Marcus Playle

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Marcus Playle
Birth nameMarcus Playle
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Rugby union career
Refereeing career
YearsCompetitionApps
2021–pres. National Provincial Championship
2022 Major League Rugby
2024–2025 Japan Rugby League One
2025–pres. Super Rugby
Correct as of 8 March 2025

Marcus Playle is a New Zealand professional rugby union referee. [1]

Refereeing career

Playle has been refereeing professional rugby since 2021, when he first refereed in the National Provincial Championship competition, [2] while working as a trained lawyer professionally. [3] In 2022 he refereed in the Major League Rugby competition in America, [4] and Japan Rugby League One in 2024 and 2025. [5] Playle refereed his first Super Rugby game during Round 4 of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season, refereeing the match between Moana Pasifika and the Hurricanes. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Top referees selected in new-look development programme". NZ Rugby. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Four Auckland Rugby Referees in the 2021 National Referee Squad". Auckland Rugby. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "NZR Annual Report 2023" (PDF). NZ Rugby. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "MLR Notes: Doyle departs, Fisher suspended and roster moves". Americas Rugby News. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "16-19 January: Referee, AR & TMO appointments". Rugby Referee. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Super Rugby Pacific 2025 round four teams". SANZAAR. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.


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