Clare Daniels is an English international rugby union

Rugby union

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 referee.

She has played scrum-half for Tor RFC in Glastonbury

Glastonbury

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 for a few years in the late 90's before the team disbanded and Daniels decided to take part in a training course run by the Somerset Rugby Referees’ Society.

Her international debut was on July 2, 2005, when she refereed the Canada Cup

Canada Cup 2005

The sixth tournamanet, and the fourth to be called the "Canada Cup". Games took place in Ottawa and the for the first time the USA did not take part — Canada's opponents being New Zealand and Scotland....

 match between Canada

Canada women's national rugby union team

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 and Scotland

Scotland women's national rugby union team

The Scotland national women's rugby union team are the national women's rugby union team of Scotland. The Scots have competed in three of the Women's Rugby World Cups and have an important role in the rugby world stage....

. Since then she has been selected to officiate at Women's Rugby World Cup in 2006

2006 Women's Rugby World Cup

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 and 2010

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was being held in England. The International Rugby Board Executive Committee selected the host union following a recommendation from the Rugby World Cup Limited board after considering bids from the Rugby...

, 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens

2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens

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, Women's Six Nations in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010

2010 Women's Six Nations Championship

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 and other tournaments, including some men's matches in National League 2 North

National League 2 North

National League 2 North, is the 4th tier of the English rugby union system and provides mostly amateur competition for teams in the Northern half of England....

 and National League 2 South

National League 2 South

National League 2 South, known before September 2009 as National Division Three South, is a league at level 4 in the English rugby union system. The league is one of two leagues at this level, with its counterpart covering the north of England...

.

After working as a Bath Chronicle

Bath Chronicle

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 sports writer for seven years, Daniels took up a full-time role with the RFU refereeing team as Southern as the new Southern Region Referee Development Manager on August 2, 2010.