Kaplan to referee the Currie Cup final
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Unsurprisingly Jonathan Kaplan is to referee Saturday's Currie Cup final in Bloemfontein when the Cheetahs, the holders of the Currie Cup, play the Blue Bulls.
This will be Kaplan's third Currie Cup final. It is always a great occasion, as he will tell anybody who asks – a very, very special feeling.
The touch judges will be the two referees who refereed the semi-finals – Marius Jonker and JC Fortuin.
Shaun Veldsman, who has been suffering from a knee injury and the effects of an operation, all year will be the television match official, a post he has held far more often than any other South African.
There will in all be four finals on Saturday, each one of them involving a Blue Bulls side – and they have already won the Women's final. Three are in Bloemfontein and the fourth, the Amateur Provincial, in Potchefstroom.
The match officials for the final day of domestic rugby in South Africa are:
Currie Cup
Cheetahs vs Blue Bulls at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Touch judges: Marius Jonker (KwaZulu Natal), JC Fortuin (Western Province)
Touch judges 4 & 5: Pro Legoete (Golden Lions), Louis Mzomba (Western Province)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (Boland)
Assessor: Dennis Immelman (Western Province)
Timekeeper: Gabriel Pappas (Golden Lions)
Under-21
Blue Bulls v Lions at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein
Referee: Johann Meuwesen (Eastern Province)
Touch judges: Louis Mzomba (Western Province), Sindile Mayende (KwaZulu Natal)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (Boland)
Assessor: Gerrit Coetzer (Free State)
Under-19
Blue Bulls vs Western Province at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein
Referee: Pro Legoete (Golden Lions)
Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (Free State), Mtheleni Msileni (Eastern Province)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (Boland)
Assessor: Dennis Immelman (Western Province)
Amateur Provincial
Leopards Amateurs v Blue Bulls Amateurs at Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
Referee: Marius Bonthuys (Griffons)
Touch judges: Silulami Pityoi (Western Province), David Coetzer (Border)
Assessor: Lusanda Menze (Blue Bulls)
