Chris Pollock

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Chris Pollock
Refereeing career

Pollock in Fiji n 2012
Full name	Chris Pollock
Date of birth	(1972-11-09) 9 November 1972
Place of birth	Taranaki
Years	Competition	Apps
2009 2011– 2012– 2013–	IRB Junior World Championship Test Matches Six Nations Championship Super Rugby

Chris Pollock is a Rugby Union referee who represents the New Zealand Rugby Union. In 2008 he was part of the IRB's touch judge panel.^[1] He made his official referee debut on June 5, 2009, when refereeing Argentina under-20's and Ireland under-20's in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship

He was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup referee panel.^[2] After refereeing the match between Ireland and Scotland in the 2012 Six Nations Championship, he was among the game's elite officials with a place in the IRB selection for the 2012 June tests refereeing in the second test of Wales' tour to Australia.

In 2013, Pollock was responsible for introducing the ref-cam in the Super Rugby.^[3] During the round 2 derby match between Queensland Reds and New South Wales Waratahs, Pollock has a cam strapped round his head to show a different perspective to the game.

He is one of three referees who will referee a test in the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, taking charge in the first test, and touch judging in the second and third alongside; Craig Joubert and Romain Poite.^[4]

References

↑ "2008 Referee Panel". Rugbyreferee.net. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
↑ "2011 Rugby World Cup Referee Panel" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-06-20.
↑ "Ref-cam debut". Stuff.co.nz. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
↑ "British and Irish Lions referees" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-06-20.

v t e 2014 Super Rugby referees

Argentina	Francisco Pastrana

Australia	Angus Gardner Rohan Hoffman James Leckie Andrew Lees Matt O'Brien Steve Walsh

New Zealand	Nick Briant Mike Fraser Glen Jackson Chris Pollock Garratt Williamson

South Africa	Stuart Berry Jason Jaftha Craig Joubert Jaco Peyper Lourens van der Merwe Marius van der Westhuizen

v t e 2013 Super Rugby referees

Argentina	Francisco Pastrana

Australia	Angus Gardner Rohan Hoffman James Leckie Andrew Lees Steve Walsh

New Zealand	Nick Briant Mike Fraser Glen Jackson Chris Pollock Jonathon White Garratt Williamson

South Africa	Stuart Berry Jason Jaftha Craig Joubert Jonathan Kaplan Jaco Peyper Lourens van der Merwe

v t e 2012 Super Rugby referees

Merit Panel	Keith Brown Marius Jonker Craig Joubert Jonathan Kaplan Bryce Lawrence Mark Lawrence Jaco Peyper Chris Pollock Steve Walsh Garratt Williamson

Reserve Panel	Stuart Berry Mike Fraser Angus Gardner Glen Jackson Andrew Lees Ian Smith Lourens van der Merwe Jonathon White

Persondata
Name	Pollock, Chris
Alternative names
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Date of birth	November 9, 1972
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
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