_(cropped).jpg) Barnes refereeing in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Wayne Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 April 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bream, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Whitecross School, Lydney Monmouth School Sixth Form | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of East Anglia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby Union referee, Barrister | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne Barnes OBE (born 20 April 1979) is a retired English international rugby union referee. He was a frequent referee in the English Premiership, and refereed games in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup. At international level, Barnes refereed matches at the Rugby World Cup, the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship and the Pacific Nations Cup competitions.