Jordan Way
{{Short description|Australian rugby union referee}}
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| birth_name = Jordan Way
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| birth_place = Queensland, Australia
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| refereeyears1 = 2015–pres.
| refereeyears2 = 2016–pres.
| refereeyears3 = 2020–pres.
| refereecomps1 = National Rugby Championship
| refereecomps2 = World Rugby Sevens Series
| refereecomps3 = Super Rugby
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| ru_refereeupdate = 18 February 2021
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Jordan Way is an Australian professional rugby union referee.{{cite news|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2020/08/20/super-rugby-au-jordan-way-debut|title=From far north Queensland to the far side of the world, Rugby AU's newest debutant|work=Rugby.com.au|date=20 August 2020|access-date=18 February 2021}}
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Refereeing career
Way has been a member of Rugby Australia's match officials panel since 2015, having previously played rugby union before injuring his collarbone.{{cite web|url=https://rugby365.com/laws-referees/news/introducing-the-sevens-referees/|title=Introducing the Sevens Referees|work=Rugby365|date=13 December 2019|access-date=18 February 2021}} He has been a Rugby sevens referee at the World Rugby Sevens Series since 2016, and hoped to officiate at the 2020 Olympic Games. However, in 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic causing the cancellation of the 2020 Super Rugby season and regional tournaments being created in its place, Way made his Super Rugby refereeing debut, having previously only been an assistant in Super Rugby, in the match between the {{Rut|Force}} and {{Rut|Reds}} on 21 August 2020 in the 2020 Super Rugby AU competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.superxv.com/super-rugby-au-match-officials-rd-8/|title=Super Rugby AU Match Officials Rd. 8|work=Super XV|date=19 August 2020|access-date=18 February 2021}} He was appointed to the officiating list for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season in February 2021.{{cite news | url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2021/02/18/super-rugby-au-match-official-team-2021 | title=2021 Super Rugby AU Match Officials Confirmed | work=Rugby.com.au | date=18 February 2021 | access-date=18 February 2021}}
Way was appointed as an Assistant Referee to the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France
References
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Category:Australian rugby union referees
Category:Sportsmen from Queensland
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Australian people
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