Trivias Of Wayne Barnes
- Barnes started playing rugby at the age of eight, and took up refereeing aged 15 with Gloucester & District Referees.
- He graduated with a law degree in 2000 from the University of East Anglia.
- He is also a criminal barrister and partner at Squire Patton Boggs.
- Wayne Barnes is a regular referee in the English Premiership, and has refereed games in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup.
- In 2001, at the age of 21, Wayne Barnes became the youngest referee ever appointed to the Panel of National Referees.
