Match Officials to April 19

Monday 14th April 2008

It's domestic rugby in the north as usual with Guinness Premiership, Magners League and Top 14 action the order of the day.

The Super 14 is also not to be missed as the race for a place in the last four begins to heat up.

Magners League

Glasgow vs Llanelli Scarlets at Firhill
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)

Edinburgh vs Leinster at Murrayfield
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Cardiff Blues vs Ulster at Arms Park
Referee: tba (Scotland)
Touch judges: Gwyn Morris (Wales), Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Television match official: Tony Rowlands

Munster vs Ospreys at Musgrave Park
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Eanna O'Dowd (Ireland), Ken Henley Willis (Ireland)

Super 14

Week 10

Friday, 18 April

Chiefs vs Crusaders in Hamilton
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Touch judges: Steve Walsh (New Zealand), Brent Murray (New Zealand)
Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Assessor: Kim Eichmann (New Zealand)

Reds vs Western Force in Brisbane
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch judges: Julian Pritchard (Australia), Simon Moore (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
Assessor: Wayne Erickson (Australia)

Saturday, 19 April

Waratahs vs Lions in Sydney
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Chris Pollock (New Zealand), Nathan Pearce (Australia)
Television match official: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)
Assessor: Scott Young (Australia)

Brumbies vs Sharks in Canberra
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand), Grant MacNeill (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
Assessor: Brendan McCormick (Australia)

Bulls vs Highlanders in Pretoria
Referee: Paul Marks (Australia)
Touch judges: Geoff Acton (Australia), Willie Roos (South Africa)
Television match official: Michael Cupido (South Africa)
Assessor: Stuart Beissel (Performance Auditor) (New Zealand), Arrie Schoonwinkel (South Africa)

Stormers vs Hurricanes at Newlands
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
Touch judges: Ian Smith (Australia), JC Fortuin (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Assessor: Banks Yantolo (South Africa), Stuart Beissel (Performance Auditor) (New Zealand)

France

Top 14

Biarritz vs Auch
Referee: Bernard Dal Maso
Touch judges: Denis Grenouillet, Didier Barnagaud
Assessor: Jean-Louis Lamy, Roger Duhau
Television match official: Daniel Gillet

Brive vs Dax
Referee: David Rosich
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Fernand Pereira
Assessor: Claude Rouve, Jean Lavergne
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou

Albi vs Montpellier
Referee: Akim Hadj Bachir
Touch judges: Gérard Gacon, Jean-Christophe Clot
Assessor: Francis Coup, Michel Messan
Television match official: Jean-Marie Combe

Stade Français vs Montauban
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Touch judges: Gilbert Darrieutort, Didier Dussaut
Assessor: Michel Kazmierczak, Daniel Pruvot
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui

Toulouse vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Franck Maciello
Touch judges: Hervé Gilard, Eric Briquet Campin
Assessor: Hubert Dubes, Daniel Irazoqui, Bernard Perez
Television match official: Gérard Borreani

Perpignan vs Bayonne
Referee: Eric Gauzins
Touch judges: Olivier Migne, Régis Gabard
Assessor: Jean-Marie Combe, Patrick Robin
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas

Bourgoin vs Castres
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Patrick Bellet, Jean-Luc Gonzalez
Assessor: Daniel Pascal, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier

Gallery - Weekend internationals

Crocked skipper: Richie McCaw is helped off the field after sustaining an ankle injury In the wars: Mathew Tait gives a new meaning to blood bin Slippery when wet: Luke Watson finds a way through on the deck