Greg Garner

Greg Garner started refereeing in Perth, Western Australia in 1999 and was accepted on to the Panel of National Referees in June 2002. In the UK he began officiating in 2000 at local rugby clubs in Coventry before joining the elite referee development at the RFU in 2008, and was part of the touch judge team in the 2008–09 English Premiership. In 2010, Garner was part of the IRB referee panel for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy - refereeing 4 fixtures, before refereeing the final of the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship between hosts South Africa and New Zealand. He made his first appearance at Test match level during the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests, where he officiated the Italy vs. Tonga match. He became a full time referee in June 2008 and has since refereed in the Guinness Premiership and European Challenge Cup.