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. Andr茅 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.
@sharky_forever – @204
Hampsters on a wheel they are, spinning the samme old BBBBBB bullshyte day in and day out……Beer-Blondes-Beach-Bums-Blues-Buy-you-a-BeerBoet…very Boring Bunch that.
Don’t waste your time there any more.
@Pietman – Hampster = Humping hamster, btw.
帽 goeiem么re aan alle cheetah, sharks (behalwe sharky_forever #210) en natuurlik province onderseuners
m么re ook aan die coke bliksems
o,
en van pure asprisgeit groet ek natuurlik nie die anders goeters nie!!
goeie dag aan almal, sien hier was weer n anti-province gesprek gewees.. Maar dis reg dit gaan saterdag se oorwinning net soveel beter maak.. 馃榾
214@Scrumsaam –
daais soooooooo waar, my bru
@Ashley – WP is in dieselfde boot as die Cheetahs niks om te verloor nie, volgens die Sharks en Bulls speel hul al weer in die final.. So ek sal niks meer love as dit n WP en Cheetahs final is nie..
216@Scrumsaam –
hehehe, amen!
Rugby_Princess
hi princess. see you on here
just a few questions
if i’m correct, you guys are only going into the final week before play-offs this week?
sooooo, doesnt that mean that theres NO rest for top players between now and your EOY tour?
and from there its straight back into the s14?
btw, you guys have an extra game against the baabaas, dont you?
uhm, aint you looking for trouble with a schedule like this?
@Ashley – As my wense gebeur gaan die site volgende week doodstil wees, lol….
Helloooooooooo
Die son is uit, die vo毛ltjies fluit… wat ‘n wonderlike dag!
Die lewe is ‘n Lied, sing hom uit volle bors!
220@grootblousmile –
en daai lied is:
proooooooovince
proooooooovince
proooooooooooooooovince
die cc k么 weer
die cc k么 weer!!
219@Scrumsaam –
馃榾
Morning everyone.
Pleased to see Kaplan going to ref the CC final.
Dis maar ‘n afgewaterde semis sonder die leeus. Niks byt in die semis nie. Kuk om te weet dat dit nie die beste 4 spanne is nie.
@Puma – Morning Puma
Yes…he should be able to handle the pace of a Cheetahs/WP final.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Bwaaaahahaha
More grapgat. Al wa die leeus nog vanjaar rugga gaan speel is op jou playstation…….
Damn hope that Jonker has a good game on Saturday. Reffing Sharks and Cheetahs.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – 225
Morning K9,
:rotfl: Wishful thinking…..hehehe
@isigidi – laaik playstation. Daar verloor die bulle altyd.
@Puma – What? Is he really?
Faaaaaantastic.
Bulls just lost one player and it’s actually gonnabe 15 against 15.
Hope lauwrens refs WP game.
Do you know who Puma?
223@Puma – Kaplan is ook baie bly, sy huis is mos loopafstand van die stadion. 馃槈
226@isigidi –
lmao
Skuus, more dames en here, appels en pere … en asbak !
221@Ashley – sien jy drink weer vroeg in die more …
230@isigidi –
mark lawrence in charge of newlands clash!
@Ashley – kan nie glo jy lag vir Isi se ‘so oud soos die berge’ joke nie :evil”
Jy,jy in jou cheetah trui jy laat my lekker kry as jy verby n sharkie sny, check n cheetah hol hy gan jou n mielie rol .vrystaaaaaaaaat!
btw
lions’ hooker, hans van dyk (or is it hans van byt) has been cited for alledgedly biting francois louw.
according to sources close to the lions’ camp van byt wanted to suck louw’s d*ck, but louw refused after which van byt decided to bite him!
233@bdb –
m么re ben (ek groet net omdat jy my so mooi groet!)
236@K9-MonsterLeeu –
nog steeds 帽 goeie een!!
Die Leeus sit eenkant en grom
Die spanne wat gaan speel lyk maar almal dom
Dis tyd dat die beker weer Ellispark toe kom
Volgende jaar – rom opm pom!!
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