On Saturday, May 14th Scott Green officiated his 50th Major League Rugby match.
Green grew up playing rugby in New Zealand before later making the move to the states. As a club player in the US he played No 8 for the Austin Huns and Austins Blacks, winning the 2008 Club D1 Mens Championship with the Austin Blacks.
After a 20 year amateur rugby career, Green joined the Texas Rugby Referee Association where he then spent four years as its Chairman and achieved USA Rugby National Panel recognition in 2013. He has been a leader in North American referee development, he led the Texas Rugby Referee Association for many years and is currently a High Performance Referee coach for USA Rugby. He was also an Assistant Referee at USA vs CAN in 2016, USA v URU and USA v BR in 2017 and USA v NZ in the Inaugural 1874 Cup in 2021.
Green joined the MLR refereeing ranks in 2018 and was selected to referee the 2018 MLR Final, and the 2019 Semi Final and Final.
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"It is a great honor and privilege to be the first match official to referee 50 matches for MLR and its important that I acknowledge all of my friends, family and the USA rugby community for their support and trust in me over the years." Said Green. "And to my wife, Carol. Thank you for letting me dream big. Without your love and constant support, none of this is possible. I owe everything to you."
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"On behalf of management, I would like to congratulate Scott Green on this significant milestone. I hope it is a special day for him, his family and friends." said Jonathan Kaplan, MLR Match Official Director. "I know that all the referees will be cheering him on as the first referee to achieve 50 MLR matches." 