Match officials to April 26
Tensions will be high in the north and south as we enter the final rounds of the Guinness Premiership and Magners League respectively, while the Top 14 and Super 14 nears its business end at a rapid pace.
Tensions will be high in the north and south as we enter the final rounds of the Guinness Premiership and Magners League respectively, while the Top 14 and Super 14 nears its business end at a rapid pace.
Magners League, Round Sixteen
Ulster vs Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: John Lacy (Ireland), Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Assessor: Brian Stirling (Ireland)
Ospreys vs Edinburgh at Liberty Stadium
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: Huw David (Wales), Simon Harris (Wales)
Television match official: Tony Rowlands (Wales)
Leinster vs Glasgow Warriors at Royal Dublin Society
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Colin Stanley (Ireland), Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Television match official: John Carvill (Ireland)
Assessor: Tom Aplin (Ireland)
Dragons vs Connacht at Rodney Parade
Referee: Graham Knox (Scotland)
Touch judges: Phil Fear (Wales), David Jones (Wales)
Television match official: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Munster vs Scarlets
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Touch judges: David Keane (Ireland), Michael Black (Ireland)
Television match official: Brian Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Assessor: John Sheehan (Ireland)
England
Guinness Premiership
Bath vs Saracens at the Rec
Referee: Rob Debney
Touch judges: Andrew Pearce, Alan/ Biggs
Assessor: Brian Leigh
Harlequins vs Newcastle Falcons at The Stoop
Referee: Dean Richards
Touch judges: Roy Maybank, Ken Stewart
Assessor: Paul Bridgman
Television match official: Bob Ockenden
Leicester Tigers vs Bristol at Welford Road
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Touch judges: Bob Mullis, Don Helme
Assessor: Steve Lander
Television match official: Brian Abrahams
London Wasps vs Gloucester at Adams Park
Referee: Dave Pearson
Touch judges: Paul Dix, Stuart Terheege
Assessor: Brian Campsall
Television match official: Roy Marfleet
Sale Sharks vs Northampton Saints at Edgeley Park
Referee: Chris White
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe, Paul Emerson
Assessor: Tony Spreadbury
Television match official: Don Hudson
Worcester Warriors vs London Irish at Sixways
Referee: Andrew Small
Touch judges: Roger Baileff, Martin Buck
Assessor: Ed Morrison
Super 14, Round Eleven
Highlanders vs Stormers in Dunedin
Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Touch judges: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Josh Noonan (New Zealand)
Television match official: Kane McBride (New Zealand)
Assessor: Glen Wahlstrom (New Zealand)
Western Force vs Lions in Perth
Referee: Paul Marks (Australia)
Touch judges: Ian Smith (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
Assessor: Arrie Schoonwinkel (South Africa)
Blues vs Reds in North Harbour
Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Chris Pollock (New Zealand), Jonathan White (New Zealand)
Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
Assessor: Wayne Erickson (Australia)
Hurricanes vs Brumbies in Wellington
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Assessor: Glen Wahlstrom (New Zealand)
Cheetahs vs Crusaders in Bloemfontein
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
Touch judges: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Assessor: Arrie Schoonwinkel (South Africa)
Bulls vs Chiefs in Pretoria
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Touch judges: Marius Jonker (South Africa), Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
Assessor: Wayne Erickson (Australia)
France
Top 14, Round 24
Biarritz vs Toulon
Referee: Hervé Dubes
Touch judges: Frédéric Ducatez, Denis Grenouillet
Assessor: Michel Roger, Marc Daroque
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat
Montpellier vs Bayonne
Referee: Romain Poite
Touch judges: Jean-Paul Vermande, Alain Rongier
Assessor: Michel Ricciardelli, Patrick Thomas
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
Toulouse vs Bourgoin
Referee: Bruno Bessot
Touch judges: Bruno Fiche, Jean-Claude Bes
Assessor: Max Benoit, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Gilles Cogne
Perpignan vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Dominique Parrini
Assessor: Francis Coup, Patrick Robin
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Dax vs Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Jean-Michel Schutz, Patrick Bellet
Assessor: Michel Forget, Francis Palmade
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas
Montauban vs Brive
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Touch judges: Gilbert Darrieutort, Thierry Laur
Assessor: Yves Peyrelongue, Serge Marzullo
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Castres vs Stade Français
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
Touch judges: Fernand Pereira, René Bordeneuve
Assessor: Pascal Bouchet, Bernard Perez
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier