Vlad Iordescu

Vlad retired as a player when he was nineteen, but by then he had already started refereeing, "because it was the only way to stay involved in the game, for I was just an average player, and I love rugby". He gradually climbed the refereeing ladder, was an assistant referee in the Nations Cup for three years and refereed Europe's Under-18 championship. In 2009 he refereed his first Test match - Ukraine vs Czech Republic in Division 1B of the European Nations Cup. In March this year he refereed two more Tests - Russia vs Ukraine in Division 1A and Germany vs Moldavia in Division 1B.