Former International Referee Nigel Owens offers to ref match of young player bullied online “before end of the season”

Former international rugby union referee Nigel Owens was responding to a viral tweet detailing a young rugby player dealing with nasty comments online.

The photo of the young player removed from social media

Nigel Owens has offered to ref an upcoming match for the team of a young rugby player whose father was forced to remove a social media post due to negative comments on his weight.

Writing on Twitter, Alfie’s father Mark shared that he “had to remove a post from Facebook as an idiot commented” that his son was “too big to play under 12s and isn’t healthy”. Mark added, “if only people knew how hard he works to get fitter and how low his confidence has been”.

Owens responded to the tweet, saying “Alfie mate, you keep enjoying the rugby. Always try your best, but always enjoy it. Your doing well keep going. I’ll come along to ref one of your games one day and will look forward to it. Keep smiling my friend.”