Why not become a referee?
Picking up the whistle and taking charge of a rugby match can be one of the most satisfying sporting experiences on the planet. There are many reasons why you may decide to become a referee, they can include:
- It’s a way to remain active in the game when you stop playing.
- It’s a way to give something back to the sport.
- Perhaps you have incurred an injury that stops you from playing.
- You may be able to achieve higher honours as a referee than player.
- Rugby is one of the greatest team sports.
What do I need to do?
There is a process to follow before taking charge of your first game, they are:
- Complete the application form and submit proof of payment of the R250 fee. The bank details are on the application form.
- There are several courses that need to be completed first:
- Go to world.rugby/training-and-education
- Register on the website (it’s free) and click on the tab “Passport Site”
- Complete Rugby Ready
- Introduction to rugby refereeing
- Laws of the game.
- As you successfully complete each course the system will generate an electronic certificate which you can download and save.
- Send copies of these certificates to:
- Boksmart – these courses take place several times during the year. Contact the Referees’ office on any of the above email addresses for upcoming dates.
- World Rugby Level 1 – after completing the World Rugby online courses, WP Referees conduct additional courses, and these also need to be completed. Contact the office for upcoming dates.
- Go to world.rugby/training-and-education
Once you are an active referee plying your trade within Western Province and have gained experience, there may be opportunities to move through the ranks to higher honours.
Typically you would need to move upwards within the provincial structures, completing the additional training courses and achieving acceptable fitness and exam results along with on-field performance reviews.
The diagram below indicates the pathway to national duties:
How does the grading system work?
There are detailed criteria on how a referee progresses through the system from Beginner to Division 1. Click on the button above for an explanation on how this process works, but it includes three elements: fitness test, examination result and on-field assessment. Each division has requirements that need to be achieved before promotion can be considered.
SARRA National Panel
BARRETT AIMEE (Div.1)
JACOBS AJ
JADEZWENI CWENGILE
NOVEMBER DYLEN
RASIVHENGE RASTA
SARRA National Women's Panel
QWANE BULELA (Div.4)
NAUDE ZOE (Uncl.)
Division 1
DE WEE ETTIENNE (trp)
FRANCKE DYLLAN
HAGGLUND LLOYD
HERSELMAN ZANDRE
JACOBS ASHILEY
MOERAT WALEED
MQOMBOTI KHWEZI
PASSENS SAMUEL
ROGERS PIERRE
SMITH JACO
SWART WIHAN
SWARTZ NATHAN
Division 1 Reserve League
JACOBS ELIAS
TAYLOR WILLEM
Division 2 YOYO 17
AFRICA CAMERON
CAMPBELL CRAIG
DE BOD JUAN
JACOBS CLINT
KNOZER GERSHWIN
LABUSCHAGNE JOUBERT
MAXELA LWAZI
MINNAAR VINCE
NELL WICKUS
PETERSON DIMITRI
SIMAYI CHRIS
Division 2 Reserve League YOYO
BASSIER RIEDEWAAN
HAGEN HENK
JOKO NKOSINATH (trp)
KLAAS CHRISTOPHER
PIENAAR JOSUA JEROME
VAN DER MERWE PETRUS
Division 3
COLLING HANRU
DIYO LONWABO
EUROPA JULIAN (trp)
GROENEWALD HARDUS
HEYDENRYCH HENNIE
KOORDOM JAN
LOMBAARD JOHAN
MC GOWAN SHANE
PATERSON DAVID
STOLTZ JH
VAN HEERDEN DARYN
Division 3 Reserve League
CHIPFUMBU TAKADIWA(trp)
DANIELS MARTINIQUE
HAYMAN CHRIS
HLOYI CHUMANI
HOLTMANN WESLEY
JACOBS KEITH (trp)
LEMMER RUAN
MENTOOR DAVID
NEL MORNE
SMIT QUINLAN
STANDER ROSS
VAN GREUNEN BOTHA
Division 5
BOOYSEN GERT
DE VILLIERS FRANKLIN
FAKU MPUMELELO
FELLOWS EDWIN
FREDERICKS MACNEILL
GARDINER HENRY(Trp)
GOUWS HEINRICH
KASSELMAN LOUWRENS
MKUKU THEMBANI (trp)
PLAATJIES JETHRO (trp)
PRINSLOO FLIPPIE
ROOS BRADLEY
SANTI CLARENCE
SMIT ETHAN
SWART KELWIN
THORNTON VIRGIL
WENTZEL OESMAN
WYNGAARD CHARLES
Division 4
Bester Andre
Chipfumbu Takadiwa
Diyo Lonwabo
Europa Julian
Groenewald Hardus
Hayman Chris
Hloyi Chumani
Jacobs Keith
Lemmer Ruan
Mentoor David
Nel Morne
Paterson David
Pienaar Jacques
Smit Quinlin
Stander Ross
Van Greunen Botha
Van Wyk Francois
Wiget-Beattie Rogan
Division 4 Reserve League
BONGCO LULAMILE
GEORGE EDWIN
LA MEYER ALROY
MANUEL EFRAIM
TITIES MARTIN
Division 6
CELENTO NICO
DE BEER JOHAN
DEGENAAR DELMAR
ENGELBRECHT MORGAN
FREDERICKS JOVAN
FRICK JOSIA
GAMIELDIEN RIYAAD
GERWEL LIONEL
GOBREGTS RUBEN
GREEN QUINTON
HEASMAN DUNCAN
JACOBS JOSHUA
JACOBS NICK
Janse van Rensburg Tiaan
Janse van Rensburg Ulrich
KEMP BEVAN
Kinkead-Weekes Richard
KROTZ ETTIENNE
MASINDA SIHLE
MARTHINUS WILFRED
MAY GHAALID (trp)
MEXSEN JONAS LEE-ROY
MOSTERT MARTIE
MTUKWANA SIMPHIWE
NQOTO ULIKHAYA
ROOI CLYDE (Trp)
SMALL ENRICO LORENZO
THOMAS NICOHOLAS
VAN WYK WALDI
VICTOR PETER
WALTERS LLEWELLYN
Division 7
ADAMS GAVIN
AUGUST WILFRED
BAADJIES PURDIN
CAMPHER PETRUS
CHRISTIANS DUDLEY
DANIELS GURSHON
DIEDERICKS MARSHALL(trp)
FERREIRA GEORGE
FERREIRA WILLEM
GORDON LANCE
GROENEWALD REECE
ISAACS THEO
KELLIES JAY-DEE
KRIEL ANTON
LABAN JOWHEEL
LATEGAN DONOVAN
MENTZ SALOMON(OLLIE)
MOORE ARTHUR
RITTAS OCCY
SITHOLE YAMKELA
Somdyala Thandolwethu
SWANEPOEL CHRISTIAAN
SYLVESTER SHAKIR
VAN SCHALKWYK JOSWIN
WILKINSON WARREN
WITBOOI ANDRE
WYNGAARDT Nathaniel
Unclassified YOYO 15
AVONTUUR VERNON
BARRY NATHAN
BESTBIER CRAIG
BREYTENBACH ZANRI
BOOLEY AHMAD
BOSCH JEROBIAN
BUITENDAG JP
COETZEE ANELDA
FARAO LIONEL
FERREIRA JOHAN
FORTUIN JC
GORDON EUGENE
GORDON TIFFANY
GROBLER TIAAN
HUGHES SERGIO
IMMELMAN QUINTON
KRUGER DEREK
LAWSON JADE
LE ROUX JUANDRE
LEVENDAL HERSCHEL
MANUS ALROY
MEYER AJ
MFUNA APHIWE
MULLER MORNE
NIEUWOUDT JOHAN
PETERSEN WILFRED
PIENAAR JOHAN
PRETORIUS JURGENS
RAJEE JESSE
SECONDS EGON
TAYOB SEDICK
THOMPSON JONATHAN
VISSER DANIEL
VISSER JOHANDRE
Beginners
ABRAHAMS ADON-MIKHAIL
AHMED IMRAAN
AURET ANDRO
BAADJIES BRENDON
BAILEY CURTLEY
BENSON EBENEZER
BITZI ANRICH
BRITZ NIC
BRONKHORST CARL
CAREW JUSTIN
COLLINS DENNIS
DAMON GERONIEK
DANIELS AMEEN
DAYIMANI ASEKHO
DE WAAL BARNY
DE WET JEANINE
DODGE GORDON
ENGELBRECHT CHARLENE
FILLIES ALICIA
FOOT WALTER JOHANN
FORTUIN RICHARD
FREDERICKS WALTON
FRITZ ROMANO
GELAND RYAN
GORDON CHARLES
GORDON DARREN
GREYLING ROBERT
GXEKWA PHUMLA
HAMMOND RYAN
HANEKOM CHRISTIAAN
JACOBS SEDICK
Beginners (continued)
JANUARIE NICOLAS
JEPTHA CALLUM
KOEN HENCO
KRUGER DEWALDT
LEKAY DAWYNNE
LEONARD NICHOLAS
LUCAS ALDO
MARTINUS GLENVILLE
MC LOUGHLIN DAMON
MINNAAR SACHAN
MINNIE WERNER
MISSOE KALIB
MIYA ASWHIN
MOREMI CECIRO (Trp)
MOSES MORNE
MOUTON JUAN
NONDABULA XOLANI
OLIFANT RONDALL
PASSENS SHIMNEEZ
PAULSE JUSTEN
PAULSE TONY
PITT DINO
RINQUEST ADIN
RHODA JUNAID
ROUX ALBERTUS
SECONDS RICHARD
SECONDS WESLEY
SHEPPARD GERHARD
SIEMS ZIAAN
SMITH WAYDEN
SNYMAN ANE
SOLOMON NAQEEB
STENZL SEBASTIAN
SWIEGERS SAMUEL
TITUS LESWIN
THOMPSON JACQUES
THOPE HUGH
TYENDISI SIKHULULE
VAN VUUREN MARTHINUS
VAN WYK ANDRIES
VELDMAN ABDURAGIEM
VICTOR RONNIE
VILJOEN REWAYNE
VOLSCHENK JACO
WHITE ALEXANDER
The Boksmart National Rugby Safety Programme is a joint venture between SA Rugby and the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Players’ Fund aimed at reducing the number of catastrophic injuries in the game.
Boksmart aims to provide coaches, referees, players and administrators with the knowledge and skills to ensure best practices are incorporated into all aspects of contact rugby.
Referees and coaches are specifically targeted because they are the key influencers of the game controlling players the game and the players.
All coaches and referees must certify every two years. No coach or referee may enter the playing enclosure without a valid Boksmart accreditation.
WP Referees hosts a number of accreditation courses every year, contact the office for current dates.
For more information on Boksmart go to: https://www.springboks.rugby/pages/BokSmart
Additional information on relevant matters are here:
BokSmart Blue Card Data up until end of 2020
When Can a Player Safely Return to Play (2)
GRTS Infographic (1)
BokSmart 6 Rugby Safety Course now available ONLINE
With the creation of the BokSmart Certification Software Ecosystem or BCSE, and the development of ‘MyBokSmart’, which is the end-user facing part of the BCSE, the 6th instalment of the BokSmart Rugby Safety Course is now available ONLINE. Get yourself Certified/Recertified NOW!
Please go to https://My.BokSmart.com and sign up at your soonest convenience!
Get yourself registered on the MyBokSmart platform, do the course, if you have not already done so, and be a part of the solution! #VisionZero
Once you have been verified, you will also be able to review, confirm and control your personal details on MyBokSmart, brought to you by SportsCap, the official software partner of BokSmart.