Who Is Chris Busby? Everything About The Referee From The Irish Rugby Football Union

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Sunday, May 19, 2024

Chris Busby is a high-performance referee at IRFU which stands for Irish Rugby Football Union. Continue reading to learn more about the young referee. 

Chris Busby will represent the IRFU’s High-Performance Council with Andrew Brace, Frank Murphy, and Joy Neville for the 2021/22 campaign.

He recently got named to two high-profile fixtures in the rescheduled U20 Six Nations Tournament, which will be held in Wales.

The young referee has already worked in this game twice. Previously in the 2020 tournament, he had supervised Italy’s round one defeat of Wales and Wales’ round five defeat to Scotland.

IRFU Referee Chris Busby Age: How Old Is He?

IRFU referee Chris Busby seems to be around 35-45 years old in age.

He currently resides in Belfast Metropolitan Area, a collection of local government areas in Northern Ireland that includes outer suburbs and overspills from Belfast.

Busby received his high school education at Ballyclare High School and his ISRM HPD Sport and Recreation Management from Loughborough College.

NEBOSH’s National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and Belfast Met Business School’s ILM Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership and Management are among his other certifications.

Referee Chris Busby Wikipedia Explored

Referee Chris Busby is yet to have his biography featured on Wikipedia.

But in the meantime, many different websites have covered the details on him.

Chris not only referees for the IRFU, but also for the United Rugby Championship (URC) and the European Rugby Cup (EPCR).

He began his career with Newtownabbey Borough Council and worked for nearly four years as a Leisure Attendant. Also, he worked as a Shift Supervisor for almost three years.

Later, he went on to work for Pulse Fitness as a Duty Manager (Aquatics) before leaving to work for Ballymoney Borough Council as a Centre Supervisor.

For over four months, Chris Busby has been a High-Performance Referee for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).

Does Chris Busby have a Girlfriend Or Wife?

To date, Chris Busby has not revealed anything regarding his girlfriend or his wife.

And it’s difficult to divulge anything about the referee’s personal life because he appears to be very discreet about it.

On top of that, Chris is also not very active on social media, so his fans and well-wishers don’t get to see much of him outside of rugby.

Meet IRFU Referee Chris Busby On Instagram

IRFU referee Chris Busby is currently unavailable on Instagram, according to our sources. However, he is available on other sites such as Linkedin.

Despite his youth, the young referee has amassed a sizable fan base due to his tough and decisive officiating.

And we’re hoping to see a lot more of Chris on Instagram and other social media platforms in the near future.

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