Ireland's Joy Neville will make rugby union history in France later this year when she becomes the first woman to officiate at a men's World Cup. Photograph: Marlie Packer/PA WireThe former Irish international Joy Neville is to become the first woman to officiate at a men’s Rugby World Cup, after being selected as one of the TMOs among the list of match officials named by World Rugby for the competition in France later this year.
Neville, who refereed the women’s 2017 World Cup final, is among a quartet of Irish officials who have been selected for the World Cup, with Andrew Brace named in the referee panel, Chris Busby in the assistant referee panel, while Brian MacNeice and Neville are in the TMO panel.
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