**The northern hemisphere will have some representation in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final in the form of referee Andrew Brace.** As a Welsh-born official who played international rugby for Belgium and is now affiliated to the Irish Rugby Football Union, Brace has several European bases covered in an otherwise all-South African affair. Saturday's Grand Final marks Brace's 80th outing in the competition having made his debut in 2015 while it will be his second final after overseeing the 2020 PRO14 decider between Leinster and Ulster in Dublin. He was in charge for two DHL Stormers matches during the regular season - away to Munster and at home to Glasgow Warriors - and was the man in the middle for the Vodacom Bulls' dramatic late victory over the Cell C Sharks in the Final Eight.
