africa, Dickinson as Television Match Official ruled that England Template: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 — 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.[1] Dickinson's boss, International Rugby Board referees manager 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.[2][3]
References
- ^ "World Cup final 2007." By James Standley, BBC Sport, 20 Oct, 2007.
- ^ "Try decision backed." Manchester Evening News, 21 October 2007.
- ^ Video frames of Cueto 'try' on Gary's Place bloxio blog. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
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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