Nigel Owens picked to referee the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final

Welsh referee Nigel Owens will take charge of this year's Rugby World Cup Final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham this coming Saturday. The 44-year-old will become the second Welshman to be bestowed the honour, following on from Derek Bevan, who refereed the 1991 final between Australia and England. The only other northern hemisphere officials to do so were Ed Morrison of England back in 1995, and Irishman Alain Rolland in 2007. "I would like to thank World Rugby and the Welsh Rugby Union for their support over many years. There have been so many individual people throughout my…