International Referees

Teams Wales U20s v England U20s Teams Wales U20s v England U20s Opposition England U20s (H) Date 23/06/2013 Date 23/06/2013, KO 18:45 Date Sun 23rd Jun 13 Home/away H Opposition England U20s Venue Stade de la Rabine Time KO 18:45 Referee Previous Meeting Wales U20s 15-28 England U20s Wales U20s Form L W W W W England U20s Form W L W W W Ticket Information Overview

Ever since Mr D Herbert officiated the Wales v England game way back in 1882, Welsh referees have always been at the forefront of the international game.

The highly respected Gwynne Walters made his international debut in 1959 and was frequently asked to officiate at the Varsity match. He was followed on the international scene in the mid sixties by referees of the calibre of Meirion Joseph.

Clive Norling took charge of his 1st international in 1978 and went on to officiate in many high profile matches. Derek Bevan proved consistently to be one of the top referees in the world following his elevation to the international game. He refereed the 1991 World Cup final between England and Australia. Four years later he was the official in the 1995 semi-final between South Africa and France and followed that four years later with an appearance at the same stage when taking centre stage for the Australia v South Africa semi-final.

Bevan held the record for most caps - 44 - when he retired from international rugby in 2000. Only two referees - New Zealand's Paul Honiss and South Africa's Jonathan Kaplan - have gone on to surpass it.

Among the 54 Welsh international referees there are eight who played for Wales (Charles Lewis, Horace Lyne, William Phillips, Billy Douglas, Tom Williams, Harry Bowen, Gwyn Nicholls and Tommy Vile); two who acted as treasurer of the Union (Richard Mullock and Williams Wilkins); one who was secretary (Richard Mullock) and five who became President (Horace Lyne, Tommy Vile, Wilf Faull, Vernon Parfitt and Gwilym Treharne). More recently, Ken Rowlands, Clive Norling and Rob Yeman worked as Referee's Manager for the WRU.

Fly half Sam Davies has proved an invaluable member of Wales Under 20, guiding Wales' charge to the semi finals of the Junior Worl Championship where they will tomorrow face South Africa.

Wales Under 20 head coach Danny Wilson believes his side can go one better than last year and make it through to a first Junior World Championship final after a bruising pool game against Argentina

Members of the WRU Board were invited to attend a training session where sumo wrestlers were being put through their paces and as WRU President Dennis Gethin reveals, the Tokyo visit will live long in the memory.

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