Romain Poite
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| Date of birth | September 14, 1975 | ||||||||||
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Romain Poite (born September 14, 1975)[1] is a French rugby union international referee.
He made his World Cup debut as an assistant referee in 2007 during the match between Ireland and Namibia. He also officiated (as touch judge or television match official) during three games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship.[2] He refereed his first Six Nations match in 2010.[3] Poite was appointed to the 10-man elite referees panel for the 2011 Rugby World Cup,[4] where he refereed four matches. He was also appointed to referee the third and deciding Test of the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour against Australia; the Lions won and Poite was commended for rewarding the dominant scrum.[5] He was later excluded for a few months from the IRB panel for giving an incorrect yellow card during the 2013 Rugby Championship.[6] Poite famously told the England rugby team "I'm a referee, not a coach", during the 2017 Six Nations Championship match versus Italy[7].Poite became embroiled in controversy during the final moments of the 2017 third test between the British and Irish Lions and the New Zealand All Blacks when he reversed a penalty which would have given the All Blacks a chance to win the game. The game and the series were drawn.
Notes and references
- ↑ "International Rugby Board biography". Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ↑ "La Bible du rugby" (in French). Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ↑ http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3820_5765196,00.html
- ↑ "Poite to ref Heineken Cup Final". espnscrum.com. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ↑ Kay, Ben (7 July 2013). "Referee Poite points the way for Jones and Corbisiero to dominate the scrum". Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ↑ "Six Nations 2014 : de la Fraîcheur et des Adieux". Esprit de la Règle.
- ↑ "XPLAINED: The brilliant Italian ruck tactics that baffled Eddie Jones' England and were entirely legal".