Donal Courtney
| Date of birth | 22 May 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | - | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Monkstown | |||
| Refereeing career | |||
| Years | Competition | Apps | |
| 2002-2007 | Test Matches | ||
Donal Gerard Courtney (born 22 May 1964) is a former international rugby union referee. He officially retired from refereeing in 2007 but is still involved with the IRFU Refereeing Department and with the European Rugby Cup.
Educated at CBC Monkstown and Dublin University, he played rugby for Monkstown until 1992, when injury intervened.
He made his international refereeing debut in September 2002, officiating in a World Cup qualifying match between Uruguay and Chile in Montevideo and went on to earn 21 more caps as a referee.
In 2009 he was appointed as the ERC’s first match officials performance manager.