Alain Rolland
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| Full name | Alain Colm Pierre Rolland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Froggy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Mortgage broker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Scrum Half | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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1996-1997 |
Blackrock Moseley |
11 |
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Correct as of 1 Sep 2011
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| Provincial / State sides | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1989–1996 | Leinster | 40 | () |
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Correct as of 1 Sep 2011
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| Current local club | Blackrock | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1990-1995 |
 Ireland
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3 | ((0)) |
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Correct as of 1 Sep 2011
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| Refereeing career | |||
| Years | Competition | Apps | |
| 2003-2011 2001-2014 |
Rugby World Cup Test Matches |
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Alain Colm Pierre Rolland (born 22 August 1966) is an Irish rugby union referee and former player. He played provincially for Leinster, and gained three caps for Ireland. He refereed the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was an assistant referee in the final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In September 2013 he announced his intention to retire from refereeing at the end of the 2013/14 season.
During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for Ireland. He started the match on 27 October 1990 against Argentina, and gained further caps as a replacement against Italy in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 provincial caps for Leinster, and played club rugby for Blackrock College. He also played 11 times for English club Moseley during the 1996/97 season.
Rolland retired as a player at the start of the professional era and began refereeing, with his first Test appointment coming on 19 September 2001 when Wales beat Romania 81-9 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
He made his Six Nations refereeing debut six months later, when France beat Scotland 22-10 at Murrayfield, with his first Tri-Nations match following in July 2003, with New Zealand’s record 52-16 defeat of South Africa.
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