Joy Neville

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joy Neville
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 24, 1983(1983-07-24)
Age	41
Birthplace	Limerick
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Cancer

Joy Neville Biography

Joy Neville is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on July 24, 1983 in Limerick, Ireland. Joy Neville (born 24 July 1983) is a former Ireland women’s rugby union player and currently a union rugby referee. As a player, Neville played for Ireland in each of the 2006 as well as the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cups. In 2009, Neville was captain of an initial Ireland team to beat France. In 2013, she was one of the players on one of the very initial Ireland women’s team to take home the Six Nations, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles.

Neville was a student at Salesian Secondary School where she played in a variety of sports like squash, basketball association football, badminton as well as field hockey. Her initial focus was basketball and was a part of the Salesian Secondary School basketball team that was awarded the All-Ireland schools league championship. Neville was just 16 and working at a local leisure center when a friend suggested she try the female rugby. She then began playing for Shannon which at the time were the sole Limerick club with a female team. In 2009, she joined UL Bohemians and would also play for Munster and help them win six Interprovincial championships.

On 20 October 2016 Neville served as an assistant referee for a European Rugby Challenge Cup game between Bath and Bristol, making her the first woman to ever officiate in a professional European rugby match. On 12 November 2016 Neville became the first woman to take charge of an All-Ireland League match when she refereed a game between Cork Constitution and Clontarf. On 23 September 2017 Neville became the first woman to referee an Excellence match when she took charge of a fixture between Petrarca and Lazio. She had previously referee in the Serie A.

By 2015 Neville was refereeing in the IRFU Women’s Interprovincial Series. On 20 March 2016 Neville made her debut as an international referee when she took charge of a Women’s Six Nations Championship between Wales and Italy. On 26 August 2017 Neville refereed the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup Final between New Zealand and England. She also served as a referee during the 2017–18 World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series

Between 2008 between 2008 and between 2008 and Neville went to Limerick Institute of Technology where she earned a bachelor’s diploma in Social Studies and care. She also started working as a director of the rugby union at LIT as well as coaching the women’s and men’s teams. After she had retired as a player Neville got a call from David McHugh, an IRFU referee performance officer who asked her to become an official referee. In December 2013, she took the reigns of her first match which was one of the U15 match between St Munchin’s College and CBC. Then she started refereeing Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup games.

Joy Neville Net Worth

Joy Neville is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joy Neville 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Between 2003 between 2003 and between 2003 and Neville played 70 times in her country’s Ireland female rugby union national team. She was captain of the team at their 2009. Women’s Six Nations Championship, which led players from the Ireland ladies to their very first victory against France. Neville was a member of Ireland in two of 2006’s and the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cups. In the 2010 World Cup, Neville scored 4 tries, two of them against United States in a 22-12 victory as well as two against Kazakhstan in a win of 37-3. She was also a part of the Ireland team that won the Grand Slam and won the 2013 Women’s Six Nations Championship. While playing for the international team, Neville would also play for the Ireland women’s national rugby sevens team.

Joy Neville grew up in the North Circular Road district of Limerick. She was born into a family of athletes and had four brothers. Their father, Ger Neville, played in the rugby union of UL Bohemians. In 2006-07 , her twin brother Paul was captain of Garryowen for the All-Ireland League, All-Ireland Cup and Munster Senior Cup treble. He also was a player for Connacht and also for the Ireland the national team for rugby 7s.

Neville is openly gay. On 21 June 2015 she married her partner Simona Coppola, who is also from Limerick. Coppola works as a project manager for Intel. Neville has stated in interview that she is proud to represent the first country to pass a same-sex marriage referendum.

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Who is Joy Neville Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Joy Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Joy Neville celebrates birthday on July 24 of every year.

Did Joy Neville have a baby?

Neville was TMO for Wales v Italy in the men’s Six Nations game in March and she also refereed an Under-20s match. But this was her first time to ref a senior Six Nations game since she gave birth to her son, Alfie, last June. She didn’t know if she’d ever get back to this position.

Where is Joy Neville from?

Rugby union career