Federico Anselmi (born 29 August 1982) is a rugby union referee who represents the

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(UAR). He also is a referee for

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in North America.

Refereeing career

Anselmi is a referee on the

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circuit, haven made his debut during the

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. He is a referee on the seven circuit and was rewarded with a place on the

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referee panel. Since 2010 he has tried to develop into a world class 15's referee but couldn't, and on 27 October 2012 he made his 15's debut, refereeing the Round 2 final of the Americas 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification between Brazil and Paraguay. He has since gone on to referee more competitive matches, most notable the Canada vs Māori All Blacks match on 3 November 2013. In June 2014, he was on the referring panel for the

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, where he refereed 4 matches, 2 of which came in the knock-out stages; South Africa U20 vs New Zealand U20 semi-final, and France U20 vs Australia U20 5th place game. In 2015, he was an assistant referee for 2 matches in the

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; Wales vs Ireland and one of the deciding matches in the final round, Scotland vs Ireland. On 1 May 2015, he made his first appearance in the

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, been an assistant referee for the Brumbies– Waratahs match. Not only did this give him experience at XV level, but it gave an Argentine referee experience in the competition ahead of an Argentine club joining it the following year, 2016. In September 2015, he went to the

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as an assistant referee and as the most inexperienced referee on the panel, with only 5 XV matches refereed to his name. He joined the Super Rugby referees panel for the 2016 season and remains on the team for

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anselmi, Federico 1982 births Living people Argentine rugby union referees Sportspeople from Mendoza, Argentina Super Rugby referees