Rob Debney
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| birth_name = Robert Stephen Debney
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| birth_place = Stafford, England
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| occupation = Rugby union referee
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| spouse = Michelle Lester m June 2023
| children = Holly Debney
Alexander Debney
Elodie Debney
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| university = Loughborough University
| ru_refereeyears1 = 2009
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Rob Debney (born 15 December 1973) is a former professional rugby union referee who represented the English Rugby Union. He now competes in Ironman competitions.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/robdebney?lang=en|title=Rob Debney (@robdebney) | Twitter|website=twitter.com}}
Rugby union career
=Playing career=
==Amateur career==
A neck injury stopped Debney's playing career while he was still at school and he began refereeing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.advantagereferee.com/team|title=TEAM|website=advantage}}{{cite web|url=http://www.agard.rugby.hu/letolt/JVEZ%20Elm/060427MitJelentFoallasuJVneklenni.pdf|date=2006-01-31|author=Rob Debney|title= WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FULL-TIME REFEREE |accessdate=2019-12-22}}
=Referee career=
==Professional career==
Debney was a referee for the English Rugby Union from 1999 to 2011.{{cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rob-debney-53b93b54|website=uk.linkedin.com|title=uk.linkedin.com/in/rob-debney-53b93b54|accessdate=2019-12-22}}
He refereed his first English Premiership match in 2004.
He refereed his first 1872 Cup match on 2 January 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwarriors.com/articles/match/005170.php|title=Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh|website=www.glasgowwarriors.com}}
==International career==
Outside of rugby
Debney is a Director of Sales at TOMZ Corporation. He occasionally writes rugby union articles for The Times newspaper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/rugby-world-cup-russia-player-could-have-been-killed-td2zx3z7r|title=Rugby World Cup: Russia player could have been killed|first=Rob Debney, former international|last=referee|date=September 25, 2019|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}
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Category:English rugby union referees