Message to coaches/referees
Mr. Jonathan Kaplan renown IRB Referee and most capped International Test Referee of all time (68 Caps) will be conducting a Symposium in Rugby Refereeing and Referee Management on Thursday 6th June, 2013 at 4.00 pm at Auditorium, National Olympic House, No. 100/9F, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7.
Your are kindly requested to attend this very important Symposium.
Appreciate that you will confirm your attendance to reserve the seats at your earliest conveniences to the Union.
Below please find his brief CV -.
Born in Durban 7-11-1966 , eldest of 3 brothers . Went to Carmel College and finished schooling at King David Linksfield in 1984 ( 2 distinctions ). Did National Service in Pretoria for 2 years Went to UCT – B. Soc. Sci majoring in Economics and Psychology . Also did a post grad Dip in Marketing Management from UNISA . Been a rugby referee for 30 years from my debut in 1984 when I was at school , since which I have refereed 1018 games .
List of achievements are as follows :
· Most capped international rugby referee of all time ( 68 Test Caps )
· Attended 4 Rugby World Cups 1999/2003/2007/2011 refereeing 13 matches ( SA record) including semi-final in 2007
· Refereed more Bledisloe Cup Tests (8) and 6 Nations Tests (17) than anyone in history
· Refereed most Currie Cup games (150) in history including 5 Finals
· Refereed 105 Super rugby games ( Record ) including 3 Finals
· Refereed 411 first class games ( World record )
· Longest ever serving member on SA National Panels – 21 years
· SA referee of the year 4 times
