Griffin Colby (born 3 November 1992 in Free State,

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) is a rugby referee on the National A Panel of the

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Career

Colby attended

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and played rugby for and , however retired due to injuries. He started refereeing in 2013 in Free State, before being promoted to the National Panel in 2018. In 2019, he made his refereeing debut in the Rugby Challenge and the

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. He made his

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refereeing debut in the 2020

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competition, refereeing the match between the and on 13 November. He would also referee the Round 2 match of the

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between the and on 5 December.

References

Living people South African rugby union referees SARU referees Currie Cup referees 1992 births People from Bloemfontein Super Rugby referees {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub