Hugh David Watkins (born 3 September 1963) is a Welsh former

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. He was selected as a touch judge at the

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, before being used as a television match official later in the competition. In 2008, he was hired by the

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

rugby team as a consultant in charge of reviewing the team's performances. That same year, he was hired as the

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on the UK television game show ''

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''.

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