JP Doyle
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| Doyle in 2012 | |||
| Full name | John Paul Doyle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| School | Terenure College | ||
| University | St Mary's University College, Twickenham | ||
| Occupation(s) | Full time referee | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Refereeing career | |||
| Years | Competition | Apps | |
| 2006-Present 2007-Present 2010-Present 2015 |
RFU Premiership European Challenge Cup Heineken Cup Rugby World Cup |
80 13[1] 19[1] 1[2] |
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| correct as of 26 September 2015. | |||
John Paul "JP" Doyle (born 3 August 1979 in Dublin, Ireland) is one of just six full-time rugby union referees employed by the English Rugby Football Union.[3]
Playing career
John Paul Doyle (most commonly referred to as JP Doyle[4]) was born on 3 August 1979 in Dublin, Ireland,[5] the son of Terry Doyle,[6] former President (2006/7) of the Association of Referees Leinster Branch of the IRFU.[7]
He played scrum-half for Terenure College (school), Terenure College RFC and St Mary's University College, Twickenham[8] where he trained to be a primary school teacher.[4] He was forced to stop playing due to an injury and surgery on his back in 2002.[4]
Refereeing career
Doyle started his refereeing career with the Association of Referees Leinster Branch of the IRFU[6] in 2001 and joined the London Society of RFU Referees in January 2003. He was promoted to the South East Group later in 2003 and to the National Panel in 2006.[9] He refereed the final of the Daily Mail Under 18 Schools Cup at Twickenham Stadium in 2007[10] and the EDF Energy National Trophy Final in 2008.[11]
He was appointed as a trainee full-time official on 1 September 2008.[9] In May 2010, the Elite Referee Unit (ERU) of the RFU confirmed his full-time contract after successfully completing a two-year trainee programme that had seen him referee in the Premiership, the IRB Sevens circuit, the Churchill Cup and Pacific Rim Rugby Championship tournaments.[12]
He officiated at the 2009 IRB Nations Cup,[13] the 2010, 2011 and 2012 IRB Junior World Championship, and the 2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division.
He has regularly refereed matches in the RFU Championship, Premiership and the LV= Cup including important Final matches.
Doyle refereed his first European Challenge Cup match in the 2007–08 season on 18 January 2008 when he officiated at Dax verses Calvisano pool game.[1] His first Heineken Cup game followed in the 2010–11 season on 17 October 2010 (the pool game between Perpignan and Benetton Treviso).[1]
On 27 May 2014, it was announced that Doyle would referee the 2014 Aviva Premiership final, his first as referee, having previously been appointed Assistant Referee.[14]
On 25 September 2015, Doyle refereed the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Argentina and Georgia.[2]
Doyle refereed the opening match of the 2016 Six Nations Championship (between France and Italy).[15]
Notes
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- ↑ http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/31832.php#.U4UHkig8D9s premiershiprugby.com - Aviva Premiership Final Preview: Saracens v Northampton Saints
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/rugby-union/35172167
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