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: