Auckland Rugby Referees

🍺 Join Us - Social Night 🍖

This Monday, we are gathering at the Brass Boxer to mark the end of our general Education Nights for the 2026 Season

This will kick off from 7pm, with some food and drinks being put on for members. We'd love to see you all there 👊

We then finish off the year with a few specific sessions to see us through to the end of Secondary School rugby!

10th August - TO3 / Preparing for Finals - for JRC / C Panel referees
17th August - Info night for 7s season

🔵⚪ Referee Appointments - 25th July 🔵⚪

Right back into the swing of things this week with over 80 school games being played! Not long until the season wraps up, so make the most of all your games

Good luck team! 🎉

🏉 Super Rugby Aupiki Final

A big congratulations to Maggie & Todd, who have been appointed to the Super Rugby Aupiki Final (Matatu 🆚 Blues)

Tune in on Saturday afternoon to watch Maggie & Todd members in action! 👊

🔵 Northern Region Squad ⚪

Congratulations to our ARRA members selected for the 2026 Northern Region Squad! This is a great reward for the hard work they have all put in throughout the season, and gives them opportunities ranging from NPC B to U16s

Northern Region Squad:
🔵 Sam Adam, Tertius de Villiers, Adam Palmer, Edwin van Helsdingen
⚪ Ben Mclauchlan, Harrison Wills, Tomas Roche

There's still plenty of opportunities to get involved in an AR capacity throughout the rep season, so keep an eye on the newsletter!

🏉 Super Rugby Aupiki

Final round of Aupiki is upon us with a couple ARRA members in action!

✅ Marcus is the referee for Matatu 🆚 Blues
✅ Maggie is AR1 for Poua 🆚 Manawa

With most members having a free weekend, make sure to tune in on Sky for both matches 👊

🏉 Monday Night – Escalation 🔴🟡

Join us on Monday for a session on Escalation and the tools we have to manage the game

📅 Monday 20th July
🕧 7PM
📍 Carlton Juniors

👉 Keen to give refereeing a go?
This is a great opportunity to build your knowledge, ask questions, and get involved

📧 Get in touch with [email protected] or simply come along on the night

Spread the word and see you there! 👀

🔵⚪ Women's 10s Appointments

🙏 With most rugby on break for the weekend, thank you to our 6 referees who put their hands up to referee the women's 10s!

Good luck to you all 🎉

🏉 International Appointments

Congratulations to Angus Mabey, who has been appointed to referee another match in the Nations Cup this weekend 🎉

He is refereeing Samoa 🆚 Romania - kicking off bright and early at 2:30AM here in NZ 🌃

🏆 Club Finals!

Check out some snaps from the club finals over the weekend! There were plenty of close games, all well managed by our referees

👏 Congratulations to everyone involved, and a big thank you to all those who joined us afterwards to celebrate a great season of club rugby

🏫 School rugby have a few weeks off before getting back into it - still plenty of matches to look forward to for all members

🏉 Monday Night – Test Match Referees 🗣️

Join us tonight for Q&A session with Luc Ramos, Ben Whitehouse and Andrew Jackson as they prepare for the match this weekend!

📅 Monday 13th July
🕧 7PM
📍 Carlton Juniors

👉 Keen to give refereeing a go?
This is a great opportunity to build your knowledge, ask questions, and get involved

📧 Get in touch with [email protected] or simply come along on the night

Spread the word and see you there! 👀