Match officials to January 12
With the European winter leaving the fans frozen, the referees in the Magners League, Guinness Premiership and Top 14 have plenty of work to do.
With the European winter leaving the fans frozen, the referees in the Magners League, Guinness Premiership and Top 14 have plenty of work to do to keep the games running hot!
It is worth noting the continuing exchange programme currently runing between the Guinness Premiership and Top 14, with Englishman Rob Debney whistling the Montauban v Bayonne encounter and Frenchman Romain Poite heading across the channel to take charge of Bath v Wasps.
Magners League
Ospreys vs Munster at Liberty Stadium
Referee: Andy MacPherson (Scotland)
Touch judges: Tim Hayes (Wales), Huw David (Wales)
Television match official: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Edinburgh vs Ulster at Murrayfield
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
Touch judges: Iain Heard (Scotland), David Anderson (Scotland)
Television match official: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
Glasgow Warriors vs Dragons at Firhill
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Touch judges: John Steele (Scotland), Graham Allen (Scotland)
Television match official: Graham Allen (Scotland)
Connacht vs Scarlets at Sportsground
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Leo Colgan (Ireland), Seamus Flannery (Ireland)
Leinster vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Peter Allen (Scotland)
Touch judges: Michael Black (Ireland), Jonathan Peake (Ireland)
Guinness Premiership
Sale Sharks vs London Irish at Edgeley Park
Referee: Andrew Small
Touch judges: Rob Debney, Don Helme
Assessor: Brian Campsall
Television match official: Andrew Turner
Bath Rugby vs London Wasps at Rec
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: Stuart Terheege, Paul Dix
Assessor: Paul Bridgman
Television match official: Matt Peters, Geoff Warren
Harlequins vs Worcester Warriors at The Stoop
Referee: David Rose
Touch judges: Andrew Pearce, Bob Mullis
Coach: Clive Leeke
Television match official: Bob Ockenden
Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers at Franklin's Gardens
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe, Paul Emerson
Television match official: Brian Abrahams, Graham Hughes
Newcastle Falcons vs Gloucester at Kingston Park
Referee: Dean Richards
Touch judges: Martin Buck, Alan Hughes
Assessor: Tony Spreadbury
Television match official: Trevor Parlett
Saracens vs Bristol at Vicarage Road
Referee: Martin Fox
Touch judges: Ken Stewart, Bruce Robertson
Assessor: Steve Lander
Television match official: John Burtenshaw
Top 14 – Round 15
Montauban vs Bayonne at Stade Sapiac
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Touch judges: Frédéric Ducatez, Jean-Luc Gonzalez
Assessor: Jean-Marie Peyramaure, Joël Dumé
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Brive vs Toulon at Stade Amédée Domenech
Referee: Bernard Dal Maso
Touch judges: Denis Grenouillet, Alain Rongier
Assessor: Jean-Louis Lamy, Patrick Thomas
Television match official: Gilles Cogne
Castres vs Biarritz at Stade Pierre Antoine
Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Touch judges: Gérard Gacon, Jean-Claude Bes
Assessor: Claude Rouve, Alain Fernandez
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas
Montpellier vs Clermont Auvergne at Stade Yves Du Manoir
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Touch judges: Gilbert Darrieutort, Jean-Michel Schutz
Assessor: Daniel Pascal, Patrick Robin
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Mont-de-Marsan vs Stade Français at Stade Guy Boniface
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Touch judges: Patrick Dellac, Gines Cerezuela
Assessor: André Corbin, Francis Palmade
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
Perpignan vs Bourgoin at Stade Aimé Giral
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
Touch judges: René Bordeneuve, Jacques Laplace
Assessor: Francis Bourgade, Michel Debet
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Dax vs Toulouse at Stade Maurice Boyau
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Patrick Bellet, Claude Tajan
Assessor: Jean-Paul Grellety, Marc Daroque
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat