Mathieu Raynal
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Mathieu Raynal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 August 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Perpignan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mathieu Raynal (born 9 August 1981) is a former professional rugby union referee. He officiated at the highest level in the Top 14, European club rugby, and was on the World Rugby referee panel.
Playing career
Raynal was born in Perpignan, France, and played for
University of Perpignan in 2001.[1]
Refereeing career
By the age of 25, Raynal had officiated at amateur rugby matches in the
Toulon in the 2006–07 Rugby Pro D2 season, and was named on the Top 14 refereeing panel for the 2007–08 season. He was appointed by World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Board, to the refereeing panel for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy, where he refereed four matches: Italy U20 v Argentina U20, South Africa U20 v Scotland U20, Scotland U20 v Tonga U20 and 9th place game Scotland U20 v Argentina U20.[2]
Mathieu Raynal's first
Autumn international clash between Scotland and Tonga in Aberdeen.[3] Before this match, he had been a touch judge for the England clash with Australia
a week before the Scotland-Tonga clash.
On 8 March 2013, Raynal was the referee for the
United States
.
He refereed the first of the Bledisloe Cup matches between Australia and New Zealand in 2022.
References
- ^ JWRC referee: Mathieu Raynal
- ^ "Match Officials Panel selected for JWC 2011". Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ Preview: Scotland v Tonga
- ^ Top 14 - Ref's freak horror injury mars Racing win
- ^ "Big Day for Raynal". rugby365.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2025.