| Date of birth | (1979-06-07)7 June 1979 (age 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Canberra,Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Lees (born 7 June 1979) is anAustralian professionalrugby unionreferee. He has been a member of theSuper Rugby referees panel from the 2012 season and onwards.[1]
Lees took up refereeing in 1996,[2] and combined this with playing throughout university. By 2001 he was refereeing senior rugby in Sydney and he was selected on the ARU referees panel in 2008.[3] Lees made his international debut in 2008 on theIRB Sevens World Series circuit and refereed in several Cup Finals as well as at the2010 Commonwealth Games inrugby sevens.[3]
Lees was appointed to his first test match in November 2011, which was anOceania Cup match betweenNiue andSolomon Islands.[3] He refereed his first match inSuper Rugby between theRebels andBulls in May 2012,[4] and was named as one of 16 referees on the mainSANZAR referees panel for the 2013 season. Lees was also appointed to theIRB Junior World Championship in 2013.[3]
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