Hawke's Bay rugby referee and former Hawke's Bay Magpies midfield back Dan Waenga has been appointed to control one of the two Bunnings NPC rugby finals this weekend.
The appointments comes after a semifinals and Heartland Rugby finals week in which four out of the seven matches were controlled by Hawke's Bay referees.
Nick Hogan refereed Friday's Championship division semifinal between Manawatu and Otago in Palmerston North, and Waenga refereed the Premier semifinal between Waikato and Canterbury in Hamilton on Saturday.
The focus on Sunday turned to the amateur level where Stu Catley refereed the Lochore Cup match between Whanganui and North Otago in Whanganui while Tipene Cottrell was in charge of the first Bill Osborne Taonga match, between Poverty Bay and Mid-Canterbury, in Gisborne.
Earlier this year Waenga was an assistant referee (touch judge) in a match between Tonga and Samoa.