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| Birth name | Nicholas Berry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 March 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nic Berry (born 13 March 1984 in Brisbane) is a former rugby union player, and current rugby union referee.
Berry was educated at Ipswich Grammar School in Queensland. He represented Australia in rugby union with the under-21 national team at the under-21 World Cup in Argentina. He made his Super 12 debut for the Queensland Reds against the Hurricanes in 2005. He started four games in 2005, and played another five off the bench. He made his run-on debut at halfback replacing the injured Josh Valentine in a match against the Bulls. In 2006 Berry was selected in the Australian Prime Minister's XV to take on the Japanese national team in Tokyo on 4 November. He was also part of the Sunnybank team that won the 2005 and 2007 Queensland Premier Rugby trophy.
In July 2007, it was rumoured that Berry was looking at offers from overseas and requesting a release from S14 and ARC commitments. He then left the Queensland Reds and moved to Racing Métro 92 Paris where he played for the following three seasons. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season Berry joined London Wasps on a two-year contract. [2] After a number of strong performances he signed a contract extension for the following two seasons. [3] Berry retired early into the 2012–13 season at the advice of his physician after sustaining a series of concussions. [4]
Berry made a rapid rise up the refereeing ranks in 2015, making his debut both in Queensland Premier Rugby and in Australia's National Rugby Championship within a year of taking up the whistle. [5]
He joined the Super Rugby referees panel for the 2016 season, [6] and refereed his first match in Super Rugby on 9 April 2016, between the Stormers and Sunwolves.
He was selected as one of the referees at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [7]
His controversial decision to not award a try for Scotland against France in a Six Nations Championship match led to the SRU seeking an admission of error with World rugby. However World rugby decided to have “no plans” to issue any public explanation following the controversial ending to the Six Nations clash between Scotland and France.
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