Appointments
August 4-6: Referee, AR & TMO appointments
Weekend referees, ARs & TMOs for the Bledisloe 2, RWC warm ups plus domestic rugby in NZ, SA & Scotland and 7s in the USA […]
SARFU
Appointments
23-29 June appointments – Super Rugby, AP15s & Currie Cup Finals, World u20s champs plus more
Super Rugby, Currie Cup & Premier 15s Finals, plus World u20s, Olympic 7s, PAC4, US MLR eliminators and SA Women’s referees, ARs & TMOs […]
Appointments
Referee, AR & TMO appointments: 26-29 March
All the weekend match officials for the Six Nations, Rugby Europe Championship, SuperRugby, Pro14, England, France and South Africa […]
Refs in the Media
Major League referee switch for Crouse
South Africa’s National Panel referee, Ben Crouse is heading on exchange to the US Major League Rugby in February. […]
Appointments
Africa Gold Cup appointments for SA referees
SARU have announced that four of their officials are to referee at the Africa Gold Cup later this summer. They will referee the nine Tests between Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Lusanda Mtiya & Ashleigh Murray will officiate in the Africa Women’s, & the World University Games Sevens tournaments […]
Barrett-Theron joins SA Rugby referees’ Premier Panel
The South Africa Rugby referee panels have been announced for the 2018 season. Congratulations to them all, especially Aimee Barrett-Theron who becomes the first female to join the Premier Panel […]
Top S African appointments for Barrett-Theron and van Heerden, Bledisloe Cup and European referees for the weekend
South Africa rugby has appointed Aimee Barrett-Theron to becomes the first female referee to officiate the SA Rugby U20 Championship final in Welkom. She will take charge of the Griffons v Limpopo Blue Bulls fixture. That […]
SARU president calls for criminal charges for referee abuse
In a welcome move, SA Rugby have publically condemned anti-social behaviour against match officials. Spectators abusing and assaulting referees should have criminal charges laid against them and be prosecuted, the President of SA Rugby, Mr […]
New Pro14 Celtic league adds SA Premier Panel to referees squad
Celtic Rugby have announced that their referee squad will be expanded to include the Premier panel from South Africa. As part of the announcement from Celtic Rugby about its expansion from 12 to 14 teams, […]
Womens
Aimee Barrett-Theron breaks new ceiling in South African rugby
South Africa’s Aimee Barrett-Theron becomes the first female referee on SA Rugby’s national panel to take charge of a men’s match in a domestic competition. […]