Matthew Carley
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| Birth name | Matthew Carley | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 December 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Deal, England | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Referee | ||||||||||||||
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Matthew Carley (born 21 December 1984) is an English
English Premiership and has refereed games at European level
.
Refereeing career
Started playing rugby at
World Sevens Series
in Dubai.
During the
Premiership game, taking charge of London Welsh and Worcester Warriors. Carley later became the first referee to gain promotion from the Referee Academy into a full-time referee.[4]
Three months into his first season at premiership level, Carley made his European debut taking charge of
European Nations Cup. During the 2015/16 season, Carley became a regular referee at Premiership level and debuted in the European Rugby Champions Cup refereeing Munster against Benetton Treviso.[5] That same season he took charge of a 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter final and the second leg of the 2015–16 RFU Championship
final.
He took charge of his first
United States against Russia in June 2016. In November 2016, he refereed his first Tier 1 nation, officiating Scotland's clash against Georgia. During the 2017 Six Nations Championship, he made his first Six Nations appearance, acting as assistant referee to John Lacey during Scotland's game against Wales and subsequently has taken charge of his first Tier 1 International Test match at Murrayfield Stadium refereeing Scotland Vs New Zealand on 18 November 2017.[6]
References
- ^ "Rugby referee Matt Carley promoted to officiate at national level". www.kentonline.co.uk.
- ^ "Rugby official Matt Carley making great progress up the refereeing ladder". www.kentonline.co.uk.
- ^ "Pioneering Rugby 'Ref-Cam' To Be Trialled". Sky News.
- ^ Ref (3 July 2013). "Matthew Carley appointed Trainee Full Time Referee at RFU". rugbyreferee.net.
- ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup (EPCR)". www.epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ Southcombe, Matthew (8 December 2016). "These are the referees who will take charge of Wales' 6 Nations matches". WalesOnline.