| Birth name | Robert Stephen Debney | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1973-12-15) 15 December 1973 (age 51) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stafford, England | ||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | ||||||||||
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Rob Debney (born 15 December 1973) is a former professional rugby union 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 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
- "Rob Debney (@robdebney) | Twitter". twitter.com.
- ^ "TEAM". advantage.
- Rob Debney (2006-01-31). "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FULL-TIME REFEREE" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ "uk.linkedin.com/in/rob-debney-53b93b54". uk.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
- referee, Rob Debney, former international (September 25, 2019). "Rugby World Cup: Russia player could have been killed" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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