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Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson

Full name: Stuart James Dickinson

Born: Sydney, 19 July 1968

First Test: Tonga vs Cook Islands, 5 July 1997

Latest Test: New Zealand vs South Africa on 14 July 2007

Number of Tests: 36

World Cup experience: 1999, 2003. He has refereed five World Cup matches.

He was first a policeman then a manager in a transport business. Now he is a full-time referee. Dickinson became a referee at the prodigious age of 12. This will be his third World Cup. He took charge of the famous upset of Ireland by Argentina at the 1999 tournament.

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