Morné Ferreira

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Morné Ferreira
Date of birth (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth South Africa
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (11 st 7 lb; 161 lb)
School Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria, South Africa
University University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Refereeing career
YearsCompetitionApps
2022-present United Rugby Championship 10
2021–present Currie Cup 21
2021–present World Rugby Sevens Series 97
2022 Commonwealth Games 6
2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens 4

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

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Career

Ferreira is a member of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union Referee's society. In 2019, he refereed at the Craven Week, the premier rugby tournament for schools in South Africa, 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 took charge of three matches in the u21 Provincial Championship. He officiated in a number of matches in the 2021 Varsity Cup, 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 debut on 2 July 2021, refereeing the First Division match between the Falcons and the Leopards . [3] He refereed a further two matches in the Currie Cup First Division before refereeing the 2021 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 Bloemfontein. [5]

2022 started off well for Ferreira as he again refereed a number of Varsity Cup matches while he continued to make his mark in South Africa's premier rugby competition by refereeing 6 matches during the round-robin stage of the Currie Cup. He capped off the Currie Cup Premier Division season by refereeing the semi-final fixture between the Free State Cheetahs and the Pumas in Bloemfontein. [6] On 15 October 2022, Ferreira made his United Rugby Championship debut, refereeing the match between the Scarlets and Zebre Parma. [7]

International

In 2021, Ferreira was named on the World Rugby Sevens Series Panel, making his debut at the HSBC Emirates Dubai 7's tournament in November of that year. [8] 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. [9] [10] 2022 turned out to be a big year for Ferreira at high-performance 7's level as he was confirmed as one of 8 men's referees to referee at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He was also announced on the squad of 10 men's referees to hold the whistle for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town . [11] In 2023, Ferreira made his debut in the Six Nations Under 20s Championship when he took charge of the match between Scotland and Italy on 19 March. [12]

Personal life

Ferreira has a Master's degree in Neuro and Exercise Physiology obtained from the University of Pretoria. [13] He is the younger brother of JP Ferreira, who is currently the defence coach at Bath Rugby in England. [14]

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  7. ↑ "Appointments round up: 13–19 October". RugbyReferees.net. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Referees to 21 November 2021". SARugby Referees. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Match officials selected for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in South Africa". World Rugby. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Emirates World Rugby Match Officials Confirmed for Guinness Six Nations and men's U20 Six Nations". World Rugby. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Morné Ferreira". SA Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "MEET BATH RUGBY'S NEW DEFENCE COACH JP FERREIRA". Bath Rugby. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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