Francisco Pastrana

Francisco Pastrana played outside half for the Hindu Club in Buenos Aires until injuries took their toll and forced him to stop playing in 2003. In 2004, he started refereeing eventually officiating in his first international game in 2009, when he refereed an U20s match between Kenya and the United States at the IRB Junior World Rugby Championship. In 2013, he became the first foreigner to referee a Super Rugby match. He was removed from the 2014 Super Rugby refereeing panel after drawing heavy criticism for his performance at the Blues versus Cheetahs match.