Whitehouse started refereeing at the age of 19, during the 2009/10 European season.[1] Since then, Whitehouse has come through the ranks at the Welsh Rugby Union, refereeing at the Union' top level the Principality Premiership. He was part of the Welsh Rugby Union referees academy in 2013, where in February 2014, he was selected for the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament in Hong Kong, which saw him referee the final between Tonga U20 and Japan U20.[2][3] Later that year, he appeared in his first British and Irish Cup, and was selected by the four home unions to officiate the final between Leinster A and Leeds Carnegie.[4]
whitehouse, born, august, 1990, welsh, rugby, union, referee, currently, five, professional, referees, welsh, rugby, union, alongside, craig, evans, adam, jones, birth, namedate, birth, 1990, august, 1990, place, birthgowerton, swansea, walesschoolgowerton, co. Ben Whitehouse born 9 August 1990 is a Welsh rugby union referee He is currently one of five professional referees at the Welsh Rugby Union alongside Craig Evans and Adam Jones Ben WhitehouseBen WhitehouseBirth nameBen WhitehouseDate of birth 1990 08 09 9 August 1990 age 33 Place of birthGowerton Swansea WalesSchoolGowerton Comprehensive SchoolNotable relative s Nigel Whitehouse father Occupation s Rugby union refereeRugby union careerRefereeing careerYearsCompetitionApps2014 2015 2015 2016 Pro12Test matchesChallenge CupChampions CupCorrect as of 9 November 2016Career editWhitehouse started refereeing at the age of 19 during the 2009 10 European season 1 Since then Whitehouse has come through the ranks at the Welsh Rugby Union refereeing at the Union top level the Principality Premiership He was part of the Welsh Rugby Union referees academy in 2013 where in February 2014 he was selected for the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament in Hong Kong which saw him referee the final between Tonga U20 and Japan U20 2 3 Later that year he appeared in his first British and Irish Cup and was selected by the four home unions to officiate the final between Leinster A and Leeds Carnegie 4 On 21 November 2014 he refereed his first professional game Connacht v Zebre during the 2014 15 Pro12 season That season he also made his international debut refereeing Belgium v Sweden during the 2014 16 European Nations Cup Division 1B season At the end of that season Whitehouse signed a professional referee s contract with the WRU on 5 June 2015 just a day before he refereed his first World Rugby Under 20 Championship match between France U20 and Japan U20 5 In the 2015 16 season he became a regular appointment at Pro12 level and made his first European appearance officiating the Edinburgh Grenoble clash on 13 November 2015 as part of the 2015 16 European Rugby Challenge Cup He later made his Champions Cup debut refereeing Leicester Tigers v Benetton Treviso on 16 January 2016 citation needed On 18 June 2016 Ben had his first World Rugby international appointment assistant referee for the second and third test of Ireland s tour of South Africa 6 On 26 November he took charge of his first World Rugby appointment refereeing Romania against Uruguay during the 2016 end of year rugby union internationals citation needed On 24 June 2017 he refereed the World Cup Qualifier between the United States and Canada in Hamilton Ontario Canada citation needed References edit Rugby refereeing is in the Whitehouse family s genes Match officials for JWRT WHITEHOUSE SELECTED FOR JWRT FINAL Swansea s Ben Whitehouse to referee British amp Irish Cup final WRU APPOINTS TWO NEW PROFESSIONAL REFEREES Referees for June Tests Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ben Whitehouse amp oldid 1182213258, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
