Sara Cox: ‘I’d like to leave behind a legacy for other female referees’

The 26-year-old is one of a growing trend of women officials in rugby union and wants to show others there are ‘no limits’ on how far they can go in the sportSara Cox is not to be confused with the radio presenter but the referee of that name is amassing quite a record collection all the same. She became the RFU’s first centrally contracted referee in 2015 and last month she took charge in National League One – England’s third tier – for the first time. Last year she made history by officiating at the Rio 2016 Olympics – and all this by the age of 26.It is becoming a growing trend. The Austral…