Stephen Hilditch (born

Whitehead, County Antrim Whitehead () is a small seaside town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne. It lies within the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templecorran, the historic ...

on 6 June 1946) is a former Irish international

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referee from

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who has refereed matches to World Cup level. He was a member of the Ireland International Referee Panel from 1984 until 1995, and has been an IRB international referee selector since 2003. He was President of the Ulster Branch of the

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(IRFU) for the 2003 / 2004 season. He joined the IRFU Committee in June 2004, becoming President of the organisation in the 2016/2017 season. Hilditch worked as a physics teacher at

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, then Vice Principal of Wallace High School, and finally Headmaster of Belfast High School before retiring in 2006. He was appointed MBE in the 1995 New Year Honours.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilditch, Stephen 1946 births Living people People from Whitehead, County Antrim People educated at Larne Grammar School Irish rugby union referees Members of the Order of the British Empire Rugby World Cup referees IRFU referees