Nigel Owens, MBE is a Welsh international rugby union referee. He is the current world record holder for most test matches refereed and one of five professional referees at the Welsh Rugby Union, alongside Ben Whitehouse, Craig Evans, Adam Jones and Dan Jones.
Owens is also known as a TV personality, as one of the presenters of the S4C Welsh language chat shows Jonathan and Bwrw'r Bar ("Hit the Bar"). Owens also hosts his own quiz programme Munud i Fynd ("A Minute to Go"). In 2011 he was made a member of the Gorsedd of Bards.
