Match officials revealed for November Tests

NEWS: NEWS: The match officials have been confirmed for the international window in November with 30 referees from 12 nations to take charge of the 36 tests and five other matches featuring representative teams.

After a successful Rugby Championship campaign, the Springboks will head north for matches against Scotland (November 10), England (November 16) and Wales (November 23).

Christophe Ridley will be in charge of the Boks clash against Scotland with Irish referee Andrew Brace getting the whistle for the match against England.

Karl Dickson of England will officiate the match between the Boks and Wales.

Meanwhile, South African match official Morne Ferreira will referee his first Test abroad next month after World Rugby appointed him to take charge of the match between Spain and Fiji in Valladolid.

Apart from the Test in Spain on November 16, Ferreira – who refereed his first Tests in the Stellenbosch Challenge in 2021, in which Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Brazil played – has also been appointed as an assistant referee in four Tests, including France v Argentina in Paris.

Aimee Barrett-Theron, who recently became the first women’s match official to referee 40 Tests, has been appointed an assistant referee in three matches, including the Valladolid Test with Ferreira.

Three more South African match officials, Quinton Immelman, Marius Jonker, and Marius van der Westhuizen, will appear on the TMO panel for the Test window.

List of South Africa’s Tests: 

Scotland v South Africa
Date: November 10
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (England), Craig Evans (Wales)
TMO: Ian Tempest (England)

England v South Africa
Date: November 16
Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Chris Busby (Ireland), Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Wales v South Africa
Date: November 23
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant Referees: Christophe Ridley (England), Damian Schneider (Australia)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (England)

*For the full match official appointments, click here