Former Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has been appointed to referee his first Gallagher Premiership last, practically a decade into his profession as a match official. Dickson will take cost of Bath vs Leicester at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday.
The 42-year-old is not any stranger to the large stage, having refereed in 24 Assessments, together with the final 4 Six Nations and the 2023 World Cup.
Dickson has refereed Bathtub 4 instances within the league this season – the house and away video games in opposition to Saracens and Sale – which ended with three wins and a defeat (the lifeless rubber vs Saracens in spherical 18).
Two of these video games featured pink playing cards, with Bathtub and Sale receiving one apiece in a 40-13 win for the blue, black and whites in October, whereas Toby Knight was despatched off as 14-man Saracens slipped to a document 68-10 loss over the Christmas interval.
The Salisbury-born official has only been the man in the middle for one of the Tigers’ league games, the 36-19 win away to Bristol in April, the place yellow playing cards have been issued to Joe Heyes and Solomone Kata.
All instructed, Dickson has blown the whistle in 10 league matches this season and given out 4 pink playing cards, the best share of any of the 14 refs in a Premiership sport this season.
Nonetheless, his penalty rely is on the decrease finish of the spectrum, with a mean of 20.2 per match, rating him twelfth.
Dickson can be assisted on the day by Luke Pearce and Adam Leal, whereas Ian Tempest is the TMO for Saturday’s season finale between the league’s prime two groups from the common season.
