Hollie Davidson will develop into the primary lady in historical past to referee an All Blacks Take a look at this November, having been appointed to officiate Wales vs New Zealand.
The Scottish referee was named World Rugby’s Referee of the Yr for 2025, with greater than 1 / 4 of her 46 matches within the center having come within the males’s Take a look at area.
Davidson just lately took cost of the history-making Ladies’s Rugby World Cup last between England’s Crimson Roses and Canada at a bought out Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.
She was the primary to referee a males’s Six Nations crew when she led an all-female crew in Italy’s 38-31 win over Portugal in June 2022, earlier than finishing the Ladies’s Rugby World Cup last double in sevens and 15s solely 62 days aside later that yr.
Within the final two years, Davidson has additionally refereed world champions South Africa in July 2024 and this yr’s European Problem Cup Remaining between Bathtub and Lyon in Cardiff.
This autumn Davidson can even referee Portugal vs Hong Kong, and has additionally been appointed assistant for Italy vs Australia on Saturday, November 8 together with fellow Scot Sam Grove-White.
