Birth name | Jason Jamaine Jaftha | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | May 4, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
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Jason Jamaine Jaftha (born 4 May 1985) is a South African Rugby Union referee that refereed in the Super Rugby and Currie Cup competitions. He hails from the Southern Cape (SWD union) where he attended Zwartberg High School. [1]
He served on the Elite Panel and also officiated Super Rugby matches, but suffered a serious knee injury in 2014, [2] which ruled him out for the entire year. [3] He returned to limited action in 2015, taking charge of first class matches in the 2015 Vodacom Cup, [4] but didn't referee in the Super Rugby or Currie Cup competitions, although he was utilised as an assistant on occasion, including the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division final. [5] At the end of 2015, his injury record also saw him demoted from the South African Rugby Referees' Association's Elite Panel to their National Panel, [6] and he was removed from the refereeing panel altogether for 2017. [7]
Birth name | Jason Jamaine Jaftha | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | May 4, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Jamaine Jaftha (born 4 May 1985) is a South African Rugby Union referee that refereed in the Super Rugby and Currie Cup competitions. He hails from the Southern Cape (SWD union) where he attended Zwartberg High School. [1]
He served on the Elite Panel and also officiated Super Rugby matches, but suffered a serious knee injury in 2014, [2] which ruled him out for the entire year. [3] He returned to limited action in 2015, taking charge of first class matches in the 2015 Vodacom Cup, [4] but didn't referee in the Super Rugby or Currie Cup competitions, although he was utilised as an assistant on occasion, including the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division final. [5] At the end of 2015, his injury record also saw him demoted from the South African Rugby Referees' Association's Elite Panel to their National Panel, [6] and he was removed from the refereeing panel altogether for 2017. [7]