IRB makes refereeing panels known
Little change
Following a meeting of the Match Official Selection Committee in Dublin the IRB has announced the match official panels. There are no changes to the panel of referees.
There are seven new appointments on the Touch Judge/TMO panel which now comprises 19 match officials: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan), Peter Allan (Scotland), George Clancy (Ireland), Tim Hayes (Wales), James Leckie (Australia), Romain Poite (France) and Chris Pollock (New Zealand).
IRB International Referees Panel
Wayne Barnes (England)
Christophe Berdos (France)
Donal Courtney (Ireland)
Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Matt Goddard (Australia)
Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Joël Jutge (France)
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Dave Pearson (England)
Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Tony Spreadbury (England)
Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Chris White (England)
Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
IRB Touch Judge/TMO Panel
Peter Allan (Scotland)
George Ayoub (Australia)
Brett Bowden (Australia)
Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
David Changleng (Scotland)
Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Rob Debney (England)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
James Leckie (Australia)
Paul Marks (Australia)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Romain Poite (France)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
