Referee Joy Neville to make more rugby history in European club fixture

Joy Neville will make more rugby history when she becomes the first woman to referee a top-level European club match.

Referee Joy Neville to make more rugby history in European club fixture

Joy Neville will make more rugby history when she becomes the first woman to referee a top-level European club match, writes Stephen Barry.

In the last month alone, the Limerick-native has become the first female ref in a Welsh Premiership game, took charge of her first international fixture, between Norway and Denmark, and received a professional contract from the IRFU.

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