Jonathan Kaplan, the world’s most capped Test referee, has been appointed to referee the 2009 Currie Cup Final. Marius Jonker and Mark Lawrence have been appointed to the Currie Cup seminal and Craig Joubert the First Division Final – all four amongst the very top referees in the world.
Only 24 referees have refereed Currie Cup Finals since 1939. It remains the most sought-after match in South Africa for players and referees, ranking higher than many, many Tests. Kaplan for example has refereed more than ten times as many Tests as Currie Cup Finals.
This will be Kaplan’s fifth Final, putting him third on the list of referees who have refereed most Finals. André Watson with seven heads the lost followed by Steve Strydom on six. Kaplan will now pull level with Freek Burger on five.
Jimmy Smith Belton is next on three, while Piet Robbertse, Gert Bezuidenhout and Johan Gouws each refereed two Finals. The other 16 did one each.
Kaplan referees his first Final in 2002 when the Golden Lions played the Blue Bulls. Now he will have refereed four of the last five. He did not referee the Final in 2007 when he stayed longer at the World Cup than some others did.
Kaplan is delighted at the appointment which affirms his position as the top referee in South Africa.
Marius Jonker, who comes from Richard’s Bay at the top of Zululand will, referee the first seminal, the one between the Sharks and the Cheetahs in Durban while Mark Lawrence, who refereed the 2007 Currie Cup Final, will referee the semifinal at Newlands when the Blue Bulls play Western Province.
For the second time Craig Joubert, who this year refereed two Bledisloe Cup matches will referee the First Division Final between the Pumas and South Western Districts.
@Loosehead – 263
You should have had tickets to the Tank not Newlands :rotfl:
@grootblousmile – Jy weet ou Woef is ons mater maar jinne jong die ding se kop los hom deesdae baie gereeld! Is jy seker hy het nie n Neuro operasie gehad wat fout gegaan het nie?
Puma – it is sold out.
270@Karen – Yip!
272@AB – Hy was geboelie toe hy op Tuks geswot het destyds… jaaaaa dis die waarheid!
@AB – nee moer AB man. Jy kan beter doen as dit.
@grootblousmile – Oh Captain, My Captain you have :mail:
@grootblousmile – Miskien moet ons dan meer “tollerant” wees met die man, op Tuks donner hulle hard!
274 @grootblousmile – hahaha nee wat spandeer nie geld op die Bulle nie 🙂
here is my take on the final at loftus ….
277@Loosehead – Fanks !!
@grootblousmile – een van die bloubul anties op die oos pawiljoen het boop my gaan sit toe ek klein was. En toe sy opstaan toe sit ek in haar gleuf vas. O dis waar!!!!
@Karen – 273
Thought it would be. Huge game when Bulls are in town.
271@Puma – Newlands 30 kms form Chateau Losshead, Kings Park 2000kms…………………..
266@gbs ek sal damm ver moet ry 700 km
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Is jy seker jy sit nie nog steeds daar vas nie?
280@smallies72 –
hehehe
@smallies72 – 280 🙁
@Loosehead – 284
Where do you live? Thought Bloem no?
286@AB –
ek lag nie graag vir bloubul jokes nie,
maar daai WAS snaaks!! lol
VTYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
@Ashley – Ag dankie ou Ash, maar nou is dit genoeg van jou nice wesery! Saterdag poep daai bergbokkies op Nuweland!
283 @Puma – Well at least my Joburg buddies got tickets yesterday.
Lees in die Beeld vandag:
“Maar die slegte nuus vir die Bulle is dat Brock Harris vandeesweek op vaskopstut terugkeer.”
Eish, tye het darem verander as Brock se terugkeer ‘slegte nuus’ is vir die BB.
Dan wil ek nie weet watter nuus Bakkies se terugkeer vir die WP moet wees nie … :skeleton:
@Puma – I try not to let everyone know that I live in Cape Town.
@bdb – Speel hy nog rugby, dog hy ry rystoel?
286 @AB – Ek het ok nie geweet K9 brakkenjan is eintlik ‘n miniatuur klein chiewahwah nie ?
@Karen – 293
They were lucky, probably the last to be sold.
When there is a Bulls/Sharks game at the Tank tickets are all sold out in just a few hours. For us its one of the biggest games there when we play Bulls.
292@AB –
jy nuweland toe?
@Loosehead – 295
Especially that you support Cheetahs…haha.
Beautiful place to live though. Only the weather in winter not that great but the summer there is brilliant.
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