Jamie Bloem

Jamie Bloem (born 26 May 1971) is a rugby league referee. He is a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played representative rugby league (RL) for South Africa (captain), and Scotland, and at club level for Cape Town Coasters (South Africa), Castleford,[3][4][5] Oldham, Doncaster (Heritage № 670),[6] Widnes Vikings,[7] Halifax (two spells) (in 1998's Super League III, 1999's Super League IV, 2000's Super League V, 2001's Super League VI, 2002's Super League VII), Huddersfield Giants (in 2003's Super League VIII), and player-coach for Stainland Stags ARLFC, as a fullback, wing, centre, scrum-half, second-row, or loose forward, and provincial level rugby union (RU) for Western Province, and at club level for Union Milnerton RFC (Cape Town), Racing Métro 92, Halifax RUFC and player-coach for Thornensians RUFC, Old Brodleians RUFC, Old Rishworthians RUFC, and Halifax Vandals RUFC.[1][8][9] As of 2012, he runs a landscape gardening business in Halifax, West Yorkshire.[10]

Jamie Bloem
Personal information
Born (1971-05-26) 26 May 1971
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionWing, Centre, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Union Milnerton RFC (Cape Town)
Western Province
Racing Métro 92
2002–04 Halifax RUFC 36 13 2 8 90
Total 36 13 2 8 90
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre, Scrum-half, Second-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992 Castleford 1 1 0 0 4
1993 Oldham 12 2 0 0 8
1993–94 Doncaster 44 17 4 0 76
1997–98 Widnes Vikings 39 23 38 3 171
1998–02 Halifax 108 31 105 2 336
2003 Huddersfield Giants 22 3 11 0 34
2004–05 Halifax 51 10 159 1 359
Total 277 87 317 6 988
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–00 South Africa 14 0 15 1 31
2004 Scotland 2 0 2 0 4
Source: [1][2]

Background

Bloem was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is of Scottish and South African descent.

Rugby league

Club career

Bloem initially played his club rugby league for the Cape Town Coasters in South Africa,[11] he also played in France and has travelled extensively as a player, he became player-coach at Stainland Stags ARLFC (Halifax, West Yorkshire) during the Pennine League 2010–11 season.

Drugs ban

In November 1994, Bloem was the first rugby league player to test positive for performance enhancing anabolic steroid nandrolone, he was banned for two years.[12][13]

Representative career

Bloem was the captain of South Africa (RL) during the 2000 World Cup,[9][14] he was eligible for Scotland (RL) through his mother's nationality.[8]

Rugby union

Bloem has also had spells with rugby union sides; Halifax RUFC, Thornensians RUFC (Thorne, Doncaster), and Old Brodleians RUFC (Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire), whom he took to their first promotion in 75 years, he transferred to Old Rishworthians RUFC (Rishworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire) as player-coach for the 2007–08 season, he was the top point scorer for Old Rishworthians in 2007–08, breaking the club record with 375 points in the season, he became player-coach at Halifax Vandals RUFC at the start of the 2013–2014 season.

Later years

Bloem became a BBC radio rugby league sports summariser,[15] and a rugby league referee and controlled the Nordic Cup match between Norway and Sweden at Partille Ground (Spartacus Rugby Club), Gothenburg on Saturday 30 October 2010.[16][17][18]

Wrongly accused

Jamie Bloem was wrongly accused of having sex with a minor, the charge was found to be completely without foundation.[19][20][21]

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Hardcastle, Andrew (2012). In Full Bloem: Jamie Bloem - Rugby Footballer. London League Publications. ISBN 978-1903659656.
  3. David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
  4. "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Statistics at robterrace.com". robterrace.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. "Rugby League: Widnes sign South African Jamie Bloem". independent.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. "official.sportnetwork.net". official.sportnetwork.net. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. "South Africa Shown Up By Tonga". independent.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. "Bloem Close To Crossing Divide". sportinglife.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  11. "Reports 2003 at sportinglife.com". sportinglife.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. Mottram, David R. (1996). Drugs in sport. E. & F.N. Spon. ISBN 0-419-18890-8.
  13. "Rugby League - League To Step Up Drug Testing". independent.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. "World Cup 2000 - Group 2". bbc.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. "BBC radio rugby league sports summariser". bbc.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  16. "Bloem looks forward to officiating Nordic Cup at rleague.com". rleague.com. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  17. "Bloem looks forward to officiating Nordic Cup at rlef.eu.com". rlef.eu.com. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  18. "Referee Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  19. "Former Halifax Rugby League star Jamie Bloem speaks of hell after being accused of child sex offence". halifaxcourier.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  20. "Hard-hitting Bloem paid a heavy price for playing the game he loved". halifaxcourier.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  21. "Innocent former Huddersfield Giants star Jamie Bloem speaks about the nightmare allegation of child sex offence". examiner.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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