Junior World Cup refs for Day Two
The International Rugby Board’s refereeing boss, Paddy O’Brien has made known the referees for the second round of matches in the Junior World Championship taking place in Wales.
James Leckie and Chris Pollock will be refereeing their first matches at the tournament while Romain Poite and James Bolabiu act as touch judges. (Assistant referees belong to experimental law variations and the tournament is happening under “old laws”.)
The three venues being used are Cardiff Arms Park, the historic home of Cardiff RFC next to Millennium Stadium in the heart of the capital city, The Racecourse Ground at Wrexham in North Wales and the new Liberty Stadium in Swansea, west of Cardiff, the home of the Ospreys.
It takes longer to get from Wrexham to Cardiff than it does from London or Heathrow! The ground is the home of Wrexham soccer club, founded in 1872, the oldest existing soccer club in Wales.
Liberty Stadium was opened in 2005. Before that St Helen’s Ground down towards the Mumbles was the rugby sporting ground in Swansea.
Match officials for Day 2, Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Pool A
19.00: Argentina vs Tonga in Cardiff
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: Romain Poite (France), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
21.00: New Zealand vs Ireland in Cardiff
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
Touch judges: Romain Poite (France), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
Pool B
17.00: Samoa vs USA in Wrexham
Referee: Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe (England), David Jones (Wales)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
19.00: South Africa vs Scotland in Wrexham
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe (England), David Jones (Wales)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
Pool C
17.00: England vs Canada in Newport
Referee: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (IRB)
19.00: Australia vs Fiji in Newport
Referee: James Jones
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (IRB)
Pool D
17.00: France vs Italy in Swansea
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Touch judges: James Bolabiu (Fiji), Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)
19.00: Wales vs Japan in Swansea
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Touch judges: James Bolabiu (Fiji), Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)
