Auckland Rugby Referees

🏉 Super Rugby Aupiki

Final round of Aupiki is upon us with a couple ARRA members in action!

✅ Marcus is the referee for Matatu 🆚 Blues
✅ Maggie is AR1 for Poua 🆚 Manawa

With most members having a free weekend, make sure to tune in on Sky for both matches 👊

🏉 Monday Night – Escalation 🔴🟡

Join us on Monday for a session on Escalation and the tools we have to manage the game

📅 Monday 20th July
🕧 7PM
📍 Carlton Juniors

👉 Keen to give refereeing a go?
This is a great opportunity to build your knowledge, ask questions, and get involved

📧 Get in touch with [email protected] or simply come along on the night

Spread the word and see you there! 👀

🔵⚪ Women's 10s Appointments

🙏 With most rugby on break for the weekend, thank you to our 6 referees who put their hands up to referee the women's 10s!

Good luck to you all 🎉

🏉 International Appointments

Congratulations to Angus Mabey, who has been appointed to referee another match in the Nations Cup this weekend 🎉

He is refereeing Samoa 🆚 Romania - kicking off bright and early at 2:30AM here in NZ 🌃

🏆 Club Finals!

Check out some snaps from the club finals over the weekend! There were plenty of close games, all well managed by our referees

👏 Congratulations to everyone involved, and a big thank you to all those who joined us afterwards to celebrate a great season of club rugby

🏫 School rugby have a few weeks off before getting back into it - still plenty of matches to look forward to for all members

🏉 Monday Night – Test Match Referees 🗣️

Join us tonight for Q&A session with Luc Ramos, Ben Whitehouse and Andrew Jackson as they prepare for the match this weekend!

📅 Monday 13th July
🕧 7PM
📍 Carlton Juniors

👉 Keen to give refereeing a go?
This is a great opportunity to build your knowledge, ask questions, and get involved

📧 Get in touch with [email protected] or simply come along on the night

Spread the word and see you there! 👀

🏉 Internation Appointments

Angus has been busy over at the Nations Cup, taking charge of a game on the weekend - AR1 this weekend, followed by another match next weekend

He is AR1 for Uruguay 🆚 Romania this weekend

Wake up bright an early Sunday and catch Angus in action at 5AM!

🏆 Club Finals

A massive congratulations to all our referees and ARs appointed to club finals this weekend!

🔵 Division 2: Adam Booker, ARs: Steve McCann, Javeed Ali
⚪ Division 3: Mitch La'ulu, ARs: Andrew Buchanan, Paul Devane
🔵 Under 21s: Aidan Cameron, ARs: Moe Mata'afa, Leighton Griffiths
⚪ Under 85s: Gordon Gillan, ARs: James Grieve, Rob Ah Kuoi
🔵 Under 19s: Benji Fourie, ARs: Kyle MacDonald, Jeanet Pelser

This is a huge reward for everyone's hard work over the 2026 club season - good luck and enjoy the occasion 🎉

If you've got a free afternoon, head along to one of the finals and support our ARRA referees 🙏

🏉 Super Rugby Aupiki

Aupiki is rapidly coming to a close! 5 rounds in, only 1 to go before the final 🏆

Blues 🆚 Chiefs Manawa nearly has an all-ARRA crew for the weekend!
✅ Referee: Todd Petrie
✅ AR1: Maggie Cogger-Orr
✅ TMO: Rob Harman

This is a Friday afternoon game in Whangārei, so tune in on TV to see our members in action 👊

🏆 Gallaher Shield Final

Congratulations to Sam Adam who has been appointed to referee the Gallaher Shield final, assisted by Rob Harman and Allen Keyte on the sideline!

This is a great reward for the hard work all three of them have put in over the 2026 club season

The game is held at Eden Park on Saturday @ 3pm and is free to enter. It would be great to see as many members along as possible 🙏

Keep an eye out later in the week as we announce the referees for all our club finals
More details around the after-match for ARRA members will be in the newsletter