Match officials to November 15

Match officials are set for a busy weekend with a plethora of important fixtures scheduled at varying levels of importance.

Referees are set for a busy weekend over the coming days with a plethora of important fixtures scheduled at varying levels of importance.

Wayne Barnes will kick the full internationals off in France, who take on the Springboks, while Wales and Samoa battle it out under the watchful eye of Irish official Peter Fitzgibbon.

There's also Rugby World Cup Qualifiers, 'A' team friendlies and LV= Cup fixtures on the agenda.

International

France vs South Africa in Toulouse, France
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), James Jones (Wales)
Television match officials: Graham Hughes (England)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)

Wales vs Samoa at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), Rob Debney (England)
Television match officials: Geoff Warren (England)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)

November 14

Japan vs Canada at Japan
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro (New Zealand), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Assessor: Scott Young (Australia)

England vs Argentina at Twickenham, London
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Peter Allan (Scotland)
Television match officials: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Assessor: Andrew Cole (Australia)

Scotland vs Fiji at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Chris White (England)
Assistant referees: Carlo Damasco (Italy), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match officials: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (South Africa)

Italy vs New Zealand at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), David Changleng (Scotland)
Television match officials: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)

Rugby World Cup Qualifiers:
Uruguay vs USA at Charrua Stadium, Montevideo
Referee: Federico Pastrana (Argentina)
Assistant referees: Javier Mancuso (Argentina), Federico Cuesta (Argentina)

Tunisia vs Namibia at Menzah Stadium, Tunis
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Hassan Ti'razi (Morocco)

November 15

Ireland vs Australia at Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Christophe Berdos (France), Andrew Small (England)
Television match officials: Geoff Warren (England)
Assessor: Andrew Cole (Australia)

European Nations Cup

Division 3B
Austria vs Norway at Sport Club Platz in Vienna
Referee: Jelavic (Croatia)

Division 3D
Monaco vs Cyprus in Terrain du Val d'Anaud de Menton
Referee: Steve Busuttil (Malta)

Jubilee Match – FIRA's 75th anniversary celebrations

French Barbarians vs Europe XV at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels
Referee: tba

Friendlies

Ireland A vs Tonga at Ravenhill
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Colin Stanley (Ireland), Jonathan Peak (Ireland)

Italy A vs Romania in Piacenza
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Local

Georgia vs Argentina Jaguars in Tblissi
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Local

LV=Cup, Round 2

Sale Sharks vs Leeds Carnegie
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Assistant referees: tba (England)

Northampton vs Saracens
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
Assistant referees: tba (England), tba (England)

Scarlets vs Worcester
Referee: tba (England)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Mason (Wales), Greg Morgan (Wales)
Assessor: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

Cardiff Blues vs London Irish at Cardiff City Stadium
Referee: tba (England)
Assistant referees: Phil Fear (Wales), Colin Kirkhouse (Wales)
Television match official: Tony Rowlands (Wales)
Assessor: Tony Lynch (Wales)

Bath vs Ospreys
Referee: tba (England)
Assistant referees: tba (England), tba (England)

Leicester vs Dragons
Referee: tba (England)
Assistant referees: tba (England), tba (England)

Wasps vs Gloucester
Referee: tba (England)
Assistant referees: tba (England), tba (England)

Newcastle vs Harlequins
Referee: tba (England)
Assistant referees: tba (England), tba (England)