Sarah Corrigan

Sarah Corrigan (born 1980) is an Australian international rugby union referee.While going to Daramalan College in Canberra and playing rugby sevens, she decided to do a referee course, encouraged by her father. After the first appearance in a local under 11’s match in 1998, Corrigan received the B.A.R. Trophy by the ACT Rugby Referees Association to the most improved senior referee in 2002 and became the first woman to officiate an ACT Premier Rugby First Grade match.She got another record following her appointment for the 2006 Womens Rugby World Cup third/fourth playoff between Canada and France, held on 17 September at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.On 21 October 2007 she was awarded the 2007 IRBs Women’s Personality of the Year at Pavillon dArmenonville in Pariss Allée de Longchamp for being the first female to referee at a male IRB tournament, when she took charge of the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship match between Zimbabwe and Canada on 4 April at Queens University of Belfast).Corrigan refereed the 2010 Womens Rugby World Cup final between England and New Zealand, held at Twickenham Stoop on 5 September.

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