Chris Pollock

Chris Pollock

Chris Pollock receiving a commemorative jersey from the Hawke's Bay Rugby Referees Association
Full name	Chris Pollock
Date of birth	(1972-11-09) 9 November 1972 (age 44)
Place of birth	Taranaki
Rugby union career
Refereeing career Years Competition Apps 2009 2011–15 2005–15 2013–15 IRB Junior World Championship Test Matches Six Nations Championship Super Rugby Rugby World Cup 22 70 11

Chris Pollock is a retired Rugby Union referee who represented the New Zealand Rugby Union. In 2008, he was part of the IRB's touch judge panel. He made his international referee debut in 2005, when he refereed Niue vs Tahiti, while his first IRB appointment was in 2006, taking charge of Hong Kong vs Japan.

He was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup referee panel, where he was assistant referee in 6 matches. After refereeing the match between Ireland and Scotland in the 2012 Six Nations Championship, he was among the game's elite officials with a place in the IRB selection for the 2012 June tests refereeing in the second test of Wales' tour to Australia.

In 2013, Pollock was responsible for introducing the ref-cam in the Super Rugby. During the round 2 derby match between Queensland Reds and New South Wales Waratahs, Pollock has a cam strapped round his head to show a different perspective to the game.

He was one of three referees who refereed a test during the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, taking charge in the first test, and touch judging in the second and third alongside; Craig Joubert and Romain Poite. He claimed he was happy to be a part of this tour.