Aimee Barrett-Theron

Aimee Barrett-Theron

Full name	Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron
Date of birth	(1987-06-27) 27 June 1987
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	71 kg (11 st 3 lb; 157 lb)
School	Northlands Girls' High School, Durban
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback / Centre / Fly-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2008 KwaZulu-Natal Women Sevens () 2006–2008 KwaZulu-Natal Women () 2009–2012 Western Province Women Sevens () Correct as of 7 December 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007 South Africa Women Touch Rugby 2007–2012 South Africa Women Sevens 2008 South Africa Women Under-20 2008–2012 South Africa Women Correct as of 7 December 2016

Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron (born 27 June 1987) is a South African rugby union former player, and currently a referee on South Africa's Premier Panel.

Playing career

She could play as a fullback, centre or fly-half and played in various forms of the game – 15-a-side rugby union, rugby sevens and touch rugby. Aside from rugby union, she works as a biokineticist.

She represented KwaZulu-Natal at domestic level between 2005 and 2008, and Western Province between 2009 and 2012. She also represented South Africa Women at Under-20 level in 2008, at senior level between 2008 and 2010 and for the sevens team between 2008 and 2012. Her records includes appearing at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.

Refereeing

She also took up refereeing, joining the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series circuit and being included on the refereeing panel for the 2016 Olympic Games. In December 2016, shortly before making her refereeing test debut for a 2017 World Cup qualifier between Japan and Fiji in Hong Kong, she was included on the South African Rugby Referees' Association's National B panel, becoming the first female referee in history to do so.