Romain Poite (born 14 September 1975)[1] is a French former rugby union international referee.

[6] He was later excluded for a few months from the IRB panel for giving an incorrect yellow card during the 2013 Rugby Championship.

[7] Poite famously told the England rugby team "I'm a referee, not a coach", during the 2017 Six Nations Championship match versus Italy.

[8] Poite was appointed referee for the third and deciding British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.

[1] Pointe studied at the Toulouse Business School and became a member of the National Police of France, and later a road safety instructor prior to being a rugby referee.