Rob Debney (born 15 December 1973) is a former professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

referee who represented the English Rugby Union. He now competes in Ironman competitions.

Rugby union career

Playing career

Amateur career

A neck injury stopped Debney's playing career while he was still at school and he began refereeing.

Referee career

Professional career

Debney was a referee for the English Rugby Union from 1999 to 2011. He refereed his first English Premiership match in 2004. He refereed his first

1872 Cup The 1872 Cup – also known as the 1872 Challenge Cup – is a men's rugby union tournament contested every year between the two Scottish professional clubs, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby use selected ...

match on 2 January 2009.

International career

Debney refereed the U21 World Cup final in 2003.

Outside of rugby

Debney is a Director of Sales at TOMZ Corporation. He occasionally writes rugby union articles for The Times newspaper.

References

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