Alan Hosie
| Birth name | Alan M. Hosie | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth | c.1945 | ||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||
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| 116th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||
| In office 2002–2003 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert Young | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bert Duffy | ||||||||||
Alan Hosie (born c.1945) is a Scottish international referee and was the 116th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Referee career[edit]
When the yellow card was introduced to rugby union - in addition to the red card - Hosie stated: 'This is a bad move, some referees will use it as a get-out, brandishing a yellow card when it should be red.'[2]
He refereed 22 international matches before becoming Five Nations chairman in 1997.[3]
Administrative career[edit]
Hosie was a committee member of the Five Nations Championship from 1992.[3]
Hosie became Chairman of the Five Nations Championship in 1997. He was also the Chairman of the Laws Committee of the IRB; and on the Four Home Unions tour committee.[3] He served as chairman when the championship became the Six Nations Championship and remained there until 2002.[4]
He became the 115th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 2001 to 2002.[5]
Family[edit]
His son, Andrew Hosie, is also a rugby union referee; now working in Canada.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Alan M. Hosie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Aristotle Armstrong - Scottish Rugby Philosopher". scottishrugbyphilosopher.blogspot.com.
- ^ a b c "Rugby Union: Former referee to develop Five Nations". The Independent. 4 October 1997. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Pickering reaches new heights in World rugby". site-wru.soticcloud.net.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Macsporran, Socrates (5 March 2018). "Socrates MacSporran - Scottish Football Philosopher: The English Premiership Or The Ayrshire Juniors - It's Still Just Fitba".