At a time when rugby referees have never been more controversial, this is the first expose of what really goes on behind the scenes in South African and international rugby.;Reveals Kaplan’s viewpoint on the role of technology in rugby, his and his colleagues’ successes and failures, the Rugby World Cup, as well as the selection and assessment of referees, among other contentious topics.;Tracks a stellar three-decade career that boasts a brace of benchmarks, forever guaranteeing Jonathan Kaplan a place in rugby’s Hall of Fame.;Contains many never-before-published revelations about Kaplan’s guts-and-glory fight to stay at the top until well into his forties.;An excellent gift book for any rugby fan.;24 pages of photos.
Jonathan Kaplan is the world's most capped Test referee. He's also the only ref in the world to have blown over 100 Super Rugby matches. Add more than 150 Currie Cup matches, including six finals, three Super Rugby finals and four Rugby World Cup tournaments, and you have one serious CV. He lives in Cape Town with his bulldogs Lola and Dexter. Mike Behr has been a newspaper journalist and magazine features writer for local and international titles for just over three decades. He won the Mondi Award in 2004 for his exclusive and revealing profile of former Bok wing Ashwin Willemse, published in Sports Illustrated magazine. This is the Capetonian's first book.
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