Glen Jackson (rugby player)
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Glen Warwick Jackson is a former New Zealand
rugby union
player who now serves as a referee in that sport. During his playing career, he was a fly-half.
team when they won the Ranfurly Shield
.
He made his debut for the Chiefs
in the opening round of the 1999 Super 12 season
. Jackson made his final appearance for the Chiefs in a 2004 Super 12 Semi Final defeat to the Brumbies. Jackson was a member of the New Zealand Māori
side that won the 2004 Churchill Cup
. He signed for Saracens
in 2004.
In 2007 he was voted The Professional Rugby Players' Association
player of the year after being leading points scorer in the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership.
In 2009 he played for the Barbarians
. Jackson played his final game for Saracens against Leicester Tigers
in the final of the 2009–10 Guinness Premiership
.
, organiser of Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri Nations). According to The New York Times
, within a year of Jackson's return to New Zealand, he went "from refereeing second-tier provincial rugby games in the Heartland Championship
to officiating in the ITM Cup at the top provincial level to being an assistant referee in Super Rugby competition." By the end of the 2011 Super Rugby season, he had worked his first match as referee in that competition, having presided over the Hurricanes−Western Force
match on 27 May. Shortly after the end of that season, he made his international officiating debut as television match official for the Bledisloe Cup
Test between New Zealand and Australia
on 6 August.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who now serves as a referee in that sport. During his playing career, he was a fly-half.
Playing career
Jackson was part of the 2004 Bay Of Plenty SteamersBay of Plenty Rugby Union
The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union is the official governing body for rugby union in the Bay of Plenty, in the North-East of the North Island...
team when they won the Ranfurly Shield
Ranfurly Shield
The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies...
.
He made his debut for the Chiefs
Chiefs (Super rugby franchise)
The Chiefs are a professional Rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Their home ground is Waikato Stadium. The Chiefs play in black, red and yellow coloured jerseys...
in the opening round of the 1999 Super 12 season
1999 Super 12 season
The 1999 Super 12 season was the fourth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 1999, with each team playing all the others once...
. Jackson made his final appearance for the Chiefs in a 2004 Super 12 Semi Final defeat to the Brumbies. Jackson was a member of the New Zealand Māori
New Zealand Maori rugby union team
New Zealand Māori is a rugby union team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player is to have Māori whakapapa or genealogy. In the past this rule was not strictly applied. In the past non-Māori players who looked Māori were often...
side that won the 2004 Churchill Cup
2004 Churchill Cup
The 2004 Churchill Cup was held between 14 June and 21 June 2004 in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. It was the second edition of the Churchill Cup competition...
. He signed for Saracens
Saracens F.C.
Saracens are a professional rugby union team based in St. Albans, England – although they play their home games at Vicarage Road, in Watford. They are currently members of the Aviva Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England...
in 2004.
In 2007 he was voted The Professional Rugby Players' Association
The Professional Rugby Players' Association
The Rugby Players Association is a trade union representing athletes who currently play or have played rugby union in England at a professional or semi-professional level. Established in 1998, it was originally called the Professional Rugy Players' Association ; in October 2009 it changed its name...
player of the year after being leading points scorer in the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership.
In 2009 he played for the Barbarians
Barbarian F.C.
The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...
. Jackson played his final game for Saracens against Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
in the final of the 2009–10 Guinness Premiership
2009–10 Guinness Premiership
The 2009–10 Guinness Premiership was the 23rd season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2009 and May 2010...
.
Referee
In 2010 Jackson retired to become a professional referee in his native New Zealand. He was fast-tracked into the professional rugby ranks by Lyndon Bray, then the head of referees for the New Zealand Rugby Union and now in the same role with SANZARSANZAR
SANZAR is the body which operates Super Rugby and Tri Nations competitions in rugby union. It is a joint venture of the South African Rugby Union, the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Australian Rugby Union, formed in 1996.Created shortly after rugby's move to professionalism in 1995, SANZAR's two...
, organiser of Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri Nations). According to The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, within a year of Jackson's return to New Zealand, he went "from refereeing second-tier provincial rugby games in the Heartland Championship
Heartland Championship
The Heartland Championship New Zealand Division One competition, known for sponsorship reasons as the AA Rewards Heartland Championship, is a domestic rugby union competition in New Zealand. It was founded in 2006 as one of two successor competitions to the country's former domestic competition,...
to officiating in the ITM Cup at the top provincial level to being an assistant referee in Super Rugby competition." By the end of the 2011 Super Rugby season, he had worked his first match as referee in that competition, having presided over the Hurricanes−Western Force
Western Force
Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...
match on 27 May. Shortly after the end of that season, he made his international officiating debut as television match official for the Bledisloe Cup
Bledisloe Cup
Rugby Union's Bledisloe Cup is contested by the Australia national rugby union team and New Zealand national rugby union team. It is named after Lord Bledisloe, the former Governor-General of New Zealand who donated the trophy in 1931. The trophy was designed in New Zealand by Nelson Isaac, and...
Test between New Zealand and Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
on 6 August.