Auckland Rugby Referees

🏉 Over the last two weekends, our referees had the opportunity to support and referee at the Ponsonby Rugby U10-U13 Tournaments.

A huge thank you to Rob, Alex, Mason, Tommy, Nanaka, Corey, and George for giving up their time and helping out across both weekends.👏

⭐ Special congratulations to Nanaka, who took the whistle for her very first game! It was fantastic to see you get out in the middle and take this first step on your refereeing journey 🙌

A big thank you as well to Ponsonby Rugby for their hospitality and for inviting our referees along. We always enjoy the opportunity to be involved and support these fantastic junior rugby events 🤝🏉

Here are a few photos from across the two weekends 📸👇

🔵⚪ Referee Appointments - 22nd August 🔵⚪

Big weekend of school rugby, with most of our grades into semi-finals. Congratulations to all those appointed, and hope you’re all looking forward to finals day next weekend!

We also kick off into our Samoan and Tongan tournaments - all the best to these referees

All the best for Saturday, go well team! 👊

🏉 Black Ferns v Wallaroos

Congratulations to Maggie & Rob who have been appointed to the Black Ferns v Wallaroos O'Reilly Cup game this weekend. Maggie is in the middle, with Rob as the TMO Assist

A big thanks to our sideline crew for this match!

🔵 Glen Devenie, Matt Herring, Nanaka
⚪ Sam Adam, Adam Palmer, Allen Keyte

Good luck for the match! Get down to Go Media Stadium, or tune in on Sky to see them in action 👊

🔵⚪ Representative Appointments - 22nd August 🔵⚪

Into RD 3 of the Northern Region competition, and U85kg into QFs as we get closer to the final!

⭐️ Tertius & Maui make the trip down to Counties for Counties v BoP in the U20s competition

⭐️ Ben & Edwin travel up the road to Silverdale as they take on HSOB in the U85kg quarter-final

⭐️ David & Javeed both assist our in-coming referees for our Auckland Dev Men's & U20 matches

All the best team! 🎉

🔵 NPC Appointments

Already into RD4 of the Hilux NPC, with lots of ARRA members involved this weekend!

✅ Todd is refereeing Hawkes Bay 🆚 Manawatu on Friday night
✅ Angus is refereeing Bay of Plenty 🆚 Taranaki on Saturday
✅ Marcus is refereeing Otago 🆚 Wellingong on Sunday afternoon

Tune in on Sky to see them in action - good luck team! 👊

🏆Girls 1st XV / 10s Finals

A huge shout out to the referees and assistant referees appointed to the Girls 1st XV and 10s Finals tonight. Your selections reflect the effort and performances you've put in all season. Congratulations on earning these appointments!

🔵 Girls 1st XV Final: Jason Hazelwood, ARs: Eddie Evans, Randal Meikle
⚪ Girls 10s Final: Liv Munro, ARs: Minute Lotonuu, Massey Ngakoti-Whyte

Make sure to head down to Pakuranga this evening and support our referees!

🎉 Maggie Cogger-Orr - 100 First Class XV Matches

Today, Maggie has become the first female in NZ history to officiate 100 First Class 15s matches as she took control of Northland v Taranaki in Round 3 of the NPC

She made her First Class debut in 2017 between Tasman and Waikato in the FPC competition and has been involved at all levels of the game across both 15s and 7s. Since then, Maggie has become one of the best and most respected referee in NZ, and around the world

This is a huge achievement, and everyone involved in the ARRA is very proud of you Maggie! Congratulations!

🔵⚪ Referee Appointments - 15th August 🔵⚪

Last weekend before secondary school semi-finals! Make the most of your last few games

All the best for Saturday, go well team! 👊

🔵 Promotion! ⚪

On Monday night we had the privilege of promoting David Jordan from JRC to C panel!

🟣 David joined the ARRA in 2025 and immediately shot through the grades, and is now taking charge in some of the top schoolboy grades in Auckland! You'll find him at every meeting, doing multiple games each Saturday, and is truly valuable to the ARRA. Congratulations David and we look forward to seeing your progress in the next few years

🏆 1st XV Finals

A massive congratulations to our referees and ARs appointed to the 1st XV Finals this weekend! This is a great reward for all the hard work you have put in over the season 👊

🔵 1st XV 1A: Adam Palmer, ARs: Rob Harman, Aidan Cameron
⚪ 1st XV 1B: Edwin van Helsdingen, ARs: Steve McCann, Andrew Norris

If you've got a free afternoon, head along to Eden Park for the Triple Header 🙏