Match officials to December 18
The European action continues this week with another full round of fixtures in the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup.
The European action continues this week with another full round of fixtures in the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup tournaments.
Welsh referee Nigel Owens will be the man in the middle at Welford Road when Leicester Tigers try to avenge last week's defeat against Clermont in a crucial Pool Four Heineken Cup match.
Heineken Cup, Round Four
Edinburgh vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Jean-Luc Rebollal (France), Cyril Lafon (France)
Television match official: Eric Gonthier (France)
Ospreys vs Saracens
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistant referees: Laurent Cardona (France), Jérôme Lamirand (France)
Television match official: Jean-Marie Piraveau (France)
Biarritz vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Simon McDowell (Ireland), David Keane (Ireland)
Television match official: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
Leicester Tigers vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gwyn Morris (Wales), Jonathan Mason (Wales)
Television match official: Derek Bevan (Wales)
Aironi vs Ulster
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Assistant referees: Ian Tempest (England), Andrew Pearce (England)
Television match official: Trevor Fisher (England)
London Irish vs Racing-Métro
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: John Carvill (Ireland), Barry O' Connell (Ireland)
Gloucester vs Connacht
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Assistant referees: Neil Hennessy (Wales), Huw David (Wales)
Television match official: Gareth Simmonds (Wales)
Montpellier vs Glasgow
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Assistant referees: Sean Davey (England), Nigel Carrick (England)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)
Leinster vs Bath
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Patrick Pechambert (France), Eric Soulan (France)
Television match official: Daniel Gillet (France)
Munster vs Scarlets
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Paul Dix (England)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)
Northampton vs Castres
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Leo Colgan (Ireland), Richard Kerr (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
Toulouse vs Harlequins
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: David Wilkinson (Ireland), Brian MacNiece (Ireland)
Television match official: Peter Ferguson (Ireland)
Amlin Challenge Cup, Round Four
Bordeaux vs Rovigo
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: Martin Fox (England) ,Robin Goodliffe (England)
London Wasps vs Bayonne
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: David Changleng (Scotland)), Andy Ireland (Scotland)
Television match official: Jim Yuille (Scotland))
Brive vs La Vila
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Stefano Marrama (Italy), Claudio Blessano (Italy)
Stade Français vs Crociati
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Rob Dickson (Scotland)), Adrian Graves (Scotland)
Television match official: Iain Heard (Scotland))
Prato vs Perpignan
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Martyn Lewis (Wales), Chris Williams (Wales)
Petrarca vs Lyon
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Iain Ramage (Scotland)), Bob Nevins (Scotland))
Worcester Warriors vs Bucharest
Referee: Stefano Pennè (Italy)
Assistant referees: Stefano Roscini (Italy), Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Toulon vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland))
Assistant referees: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)), Rob Dickson (Scotland)
Television match official: Iain Heard (Scotland))
Sale Sharks vs Agen
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Olly Hodges (Ireland), Stuart Gaffakin (Ireland)
Dragons vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant referees: Akim Hadj Bachir (France), Vincent Azoulay (France)