Match officials to January 18

Editor 13 Jan 2009 8:18 AM

A cracking week of European action is in store! Officials look likely to be most busy at Sale, where Nigel Owens will regulate how many lumps the Sharks and Muster knock out of each other.

A cracking week of European action is in store! Officials look likely to be most busy at Sale, where Nigel Owens will regulate how many lumps the Sharks and Muster knock out of each other.

Alain Rolland takes charge of the crunch Pool Three match between Perpignan and the Ospreys, and Alan Lewis has the match-up between Gloucester and Cardiff Blues – we don't envy him!

In the Challenge Cup, Ireland's Colin Stanley takes charge of the potentially explosive clash between Newcastle and Brive.

Heineken Cup – Round 5

Pool 1
Munster vs Sale Sharks at Thomond Park
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Television match official: Derek Bevan (Wales)

Clermont Auvergne vs Montauban at Stade Marcel Michelin
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Touch judges: Claudio Passacantando (Italy), Stefano Marrama (Italy)
Television match official: Mauro Dordolo (Italy)
Assessor: Jack Young (Ireland)

Pool 2
Edinburgh vs Castres at Murrayfield
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Jonathan Mason (Wales), Huw Griffiths (Wales)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)

London Wasps vs Leinster at Twickenham Stadium
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Touch judges: Jean-Luc Rebollal (France), Patrick Bellet (France)
Television match official: Daniel Gillet (France)
Assessor: Bob Ockenden (England)

Pool 3
Leicester Tigers vs Benetton Treviso at Welford Road
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Touch judges: StÃ©phane PomarÃ¨de (France), Gilbert Darrieutort (France)
Television match official: Brian Abrahams (England)

Perpignan vs Ospreys at Stade AimÃ© Giral
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: David Keane (Ireland), Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Television match official: John Sheehan (Ireland)
Assessor: Steve Lander (England)

Pool 4
Ulster vs Harlequins at Ravenhill
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Scarlets vs Stade FranÃ§ais at Parc y Scarlets
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Touch judges: Chris White (England), Alan Hughes (England)
Television match official: Huw Lewis (Wales), David Matthew (England)

Pool 5
Toulouse vs Glasgow Warriors at Stade Ernest Wallon
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch judges: Tim Wigglesworth (England), Paul Dix (England)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)

Newport Gwent Dragons vs Bath at Rodney Parade
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Touch judges: Dudley Phillips (Ireland), Paul Haycock (Ireland)
Television match official: Olan Trevor (Ireland)

Pool 6
Calvisano vs Biarritz at Centro Sportivo San Michele
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: David Rose (England), Don Helme (England)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)
Assessor: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

Gloucester vs Cardiff Blues at Kingsholm
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland), Seamus Flannery (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

European Challenge Cup – Round 5

Pool 1
Dax vs Rovigo
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Touch judges: Rob Debney (England), Robin Goodliffe (England)

London Irish vs Connacht
Referee: Andy McPherson (Scotland)
Touch judges: Ted Coutts (Scotland), David Anderson (Scotland)
Television match official: Roy Marfleet (England)

Pool 2
Montpellier vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Touch judges: Rob Dickson (Scotland), John Ferns (Scotland)
Television match official: Iain Heard (Scotland)

Toulon vs Bristol
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Touch judges: Andy Ireland (Scotland), Peter Carruthers (Scotland)

Pool 3
Petrarca vs Bourgoin
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Touch judges: John Carvill (Ireland), Kevin Beggs (Ireland)

Worcester Warriors vs Bucuresti Oaks
Referee: Patrick Pechambert (France)
Television match official: Matt Peters (England)

Pool 4
Newcastle Falcons vs Brive
Referee: Colin Stanley (Ireland)
Touch judges: Leo Colgan (Ireland), Peter Roche (Ireland)
Television match official: Bertie Smith (Ireland)

Overmach Parma vs El Salvador
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Touch judges: Martin Fox (England), Andy Watson (England)

Pool 5
Bayonne vs Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)

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