Career
Lees took up refereeing in 1996, and combined this with playing throughout university. By 2001 he was refereeing senior rugby in Sydney and he was selected on the ARU referees panel in 2008. Lees was appointed to his first test match in November 2011, which was an Oceania Cup match between Niue and Solomon Islands.
He refereed his first match in Super Rugby between the Rebels and Bulls in May 2012, and was named as one of 16 referees on the main SANZAR referees panel for the 2013 season.
Lees was also appointed to the Institutional Review Board Junior World Championship in 2013.
