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Referee Ridley still has that Tigers’ fighting spirit

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The Rugby Paper Team
4 March 2018

ROOKIE Premiership referee Christophe Ridley has set his sights on taking charge of a World Cup final after completing a remarkable rise to the top.
Former England U18s scrum-half Ridley, 24, had been earmarked for a stellar playing career at Leicester after featuring in their academy alongside George Ford and Manu Tuilagi.
However, a double-shoulder dislocation in 2012 put paid to those hopes before he was offered a surprise second route towards topflight rugby.
Ridley, who took charge of his first Premiership match when London Irish played Wasps in November, said: “I’d captain...

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