Romain Poite
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| Poite officiating in a Top 14 match in December 2013 | |||
| Date of birth | September 14, 1975 | ||
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| 2007-2015 2010- |
Rugby World Cup Six Nations |
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Romain Poite (born September 14, 1975)[1] is a French rugby union international referee. He made his World Cup debut as an assistant referee in 2007 during the match between Ireland and Namibia. He also officiated (as touch judge or television match official) during three games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship.[2] He refereed his first Six Nations match in 2010.[3] Poite was appointed to the 10-man elite referees panel for the 2011 Rugby World Cup,[4] where he refereed four matches. He was also appointed to referee the third and deciding Test of the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour against Australia; the Lions won and Poite was commended for rewarding the dominant scrum.[5]
During the 4th round of the Rugby championship, Poite incorrectly yellow-carded South African hooker, Bismarck du Plessis for what he deemed was an illegal tackle on Dan Carter.[6] The International Rugby Board later rescinded the card for the tackle[7][8] and excluded him for a few months from the IRB panel.[9]
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