Peter Allan (born 19 July 1975) is a professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

referee who represented the

Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...

Rugby union career

Playing career

Amateur career

Allan played as prop for

Watsonians Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, ...

Referee career

Professional career

Allan won SRU referee of the year in 2005-06 season. Allan refereed in the Celtic League. He refereed his first

1872 Cup The 1872 Cup – also known as the 1872 Challenge Cup – is a men's rugby union tournament contested every year between the two Scottish professional clubs, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby use selected ...

match on 2 January 2010. He is now an Assistant Referee in the English Premiership.

International career

He was the fifth official in the Scotland v New Zealand match in the

2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C Pool C of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and concluded on 29 September 2007. The pool was composed of Italy, New Zealand, Romania and Scotland and World Cup debutants Portugal. Overview New Zealand were assured of first place in the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Peter Living people Scottish rugby union referees Rugby union officials 1975 births 1872 Cup referees Watsonians RFC players