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Match Officials for the Cape Town Sevens, Day 1

By Online Editors
Friday 7 Dec 2018

Paddy O’Brien and the other carers looking after the Cape Town Sevens’ match officials, have announced the match officials appointed to the matches on Day 1.

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The matches and officials for Day 2 will depend on what happens on Day 1.

The referees for the tournament are James Doleman (New Zealand), Paulo Duarte (Portugal), Richard Haughton (England), Richard Kelly (New Zealand), Damon Murphy (Australia), Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa), Matt Rodden (Hong Kong), Jérémy Rozier (France)

The assistant referees and in-goal judges are South Africans except for Victor Oduor from Kenya.

The matches take place at Cape Town Stadium, near Table Bay in what Sir Francis Drake called, the most beautiful cape in the whole circumference of the globe.

10.15: Scotland vs Canada
Referee: Haughton
Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Ashleigh Murray
In-goal judges: Phumzile Mbewu, Eduan Nel

10.37: Australia vs Wales
Referee: Duarte
Assistant referees: Eduan Nel, Aimee Barrett-Theron
In-goal judges: Ashleigh Murray, Phumzile Mbewu

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10.59: Fiji vs France
Referee: Rasivhenge
Assistant referees: Phumzile Mbewu, Eduan Nel
In-goal judges: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Ashleigh Murray

11.21: England vs Kenya
Referee: Murphy
Assistant referees: Ashleigh Murray, Phumzile Mbewu
In-goal judges: Eduan Nel, Aimee Barrett-Theron

11.43: Argentina vs Spain
Referee: Rozier
Assistant referees: Divan Uys, Christopher Allison
In-goal judges: Johre Botha, Victor Oduor

12.05: USA vs Japan
Referee: Rodden
Assistant referees: Victor Oduor, Divan Uys
In-goal judges: Christopher Allison, Johre Botha

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12.27: South Africa vs Samoa
Referee: Doleman
Assistant referees: Haughton, Duarte
In-goal judges: Divan Uys, Christopher Allison

12.49: New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
Referee: Schneider
Assistant referees: Christopher Allison, Johre Botha
In-goal judges: Victor Oduor,, Divan Uys

13.36: Scotland vs Wales
Referee: Murphy
Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Ashleigh Murray
In-goal judges: Phumzile Mbewu, Eduan Nel

13.58: Australia vs Canada
Referee: Rodden
Assistant referees: Eduan Nel, Aimee Barrett-Theron
In-goal judges: Ashleigh Murray, Phumzile Mbewu

14.20: Fiji vs Kenya
Referee: Haughton
Assistant referees: Phumzile Mbewu, Eduan Nel
In-goal judges: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Ashleigh Murray

14.42: England vs France
Referee: Doleman
Assistant referees: Ashleigh Murray, Phumzile Mbewu
In-goal judges: Eduan Nel, Aimee Barrett-Theron

15.04: Argentina vs Japan
Referee: Duarte
Assistant referees: Divan Uys, Christopher Allison
Assistant referees: Johre Botha, Victor Oduor

15.26: USA vs Spain
Referee: Schneider
Assistant referees: Victor Oduor, Divan Uys
In-goal judges: Christopher Allison, Johre Botha

15.48: South Africa vs Zimbabwe
Referee: Rozier
Assistant referees: Murphy, Schneider
In-goal judges: Johre Botha, Victor Oduor

16.10: New Zealand vs Samoa
Referee: Rasivhenge
Assistant referees: Christopher Allison, Johre Botha
In-goal judges: Victor Oduor, Divan Uys

Break

16.57: Canada vs Wales
Referee: Schneider
Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Ashleigh Murray
In-goal judges: Phumzile Mbewu, Eduan Nel

17.19: Australia vs Scotland
Referee: Rasivhenge
Assistant referees: Eduan Nel, Aimee Barrett-Theron
In-goal judges: Ashleigh Murray, Phumzile Mbewu

17.41: France vs Kenya
Referee: Rodden
Assistant referees: Phumzile Mbewu, Eduan Nel
In-goal judges: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Ashleigh Murray

18.03: England vs Fiji
Referee: Rozier
Assistant referees: Ashleigh Murray, Phumzile Mbewu
In-goal judges: Eduan Nel, Aimee Barrett-Theron

Break

18.50: Spain vs Japan
Referee: Haughton
Assistant referees: Divan Uys, Christopher Allison
In-goal judges: Johre Botha, Victor Oduor

19.12: USA vs Argentina
Referee: Doleman
Assistant referees: Victor Oduor, Divan Uys
In-goal judges: Christopher Allison, Johre Botha

19.34: Samoa vs Zimbabwe
Referee: Duarte
Assistant referees: Christopher Allison, Johre Botha
In-goal judges: Victor Oduor, Divan Uys

19.56: New Zealand vs South Africa
Referee: Murphy
Assistant referees: Rodden, Schneider
In-goal judges: Divan Uys, Christopher Allison

 

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