Date of birth | June 16, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Standerton | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||
School | Highbury Primary School Beachwood High School | |||||||||||||||||||
University | Technikon Witwatersrand | |||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Lawrence (born 16 June 1965, Standerton) [1] is an international rugby union referee from South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup [2] and 2007 Rugby World Cup [3] acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions. He refereed the 2007 Currie Cup Final between the Free State Cheetahs and the Golden Lions,. [4] He also refereed the 2008 Super 14 Final between the Crusaders and the Waratahs. [5]
In September 2011, he announced his retirement from test rugby to concentrate on coaching emerging referees. [6]