REFEREE Ben Whitehouse has joined the Wales coaching team ahead of the upcoming Nations Championship campaign. Head coach Steve Tandy has added the Welsh official, who was a TMO at the 2023 World Cup, to his staff on a full-time basis.

Whitehouse, below, who is son of former international referee Nigel, took charge of his final match last night – the Welsh derby between Ospreys and Dragons at the revamped St Helen’s.
Wales previously brought him in to help with discipline and Tandy has now made a permanent appointment.

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