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.

346 Responses to Kaplan gets Currie Cup final

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  • 181

    @superBul – Lekker slaap my ander groot blou maat.

  • 182

    @superBul – Night superbul sleep well too.

  • 183

    @carol – hehehe, Yip, the cold is the worst. It was so windy and about 55 degrees.

  • 184

    @JimT – 168 Night Jim, hope you feel a bit better tomorrow – got to keep ahead of the game!! 😐

  • 185

    cheers gbs super and jim braai en groente by die huis

  • 186

    @carol – it started this morning though because i said there was no biting untill there is official proof

    and like i said to them , in england we have the problem of fake blood right??
    who says ehe did not bite ghimself to try have a lions player sent off??

    and i didnt say he did bite himself , but anything is possible , just like the fake blood i mentioned

    and of course this made them like a pack of dogs to attack me , how dare i say a wp player can do this
    :rotfl: , but surely untill there is official video footage to me there was no biting and the ref could not send someone off for something he didnt see

    that is afterall why there is a citing commission , for things that happened that the match officials did not pick up

    and for this i got sworn at blah blah blah
    :laugh:

  • 187

    @Ed_the_Lion – amen tis what i told them

    lol

  • 188

    and i never once said a lions player did not bite louw

    all i said was there till now is no official video footage to prove it , and how dare i say that lol
    alistair coetzee said there is so there must be :rotfl:

  • 189

    187@sharky_forever – Well done Sharky. So they are admitting, they need the Lions to play with 14 players to have a chance.

  • 190

    Ok, good night all. Sleep tight and don’t bite.

  • 191

    188@ sharkie hete chom ma jy is kwaad he

  • 192

    @Ed_the_Lion – Right at the beginning of this new relationship you are going to have to be honest from now on she says ‘How do you fancy coming shopping with me”? You say straight off “Sounds terrible frankly, how about if I come wait in the pub with the match playing though?”
    It’s called give and take!! :laugh:

  • 193

    nag ou ed en geluk met die leeuwe

  • 194

    @sharky_forever – They are good chaps really, they are hoping they have not cheesed you off…..

    A bit of banter is healthy, especially between opposing fans….They are still a bit puzzled I now support The Bulls!!

  • 195

    @smallies72 – nee boet ek is net fine , maar ek sien hoe hulle op a none wp ou draai maak nie saak watse kak die wp ou praat nie , of hoe hy iemand vloek of beledig nie

    so ek het net nou vir grant , wptid en slappes en robzim in hulle moere gestuur :rotfl:

  • 196

    @Ed_the_Lion – Only WP fans bite!! Nice to catch up tonight..see you, have a good afternoon!

  • 197

    now grant crying in keo im nailing him in here

    but i for one thought so much better of him
    this afternoon he laughs with his wp pal while the oke insults me

    i get called a doos , and then when i respond i am a doos again 🙄

  • 198

    @carol – banter is one thing maam snide insults another

    anyhows enough of them ill still go there to talk to friends like rangerman etc

    those i care not to talk to ill do the selective reading thingy

  • 199

    ed by the way boet your team was support like crazy by the sharks supporters club in pta last saturday :rotfl:

  • 200

    sad thing is everyone says sharks played shit against the lions , wp played shit against the lions and the ref blah blah

    why no credit for the lions that played with so much heart and passion ??

  • 201

    @sharky_forever – My favourite insult for me was ‘The Dom Pom Floozie’
    I had to look up the word ‘dom’ it is actually quite insulting, like ‘doos’ is sounds so innocent to an English speaker.

    You are all sound guys….tomorrow is another day!

    As for selective reading – yep, that has to be the way. There are certain bloggers who still manage to irritate me when they occasionally make an appearance!! :pissedoff:

  • 202

    @ sharkie Dis juis hoekom ek nie meer da gaan nie.te veel k@k en persoonlike beledigings wat rond vlieg

  • 203

    :quiet:

  • 204

    @smallies72 – exactly boet , one dares say something and its either racial insults or personal attacks

    im slowely moving away from all other sites , just dont need all the bullshit

    @carol – lol carol hun tc and enjoy whats left of your evening

  • 205

    ok all gtg cheers all

  • 206

    @sharky_forever – cheers sharky, keep smiling…. :-))

    Night Rugby Talkers.

  • 207

    @smallies72 – ek glo ons twee se spanne gaan mekaar goed moer saterdag

    geen twyfel nie

  • 208

    lol i am off too good night folks have a good one and catch you all 2morrow

    goooooooooooooooooooooo sharksssssssssssssssssss
    gooooooooooooooooo bullsssssssssssssssssssssss

  • 209

    207@ sharkie bloed kak en hare gaan spad pel praat wee more ek moet n stukkie werk

  • 210

    gbs boet maak of jy dit nie gesien het nie …… :rotfl: ek meen ek gaan saterday vir julle skree , ek skree liewer vir n kwaliteit span wat ons n baie harder game sal gee woor ek vir daai show ponies skree

    :ZZZ: en nou raak ek moeg… lekker aand gbs cheers

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