IRB's panels of referees
The International Rugby Board today made known its four panels for international matches – the panel of test referees, the panel of assistant referees for Tests, the panel of TMOs for Tests and the referees for the Junior World Championship in Argentina in June.
An obviously missing name from the panel of Test referees is Chris White, one of the great referees of rugby history, the second referee to reach 50 caps.
Also missing though appointed to IRB Tests in the mid-year is Steve Walsh, now of Australia. Still on the panel but not appointed to the same level of Tests as in the past is Marius Jonker.
New referees on the Test panel are Keith Brown, Jérôme Graces, Chris Pollock and Andrew Small.
International Panel of Referees
Wayne Barnes (England)
Christophe Berdos (France)
Keith Brown (New Zealand)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Jérôme Garces (France)
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Dave Pearson (England)
Romain Poite (France)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Andrew Small (England)
International Panel of Assistant Referees
The panel of assistant referees has been expanded to include Carlo Damasco, Christie du Preez, Robin Goodliffe, John Lacey, James Leckie, James Jones, Paul Marks, Andy Macpherson and Neil Paterson while those who were on the panel have been retained.
David Changleng (Scotland)
Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Rob Debney (England)
Christie du Preez (South Africa)
Robin Goodliffe (England)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
John Lacey (Ireland)
James Leckie (Australia)
James Jones (Wales)
Paul Marks (Australia)
Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Stuart Terheege (England)
Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
International Panel of Television Match Officials
Daniel Gillet is new on this panel.
George Ayoub (Australia)
Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Daniel Gillet (France)
Matt Goddard (Australia)
Graham Hughes (England)
Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
Iain Ramage (Scotland)
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Geoff Warren (England)
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Jim Yuille (Scotland)
IRB Junior World Championship
Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
Nathan Pearce (Australia)
JP Doyle (England)
Greg Garner (England)
Pascal Gauzere (France)
Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Peter Allan (Scotland)
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees for the Junior World Championship: Luis Caviglia (Uruguay), Joaquin Montes (Uruguay), plus two from Argentina.
