George Ayoub
Appearance
Birth name | George Joseph Peter Ayoub | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 October 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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George Ayoub (born 23 October 1963) is an Australian professional
rugby union referee. He is currently a member of the Super Rugby panel for Television Match Officials (known as TMO), and is a former Test Match referee.[2]
Born in
Ayoub was appointed to his first Test in May 2002 between Japan and Tonga,[6] and went on to referee 3 Tests and 17 Super Rugby matches before he retired at the end of 2007.[3] In 2008 he returned to international rugby as a TMO.[7]
References
- ^ "George Ayoub". ESPN Scrum. 26 May 2002. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "George Ayoub". Australian Rugby. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Ayoub retires from active refereeing". Planet Rugby. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ a b "George Ayoub to retire". Rugby News. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Ayoub to make Super 12 refereeing debut". ESPN Scrum. 1 May 2000. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Japan v Tonga at Kumagaya". ESPN Scrum. 26 May 2002. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Hal, Louise (13 July 2008). "Super-fit but that just did not count". Fairfax. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.