Dave Pearson (born 9 August 1966) is an English former

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referee. He was on the

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's list of 17 international referees for the 2009/10 season. Pearson officiated the first test match between

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and

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in June 2010. David Pearson also refereed France versus Ireland in the 2011 six nations. Since 2015, he has been the high performance referee manager at the Scottish Rugby Union, where he is responsible for bringing through the next generation of Scottish and Northern English referees. He has mentored Mike Adamson, Holly Davidson, Sam Grove-White, and Ben Blain.

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