Joy Neville, IRFU Referee, story on #Balance is Better - BOI Cork City's Celebration of International Women's Day

Bank of Ireland Cork would like to invite you to our International Women’s Day Celebration with Keynote Speaker Joy Neville on Wednesday 6^th March in our Cork Workbench Branch, BOI, 70 Patrick Street, Cork commencing with a light lunch at 12 noon

Joy Neville is a former Ireland Woman’s Rugby International Captain and current Rugby International Referee. As a player Joy represented Ireland both at the 2006 and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cups. In 2013 she was a member of the Ireland Women's Team to win both a Grand Slam and the Women's Six Nations Championship. Since taking up refereeing in 2014, she has taken charge of the Women's Six Nations, the World Rugby Sevens Series & Sevens Rugby World Cup and the Women's Rugby World Cup, including the Women’s World Cup Final in 2017

Joy has also achieved a number of firsts as a female Referee in the Men's professional game. Since 2016

• Joy became the first Female Assistant Referee for a European Challenge Cup

• the first Female to referee All Ireland League, Welsh Premier Division, British and Irish Cup, European Challenge Cup and

• in February 2018 Joy took charge of the Men’s Pro14 fixture between Ulster Rugby and Southern Kings

So it’s no surprise that in 2017 Joy was named World Rugby Referee of the Year and also Munster Rugby Referee of the Year!

All Welcome to join BOI Cork’s celebration of International Women’s Day and hear how Joy is ensuring ‘balance for better’ and please register your attendance via this link https://events.bizzabo.com/IWDCorkWorkbench