Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis

Full name: Alan Lewis

Born: County Cork, 1 June 1964

First Test: Argentina vs France on 13 June 1998

Latest Test: England vs France on 11 August 2007

Number of Tests: 28

World Cup experience: 1999, 2003. He has refereed one World Cup match.

He is the managing director of an insurance brokerage. A former Ireland international cricketer, the 43-year-old refereed both this season's Heineken Cup and EDF Energy cup finals. This will be his second World Cup.

Stuart Barnes Column

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