Clare Daniels

Clare Daniels (born 1974) is an English international rugby union referee.

She has played scrum-half for Tor RFC in Glastonbury for a few years in the late 90's before the team disbanded and Daniels decided to take part in a training course run by the Somerset Rugby Referees’ Society.^[1]

Her international debut was on July 2, 2005, when she refereed the Canada Cup match between Canada and Scotland.^[2] Since then she has been selected to officiate at Women's Rugby World Cup in 2006 and 2010, 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, Women's Six Nations in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and other tournaments, including some men's matches in National League 2 North and National League 2 South.^[3][4]

After working as a Bath Chronicle sports writer for seven years, Daniels took up a full-time role with the RFU refereeing team as Southern as the new Southern Region Referee Development Manager on August 2, 2010.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ Polly March (December 19, 2008). "Clare's off to referee in the World Cup". Bristol Evening Post. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Clare-s-referee-World-Cup/article-562212-detail/article.html. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
2. ^ "Sports editor Clare’s Canada Cup conquest". July 27, 2005. http://rss.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2005/07july/050727rug2.shtml. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
3. ^ "Refs View". October 2, 2009. http://www.scrumqueens.com/blogs/84-refs-view.html. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
4. ^ "Female match officials set to make history at Women's Rugby World Cup 2010". December 17, 2009. http://www.rfu.com/News/2009/December/News%20Articles/171209_Female_officials_WRWC. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
5. ^ "Clare Daniels is new RFU Southern Region Referee Development Manager". July 26, 2010. http://www.rfu.com/News/2010/July/News%20Articles/250710_Clare_Developing%20Refs. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 

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