Peter D'Rohan Hoffmann (born 14 January 1972) is an Australian-Portuguese

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referee and former international player for

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

. He played as a fly-half and a fullback. One of the best Portuguese players of his generation, he earned nicknames like ''Zé Rohan'' and ''Mister Canguru''.

Early life

Born in

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, he studied at the

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. After Ashgrove, he played for

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in Brisbane and for Queensland Schools, Queensland U-19 and Queensland U-21. He was in his second season with Brothers 1st XV when he received the invitation to move to

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Career

Hoffmann played for

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in the English Premiership for the season of 1992/93. In August 1993, Scottish coach Andrew Cushing who accumulated functions with head coach of

, invited him to move to

to play a season at Técnico. He remained in the Lisbon team from 1993/94 to 1997/98, where the club won the Portuguese Championship and the Cup of Portugal in 1993/94. He then moved back to England to play for the professional team of

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors are a professional rugby union club based in Worcester, England. They most recently played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, before being suspended by the Rugby Football Union, RFU in September 2 ...

, but he wasn't successful, breaking a leg twice. He decided to return to Portugal, this time to play for Grupo Desportivo Direito, in Lisbon. He won the Portuguese Championship and the Cup of Portugal for the season of 2001/02, and also the Iberian Cup of 2002. After becoming a Portuguese naturalized citizen, he decided to represent Portugal. He won 27 caps, from the 64–3 loss to

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, at 2 March 1996, in Lisbon, for the FIRA Championship, D1, Pool 2, to the 34–21 loss to

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, at 2 June 2002, in

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, for the

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qualifyings. He was one of the top scorers for Portugal during his international career, scoring 7 tries, 2 conversions, 8 penalties and 1 drop goal, 77 points in aggregate. The high point of his international career was at the

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qualification, when he scored a 90 meters try against Scotland XV in the 85–11 loss at

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, at 28 November 1998, in a game where he also scored a drop goal. Portugal lost to Spain by 21–17 at 1 December 1998, meaning they would have to go to the repechage with

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. Portugal lost both repechage games but it was still their best result at the time.

Coaching and refereeing

He started to coach at a young level while still playing, being Técnico U-18 head coach. He also started an international referee career, first at a youth level, in 2002, and at the senior level, in 2006. His first international match took place in

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, at 11 October 2008, between

and

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. He returned to

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, and in December 2012 was named as part of the 18-man referee team for Super Rugby 2013.Super Rugby 18 Man Referee Team
/ref> His debut was on 1 March 2013 when the Waratahs played the

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References

External links

Rohan Hoffmann Biography (English)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, Rohan 1972 births Australian rugby union coaches Australian rugby union players Australian rugby union referees Australian emigrants to Portugal Brothers Old Boys players Worcester Warriors players Living people Portuguese rugby union coaches Portuguese rugby union players Portuguese people of Australian descent Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union fullbacks Super Rugby referees ARU referees Portugal international rugby union players Rugby union players from Brisbane People educated at Marist College Ashgrove Australian expatriate rugby union players in England