Referees for Sevens World Cups
The Rugby World Cup Sevens starts in San Francisco, California, on Friday, 20 July 2018.
In fact there are two World Cups on the go – one for men and one for women.
There are referees allotted to each World Cup.
Men
Referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Sam Grove-White (Scotland), Richard Haughton (England), Richard Kelly (New Zealand), Damon Murphy (Australia), Mike O’Brien (USA), Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa), Jérémy Rozier (France), Matt Rodden (Hong Kong), Damian Schneider (Argentina).
Women
Referees: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy), Sara Cox (England), Ben Crouse (South Africa), Hollie Davidson (Scotland), Adam Jones (Wales), Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan), Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand), Joy Neville (Ireland), Alhambra Nievas (Spain) .
The appointments for the first day have been made.
Day 1 – Friday, 20 July 2018
Women
Match 1: 10.00 Fiji vs Spain
Referee: Joy Neville
Match 2: 10.22 France vs Japan
Referee: Ben Crouse
Match 3: 10.44 Russia vs South Africa
Referee: Rebecca Mahoney
Match 4: 11.06 Canada vs Brazil
Referee: Adam Jones
Match 5: 11.28 Australia vs Papua New Guinea
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki
Match 6: 11.50 New Zealand vs Mexico
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti
Match 7: 12.12 England vs Ireland
Referee: Hollie Davidson
Match 8: 12.34 USA vs China
Referee: Sara Cox
Assistant referees: Alhambra Nievas, Ben Crouse
Men
Match 1: 13.01: Kenya vs Tonga
Referee: Matt Rodden
Match 2: 13.23: Canada vs Papua New Guinea
Referee: Sam Grove-White
Match 3: 13.45: France vs Jamaica
Referee: Mike O’Brien
Match 4: 14.07: Wales vs Zimbabwe
Referee: Richard Haughton
Match 5: 14.29: Samoa vs Uganda
Referee: Craig Evans
Match 6: 14.51: Russia vs Hong Kong
Referee: Damian Schneider
Match 7: 15.13: Japan vs Uruguay
Referee: Jérémy Rozier
Match 8: 15.35: Ireland vs Chile
Referee: Richard Kelly
Women
Match 9: 16.02: Loser W7 vs Loser W6
Referee: Rebecca Mahoney
Match 10: 16.24: Loser W1 vs Loser W5
Referee: Ben Crouse
Match 11: 16.46: Loser W2 vs Loser W4
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti
Match 12: 17.08: Loser W8 vs Loser W3
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki
Match 13: 17.30: Winner W7 vs Winner W6
Referee: Alhambra Nievas
Match 14: 17.52: Winner W1 vs Winner W5
Referee: Hollie Davidson
Match 15: 18.14: Winner W2 vs Winner W4
Referee: Sara Cox
Match 16: 18.36: Winner W8 vs Winner W3
Referee: Joy Neville
Assistant referees: Rebecca Mahoney, Adam Jones
Men
Match 9: 19.03: Scotland vs Winner M1
Referee: Craig Evans
Match 10: 19.25: Argentina vs Winner M2
Referee: Richard Kelly
Match 11: 19.47: Australia vs Winner M3
Referee: Sam Grove-White
Match 12: 20.09: England vs Winner M5
Referee: Damon Murphy
Match 13: 20.31: New Zealand vs Winner M6
Referee: Jérémy Rozier
Match 14: 20.53: Fiji vs Winner M7
Referee: Damian Schneider
Match 15: 21.15: South Africa vs Winner M8
Referee: Richard Haughton
Match 16: 21.37: USA vs Winner M4
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
Assistant referees: Matt Rodden, Sam Grove-White
Day 1 Ends
