It is wonderful how far a rugby whistle will take you these days. Hers is taking Roslyn Fortuin from Paarl to Hong Kong. She will be refereeing in the Women's Hong Kong Sevens this week.
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Marius Jonker will this weekend join a long line of South African Bledisloe Cup referees and he intends on doing his country proud.
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sport365.co.za tracked down South Africa's top referee, Jonathan Kaplan, subjecting him to ten questions - ranging from scrummaging to his favourite television programme!
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Referees have the best view in the house, according to Peter Marshall. André Watson had the best view in lots of important houses in his illustrious career. Now he is the manager of South Africa's referees - the men who operate on international and national levels. He sees to their administration and development. Below the national structure there are provincial societies with their own ways of administering and developing referees. He has been the driving force behind getting this website going. We spoke to him.
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But top ref believes more to come. After brushing aside his knee surgery in November - "It was just a procedural keyhole surgery" - Jonathan Kaplan quickly turns his attention to the job at hand, namely the Super 14 and the Six Nations, where he will officiate the always atmospheric England-France match. He is 'back in full swing' and ready to adjudicate.
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