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]
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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In September 2011, he announced his retirement from test rugby to concentrate on coaching emerging referees.[6]