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19 Oct IRFU Confirm Professional Referee Appointments

The IRFU are pleased to confirm that seven referees have taken up professional contracts. The referees will receive dedicated coaching, analysis and support for their strength & conditioning and nutritional needs.

The seven contracted referees are Andrew Brace, George Clancy, Sean Gallagher, John Lacey, Frank Murphy, Joy Neville and David Wilkinson.


Andrew Brace

Andrew Brace is a member of Old Crescent RFC and having played rugby internationally with Belgium, he took up refereeing in 2013 after finishing his playing career.

He rose quickly through the refereeing ranks and took charge of British & Irish Cup games in 2014 and then continued on to referee in the Guinness PRO12 in 2015 and made his European debut during the 2015/16 season. He officiated at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in 2016 and took charge of his first full international in 2017 (England v Barbarians) and his first Test fixture later in the year (Canada v Georgia).

George Clancy

George Clancy is a member of Bruff RFC and began refereeing with the Munster Association of Referees in 2000. He was appointed to the Irish National Panel in 2003 and refereed his first professional game, Borders Reivers v Newport Gwent Dragons, in October 2004.

Quickly moving through the ranks, he made his debut in the European Cup in January 2005 (Bourgoin v Bath) and after appearing at the 2005 and 2006 Under-21 World Championships, he made his International debut with a World Cup qualifier game in Montevideo between Uruguay and the USA. He has since gone on to referee in the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship and at the Rugby World Cup tournaments in 2011 and 2015.

Sean Gallagher

Sean Gallagher is a member of Navan RFC and took up refereeing in 2005. Having spent a number of years teaching in Leinster, Sean joined the IRFU in 2015 as a referee development officer in Connacht.

He picked up the IRFU Young Referee of the Year award in 2009 and has continued to progress steadily up the ranks, officiating in the British & Irish Cup, the Guinness PRO14, the European Challenge Cup and this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

John Lacey

John Lacey is a member of Clanwilliam RFC in his native Tipperary and also played with both Shannon RFC and Sunday’s Well RFC. He played professionally for Munster as a winger/full-back and took up refereeing after his retirement from playing.

His first fixture was in the Munster Schools Junior Cup where he officiated St. Munchin’s versus CBC Cork. Since then, Lacey has gone on to referee across all major competitions including the European Champions Cup, the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship and the World Cup in England in 2015.

Frank Murphy

Frank Murphy played rugby professionally as a scrum half for over 10 years, playing with teams in Ireland and the UK. He also won caps for Ireland ‘A’. During his time with Leicester Tigers, Frank won the Premiership title and played in the Heineken Cup final in the 2006/07 season.

He refereed his first professional game in 2016 when he took charge of the Newport Gwent Dragons versus Edinburgh in the GUINNESS PRO12, and soon after that officiated his first international game between Germany and Portugal. Frank also refereed at the 2017 World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Georgia.

Joy Neville

Joy Neville played at number 8 for both Munster and Ireland, winning 70 caps for her country – a number of them as captain – and was part of the Grand Slam-winning team in 2013. After retiring from the game she decided to try her hand at refereeing and has risen steadily through the ranks. She moved up the ladder in the Ulster Bank League over the past number of seasons, and more recently has been named as an assistant referee in the Guinness PRO14 and European Challenge Cup.

She refereed on the 2016/17 World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series circuit and also took charge of the Women’s Rugby World Cup final in Belfast between New Zealand and England in August. She will have the whistle for the Rugby Europe international between Norway against Denmark on Saturday, October 28.

David Wilkinson

David Wilkinson followed in his father’s footsteps when, at the age of 19, he picked up the referee’s whistle. A native of Enniskillen in Co. Fermanagh, he refereed across domestic competitions in Ulster before moving to the Ulster Bank League and then made his PRO12 debut in the Glasgow Warriors v Scarlets match in April 2008. He made his International debut when Georgia hosted Romania in the Nations Cup in 2011 and has refereed in both Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments.

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