Hoffmann played for
London Scottish F.C. in the
English Premiership for the season of 1992/93. In August 1993, Scottish coach
Andrew Cushing who accumulated functions with head coach of
Portugal, invited him to move to
Portugal 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, 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
Italy, at 2 March 1996, in Lisbon, for the FIRA Championship, D1, Pool 2, to the 34–21 loss to
Spain, at 2 June 2002, in
Madrid, for the
2003 Rugby World Cup 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
1999 Rugby World Cup qualification, when he scored a 90 meters try against
Scotland XV in the 85–11 loss at
Murrayfield, 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
Uruguay. 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
Monaco, at 11 October 2008, between
Monaco and
Bosnia-Herzegovina. He returned to
Australia, and in December 2012 was named as part of the 18-man referee team for
Super Rugby 2013. His debut was on 1 March 2013 when the
Waratahs played the
Melbourne Rebels. ==References==