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Jenny Davies

Referee Jenny Davies.

History beckons for Welsh officials

Three Welsh referees will be flying the flag for north Wales officials when they take control of Rugby Euorpe’s Women’s Championsnhip match between Spain and Portugal at Pons Vens this Saturday.

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The match will be of significant interest as former Wales Women prop Jenny Davies creates history by becoming the first Welsh international player to represent her country as a referee at the highest level.

To add extra kudos to the occasion, her assistants will be Sarah Toll and Ceri Parry to complete an historic all-female team of three Welsh officials for the very first time.

Capped 74 times by Wales as a loosehead prop, Davies took up the whistle in 2018 and has worked her way up through the ranks to earn her first opportunity at Test level.

“I was very privileged to play for my country, but to do it as a referee as well is simply gob smacking,” she said.

“The way I see it, we are going out as a team which will comfort me. It should be so much easier working with people I know.”

WRU Community match officials lead Sean Brickell, said: “Jenny is a great ambassador for rugby in general, having, played coached and refereed, and the fact she will become a duel playing and refereeing international is very special.

“She’s also a good person and character off the field, which makes her very popular among her refereeing peers. Ceri and Sarah are fantastic servants to the community game in Wales too, and with all three officials being from North Wales it is testament to the support work that Rich Morgan and his coaching team dedicate to refereeing in the region.”

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