{"id":289819,"date":"2023-09-24T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289819"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:34:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T13:34:51","slug":"scotland-vs-tonga-referee-who-is-rugby-world-cup-official-karl-dickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/scotland-vs-tonga-referee-who-is-rugby-world-cup-official-karl-dickson\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland vs Tonga referee: Who is Rugby World Cup official Karl Dickson?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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England\u2019s Karl Dickson is one of the officials at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n
The former professional player ended a long top-level career in 2017 having narrowly missed out on international caps. <\/p>\n
Younger brother Lee, also a scrum half, appeared 18 times for England between 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\n
However, Karl has rapidly risen through the refereeing ranks after starting his officiating journey while still playing for Harlequins.<\/p>\n
He joined the Rugby Football Union\u2019s Professional Game Match Officials Team (PGMOT) on retirement, and three years later made the step up to test level.<\/p>\n
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He made his Six Nations debut last year and made the cut for this year\u2019s global tournament as one of four English referees.<\/p>\n
Which games is Karl Dickson refereeing at the 2023 Rugby World Cup?<\/strong><\/p>\n Wales v Portugal \u2013 Pool C (16 September, Nice)<\/strong><\/p>\n Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)<\/p>\n ARs: Luke Pearce (Eng) & Andrea Piardi (Ita)<\/p>\n TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)<\/p>\n Scotland v Tonga \u2013 Pool B (24 September, Nice)<\/strong><\/p>\n Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)<\/p>\n ARs: Nika Amashukeli (Geo) & Craig Evans (Wal)<\/p>\n TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wal)<\/p>\n Fiji v Georgia \u2013 Pool C (30 September, Bordeaux)<\/strong><\/p>\n Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)<\/p>\n ARs: Jaco Peyper (SA) & Pierre Brousset (Fra)<\/p>\n TMO: Tom Foley (Eng)<\/p>\n France v Italy \u2013 Pool A (6 October, Lyon)<\/strong><\/p>\n Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)<\/p>\n ARs: Luke Pearce (Eng) & Craig Evans (Wal)<\/p>\n TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)<\/p>\n Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRecommended<\/h3>\n
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