Sara Cox (referee)
| Date of birth | 1990 or 1991 (age 34–35) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Louise Cox MBE is an English rugby union referee and former rugby union footballer. In 2016, she became the world's first professional female rugby union referee, and in 2018 she became the first woman to referee a Premiership Rugby Cup match. On 25 September 2021, she became the first woman to referee a Premiership Rugby Union Match when she took centre field for a fixture between Harlequins and Worcester Warriors at the Stoop.