Daniel Jaco van Heerden (born 26 January 1983) is a former South African

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

referee that served on the Premier Panel of the South African Rugby Referees' Association between 2014 and 2017. He retired from refereeing at the end of the 2017 season to concentrate on his career as a Supreme Court advocate.

Career

He started refereeing first class matches in 2013, making his debut in the

2013 Vodacom Cup The 2013 Vodacom Cup was played between 9 March and 18 May 2013 and was the 16th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First ...

match between the and the in

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, the first of five matches during the competition. His first

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appointment was the match between the and in Nelspruit during the

2013 Currie Cup First Division The 2013 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 29 June to 11 October 2013. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competiti ...

. During the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, he took charge of his first Premier Division clash, officiating the trans- Jukskei clash between the and the in

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. He also officiated two matches in

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in October 2014, a Rugby Pro D2 match between and , as well as a

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match between and . He was named on

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's referee list for the

2015 Super Rugby season The 2015 Super Rugby season was the 20th season of Super Rugby and the fifth season featuring an expanded 15-team format. For sponsorship reasons, this competition was known as Asteron Life Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New ...

and was in charge of his first Super Rugby match when the met the in Pretoria.

References

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