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Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Alain Rolland

Alain Rolland

Full name: Alain Colm Pierre Rolland

Born: Dublin, 22 August 1966

First Test: Wales vs Romania on 19 September 2001

Latest Test: France vs England on 18 August 2007

Number of Tests: 26

World Cup experience: 2003. He has refereed three World Cup matches.

He is a mortgage broker. With a French father and fluent in the language, Rolland is a former Ireland scrum-half who turned to refereeing when the game went professional. This will be his second World Cup.

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