Nigel Owens reveals the TOUGHEST player he's had to referee
Rugby NewsTuesday, 25 April 2017 at 14:30
Popular Welsh referee Nigel Owens has taken charge of the biggest matches the game has to offer including multiple domestic finals, European finals and the Rugby World Cup final back in 2015.
As a result, over his long career, he's had to deal with a number of challenge players - but who was the toughest?
Thankfully Owens did a brilliant Q&A for WalesOnline a few weeks back and a member of the public asking just that, to which Owens responded.
"There have been quite a few. Austin Healey was definitely one but a penalty and 10 yards against him soon got the message across!" revealed Owens.
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LIST | 20 times Nigel Owens didn’t give a f**k
Nigel Owens: One of the most respected referees in the world and a fantastic sense of humour to go with it!
Here we list 20 of his very best moments on and off the pitch.
1. When someone offered him nudes
2. Destroyed
3. Burn
4. He sure did!
5. Yellow carding the ball boy
6. I'm sure he'd still sort them out
7. Put in his place
8. UFC needs Nigel
9. Brilliant
10. When someone called him a wanker
11. When he challenged the PC police
12. When he walked into a camera
13. "Uhh.. Christopher!"
To Chris Robshaw who was complaining about a French player lying around the base of a ruck.
14. His collection of one-liners
15. "The football stadium is 500 yards that way."
During a Leicester v Ulster match at Welford Road, which is a stone's throw from the King Power.
16. Everyone in!
Owens gets fed up with things as Scarlets and Leinster clash so calls every last player in for a talking to.
17. “I don’t think we’ve met before, but I’m the referee”
Trouble with the kids running riot in the house? Channel your inner Owens awesomeness and let them know you’re the referee of the house.
18. I’m straighter than that
Owens tells Harlequins hooker Dave Ward that he’s straighter than his line out throws…
19. Sorting out parliament
20. The most iconic
Tobias Botas is cut right down to size by Owens with one of the most quotable lines in rugby as he is told “this is not soccer.”
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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