Stuart Dickinson
- January 6, 2024
- Rugby Union Match Official
Quick Facts
Full Name | Stuart Dickinson |
Occupation | Rugby Union Match Official |
Date Of Birth | Jul 19, 1968(1968-07-19) |
Age | 56 |
Country | Australia |
Birth City | Sydney |
Horoscope | Cancer |
Stuart Dickinson Biography
Name | Stuart Dickinson |
Birthday | Jul 19 |
Birth Year | 1968 |
Home Town | Sydney |
Birth Country | Australia |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Stuart Dickinson is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Match Official who was born on July 19, 1968 in Sydney, Australia. Dickinson began his refereeing career in the year 12, while playing fly-half and fullback for Epping Boys’ School. He was employed full-time by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) from 1996 until 2011. Before 1996, he was employed as a manager of sites for Linfox which is a transport firm and also with The New South Wales Police Force.
Dickinson was publicly criticized in the media by IRB Referees Manager Paddy O’Brien for his refereeing of the scrums during the Italy against New Zealand Test Match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on the 14th of November, 2009. O’Brien claimed that Dickinson had it “completely wrong”, believing that the Italian prop with the tight head, Martin Castrogiovanni was boring in comparison to his counterpart. The outrage was echoed by O’Brien’s Australian Rugby Union, who made a formal complaint to IRB. IRB regarding Paddy O’Brien. O’Brien apologized in a letter to Stuart Dickinson and the Australian Rugby Union: “I have unreservedly apologised to Stuart Dickinson for the action of publicly discussing elements of his performance review and would like to extend that apology to the Australian Rugby Union,” O’Brien said. O’Brien.
Stuart Dickinson (born 19 July 1968) is an Australian former Rugby union referee. Dickinson has refereed in many rugby competitions, including the Rugby World Cup, Tri Nations, Six Nations, international friendlies, Super 12/14/15, and Shute Shield. He was a referee at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He is Australia’s most- capped referee, and the only Australian referee to appear at three Rugby World Cups.
In the Townsville District Rugby Union Referees Dinner on October 2nd, 2009 Dickinson said (at that the time) that he had supervised 43 international matches. 41 of the matches are listed below.
Stuart Dickinson Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Rugby Union Match Official |
House | Living in own house. |
Stuart Dickinson is one of the richest Rugby Union Match Official from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stuart Dickinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He made his first refereeing appearance in the year 1997 during an Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea. He was the first referee to referee an game between two Tier 1 nations one year later, for the 1998 international match between Wales as well as South Africa at Wembley.
Dickinson refereed a number of pool games during the 2007 Rugby World Cup, including Fiji’s victory over Wales. After his 2007, World Cup, Dickinson authored the book “The Rugby World Cup Diaries – A referee’s inside view.”
In 2010 despite being rated in the Top 3 SANZAR Referees (after being appointed to the Super Rugby semi-final in Soweto) he was overlooked for the 6 Nations tournament for the first time since 2000. Then in 2011 Dickinson was overlooked for the Rugby World Cup. O’Brien denied there was any vendetta against Dickinson. Dickinson subsequently announced his retirement from refereeing on 27 September 2011.
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Facts & Trivia
Stuart Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Match Official. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Stuart Dickinson celebrates birthday on July 19 of every year.