Leon Williamson is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 referee. A former international referee, Williamson has also controlled Auckland Rugby League

Auckland Rugby League

The Auckland Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is responsible for rugby league in the region and was the owner of Carlaw Park, once the "spiritual home of rugby league in New Zealand".-History:The Auckland Rugby League was...

, New Zealand Rugby League

New Zealand Rugby League

The New Zealand Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. The NZRL was founded on the 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year....

, Rugby Football League Championship and Toyota Cup matches. He is also the top referee in the Auckland region.

International career

Williamson has served as an international referee and refereed in the 2008 World Cup

2008 Rugby League World Cup

The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...

, 2009 European Cup and 2009 Four Nations. In the 2009 Four Nations he was appointed to referee the final between Australia and England. He has also controlled various one off international matches.

Williamson retired from international matches in 2010, his last international appointment was controlling the New Zealand Maori rugby league team

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

-See also:* New Zealand national rugby league team* New Zealand Māori rugby union team* New Zealand Māori cricket team-External links:* Google Books...

 v England national rugby league team

England national rugby league team

The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...

match on 16 October.

Personal life

Leon currently resides in Wattle Downs, in the South of Auckland. He is married to Vicky and together have two children, twins Brooke and Dillon. Williamson is a plumber by trade and runs his own company, Rescue Plumbing. In his spare time, Williamson enjoys fishing, riding his motorcycle and spending quality time with his family.

External links

• championshipstats.rlfans.com stats
• rugbyleagueproject.org stats