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Morné Ferreira
Date of birth (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthSouth Africa
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight73 kg (11 st 7 lb; 161 lb)
SchoolAfrikaanse Hoër Seunskool Pretoria, South Africa
UniversityUniversity of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
2021–present
2021–present
Currie Cup
World Rugby Sevens Series
5
12

Morné Ferreira (born 2 February 1994) is a rugby union referee, currently on the South African Rugby Union's National Panel.[1]

Career

Ferreira is a member of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union Referee's society. He is the younger brother of JP Ferreira, who is currently the defence coach at Munster Rugby in Ireland. In 2019, he refereed at the Craven Week and also took charge of the u18 International match between France and Wales. He was also selected to referee at the 2019 Africa Men's Sevens Olympic Qualifying tournament.

In 2020, he made his Varsity Cup debut and also took charge of three matches in the u21 Provincial Championship. In 2021, he took charge of a number of Varsity Cup matches culminating in him taking charge of the Varsity Cup final between the University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria.[2] He then took charge of two u20 International matches between Argentina and Georgia as well as South Africa and Georgia before making his Currie Cup First Division debut on 2 July 2021, refereeing the match between the Falcons and the Leopards .[3] He refereed a further two matches in the Currie Cup First Division before refereeing the Currie Cup First Division semi-final between the Griffons and the Falcons on 7 August 2021. [4] He made his Currie Cup Premier Division refereeing debut on 21 July 2021, officiating the match between the Free State Cheetahs and the Western Province in the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division.[5]

International

In 2021, Ferreira was named on the World Rugby Sevens Series Panel, making his debut at the Dubai Sevens tournament in November of that year.[6] He also made his 15's international debut at the Stellenbosch Challenge in November 2021 refereeing two matches; Namibia vs Kenya and Kenya vs Brazil.[7] [8]

References

  1. ^ "Morné Ferreira". SA Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Former Lion JP's bro to officiate VC final". Lions. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Referees to 4 July 2021". SARugby Referees. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Referees to 7 August 2021". SARugby Referees. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Currie Cup, Round Six - Teams and Predictions". Rugby365. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Three SA match officials named on 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series panel". Sport24. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Referees to 17 November 2021". SARugby Referees. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Referees to 21 November 2021". SARugby Referees. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.