Ben Whitehouse
| Full name | Ben Whitehouse | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gowerton, Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| School | Gowerton Comprehensive School | ||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Nigel Whitehouse (father) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Competition | Apps | |
| 2014– 2015– 2015– 2016– |
Pro12 Test matches Challenge Cup Champions Cup |
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Ben Whitehouse (born 9 August 1990) is a Welsh rugby union referee. He is currently one of three professional referees at the Welsh Rugby Union, alongside Craig Evans and Nigel Owens.
Whitehouse started refereeing at the age of 19, during the 2009/10 European season. 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. 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.
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 the 5 June 2015, just a day before he refereed his first World Rugby Under 20 Championship match, between France U20 and Japan U20.
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