A Royal Navy officer based at Faslane has been named as Scottish Rugby Union’s Referee of the Year.
Commander Dunx McClement, who is head of the base’s safety assurance department, attended the awards at Murrayfield last week.
Presenting him with his trophy were Sky TV’s Jo Wilson and SRU council member and World Rugby referee performance reviewer Fergus Neil.
A referee of ten years, at the end of last season he was awarded his Navy Colours for refereeing the Army v RAF Inter Service fixture, becoming only the third naval referee in the history of the event to do so.
This was followed by a number of BT Scottish Premiership fixtures before he was included as one of the navy’s referees for the International Defence Rugby Competition (IDRC) that was run in parallel with the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Dunx season went from strength to strength as he gained the reputation for fair but firm officiating across Scotland as well as an ability to quickly establish a rapport with players.
His performance led to him been given the honour of refereeing the IDRC Final between the Fijian Defence Force and the British Army in October.
As part of the SRU’s high performance group he has also officiated as an assistant referee for both the EPCR European Challenge Cup and Guinness Pro-12 competitions.
Dunx said: “Noting the previous winners it is a truly incredible honour to be given the award.
“It is in no small part testament to the Royal Navy’s and more importantly my wife’s support.”
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