Alain Rolland
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| Full name | Alain Colm Pierre Rolland | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 August 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | ||
| Occupation(s) | Mortgage broker / Referee | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Scrum Half | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1996-1997 |
Blackrock Moseley |
11 |
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| correct as of 1 Sep 2011. | |||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1989–1996 | Leinster | 40 | |
| correct as of 1 Sep 20011. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1990-1995 | Ireland | 3 | (0) |
| correct as of 1 Sep 2011. | |||
Alain Colm Pierre Rolland (born 22 August 1966) is an Irish rugby union referee and former player.
During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for Ireland. He started the match on 27 October 1990 against Argentina, and gained further caps as a replacement against Italy in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 provincial caps for Leinster, and played club rugby for Blackrock College. He also played 11 times for English club Moseley during the 1996/97 season.
Rolland retired as a player at the start of the professional era and began refereeing, with his first Test appointment coming on 19 September 2001 when Wales beat Romania 81-9 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
He made his Six Nations refereeing debut six months later, when France beat Scotland 22-10 at Murrayfield, with his first Tri-Nations match following in July 2003, with New Zealand’s record 52-16 defeat of South Africa.
Rolland refereed in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups and was appointed to referee the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.[1] Rolland, along with fellow Irishman George Clancy, was selected to a ten man referee panel for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In the 2011 World Cup Semi Final between Wales and France, Rolland sent off Welsh captain Sam Warburton for a dangerous tip tackle.[2][3] He was an assistant referee in the final.[4]
Rolland is a member of the Leinster Branch of Referees. His full-time job is as a mortgage broker in Dublin.[5] He speaks fluent French.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Rolland Selected To Referee World Cup Final". Irish Rugby. 7 October 2007. http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/8440.php. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Decision of the Independent Judicial Officer, Held at the offices of Russell McVeagh, Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street, Auckland on 16 October 2011 at 16.30..
- ^ Nick Pearce (15 October 2011). "Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales v France". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/8827815/Rugby-World-Cup-2011-Wales-v-France-live.html. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Joubert named World Cup final ref". BBC News. 17 October 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/15331518.stm.
- ^ "All Blacks: Rolland is lucky charm". New Zealand Herald. 17 July 2010. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10659329. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/878771-rugby-world-cup-semi-final-referee-alain-rolland-receives-death-threats
[edit] External links
- Alain Rolland on ESPN Scrum
- Player Profile (as archived on Webarchive)
- 2003 Match Official profile (as archived on Webarchive)
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