James Doleman
Rugby player
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James Doleman is a New Zealand professional rugby union referee.[1]
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Refereeing career
Doleman began refereeing while a student in Dunedin.
He started refereeing matches in the Heartland Championship in 2014 and the National Provincial Championship in 2016.
He became a professional referee in 2020.[2] In 2019 he had refereed the final of the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[3] He refereed his first Super Rugby match on 7 March 2020 in a match between the Rebels and Lions, before refereeing 3 matches in the 2020 Super Rugby Aotearoa season.[4] He also refereed the Championship final of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup as Hawke's Bay played Northland.[5]
Test matches
In the international arena he has refereed the following matches:[6]
- 2021: Australia v France (Melbourne)[7]
- 2021: Italy v Argentina (Treviso)
- 2021: Georgia v Fiji (Aranjuez)
- 2022: Australia v England (Perth)[8]
- 2022: Argentina v South Africa (Buenos Aires)[9]
- 2022: England v Japan (London)
- 2023: England v Italy (London)[10]
- 2023: Tonga v Canada (Nuku'alofa)
- 2024: England v Wales (London)[11]
- 2024: Australia v Georgia (Sydney)
- 2024: Fiji v Samoa (Suva)[12]
- 2024: Argentina v Australia (Buenos Aires)[13]
- 2024: Wales v Australia (Cardiff)[14]
