Match officials to October 11

The Heineken Cup kicks-off in Europe this weekend while in the South the Currie Cup and the Air New Zealand Cup are drawing to a close.

The Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup kick-off in Europe this weekend while in the South the Currie Cup and the Air New Zealand Cup are drawing to a close.

Frenchman Romain Poite will be in charge of defending Heineken Cup champions Leinster's opening match at home to London Irish while George Clancy will handle Sale's trip to Toulouse.

In South Africa, Mark Lawrence will be in Kimberley for the all-important clash between the Griquas and Sharks.

Garratt Williamson will be in Christchurch, where Canterbury host Manawatu at AMI Stadium.

Heineken Cup

Gloucester v Dragons
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: David Keane (Ireland)), Sean Flannery (Ireland)
Television match official: Tony Redmond (Ireland), Laurie Bryant (England)

Ulster v Bath
Referee: James Jones (Wales
Assistant referees: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Jonathan Mason (Wales)

Leinster v London Irish
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Eric Soulan (France), Bernard Dal Maso (France)
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou (France)

Benetton Treviso v Perpignan
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Assistant referees: Martin Fox (England), Kevin Stewart (England)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)

Northampton Saints v Munster
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Assistant referees: Eric Gauzins (France), Jean-LucRebollal (France)
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas (France) , David Hudson (England)

Glasgow Warriors v Biarritz Olympique
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Roy Maybank (England), Robin Goodliffe (England)
Television match official: David Matthews (England)

Clermont Auvergne v Viadana
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Assistant referees: David Changleng (Scotland), Ronnie Dumma (Scotland)

Stade Français Paris v Edinburgh
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: David Bodily (Wales), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Television match official: Derek Bevan (Wales)

Cardiff Blues v Harlequins
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Dudley Philips (Ireland)), Trevor Collins (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

Scarlets v Brive
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Assistant referees: Rob Debney (England), Paul Dix (England)

Leicester Tigers v Ospreys
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: John Carvill (Ireland)), Jonathan Peak (Ireland)
Television match official: Peter Ferguson (Ireland))

Toulouse v Sale Sharks
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Colin Stanley (Ire), Kevin Beggs (Ireland)
Television match official: Brian Fitzgerald (Ireland))

Amlin Challenge Cup, Round 1

Worcester Warriors v Montpellier
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Assistant referees: Stefano Marrama (Italy), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Television match official: Mauro Dordolo (Italy)

Bourgoin v Leeds
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Iain Heard (Scotland), Alan Forrest (Scotland)

Connacht v Olympus XV Madrid
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)
Assistant referees: Stefano Traversi (Italy), Stefano Rebuschi (Italy)

Castres Olympique v Toulon
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referees: Chris White (England), Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)

Bucuresti Oaks v Parma
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
Assistant referees: Jean-Pierre Matheu (France), Laurent Cardona (France)

Petrarca Padova v Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistant referees: Patrick Pechambert (France), Jérôme Lamirand (France)

Saracens v Rovigo
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Akim Hadj Bachir (France), Stephan Pomarède (France)
Television match official: John Burtenshaw (England)

London Wasps v Racing-Metro 92
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Leo Colgan (Ireland), Darragh McCormack (Ireland)
Television match official: Roy Marfleet (England)

Bayonne v Roma
Referee: Graham Knox (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Andy Ireland (Scotland), Graeme Marshall (Scotland)

Albi v Montauban
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Assistant referees: Tim Wigglesworth (England), Andy Watson (England)

New Zealand

Ranfurly Shield
Canterbury v Manawatu
Referee: Garratt Williamson
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro, Kane McBride

Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau
Referee: Matthew Stanish

Taranaki v Auckland
Referee: Josh Noonan

Otago v Waikato
Referee: Chris Pollock

Southland v Tasman
Referee: Mike Fraser

North Harbour v Bay of Plenty
Referee: Vinny Munro

Northland v Wellington
Referee: Glenn Newman

South Africa

Leopards v Blue Bulls
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Reuben Rossouw
Television match official: Arrie Schoonwinkel

Griquas v Sharks
Referee: Mark Lawrence

Assistant referees: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Lourens van der Merwe
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman

Golden Lions v Western Province
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Ben Crouse, Madel Herselman
Television match official: Michael Cupido

Boland v Cheetahs
Referee: Joey Salmans
Assistant referees: Matt Kemp, Marc van Zyl
Television match official: JC Fortuin