James Doleman

James Doleman is a New Zealand professional rugby union referee.

Refereeing career Doleman began refereeing while a student in Dunedin.

He started refereeing matches in the Heartland Championship in 2014 and the National Provincial Championship in 2016.

He became a professional referee in 2020. In 2019 he had refereed the final of the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. He refereed his first Super Rugby match on 7 March 2020 in a match between the and , before refereeing 3 matches in the 2020 Super Rugby Aotearoa season. He also refereed the Championship final of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup as played .

Test matches

In the international arena he has refereed the following matches:

2021: Australia v France (Melbourne) 2021: Italy v Argentina (Treviso) 2021: Georgia v Fiji (Aranjuez) 2022: Australia v England (Perth) 2022: Argentina v South Africa (Buenos Aires) 2022: England v Japan (London) 2023: England v Italy (London) 2023: Tonga v Canada (Nuku'alofa) 2024: England v Wales (London) 2024: Australia v Georgia (Sydney) 2024: Fiji v Samoa (Suva) 2024: Argentina v Australia (Buenos Aires) 2024: Wales v Australia (Cardiff)