Referees for Europe
The European Cup has announced the referees appointed to the first two rounds of the Heineken Cup and to the Amlin Challenge Cup in 2010.
In both competitions the referees to be appointed are proposed by ERC Match Officials Performance Manager, Donal Courtney of Ireland to the ERC’s Match Officials Sub Committee which is made up of the referees’ managers in the six participating countries – England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy.
The performances of the referees are monitored by Courtney and a panel of Performance Reviewers (assessors). Clubs’ head coaches or directors of also have the opportunity to comment on a referee’s performance.
Nigel Owens becomes the fourth referee to referee 50 Heineken Cup Matches, after Alan Lewis, Alain Rolland and Chris White. At the other end of the scale two referees will referee their first Heineken Cup match – JP Doyle, an Irishman living in England, and John Lacey who was once a wing for Munster. Like Rolland and Scotland’s Malcolm Changleng, Lacey played in the Heineken Cup and then got to referee it.
Laurent Cardona of France is making his debut in the Amlin Challenge Cup.
Heineken Cup, Round 1
Northampton Saints vs Castres
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Ulster vs Aironi
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Glasgow Warriors vs Dragons
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Cardiff Blues vs Edinburgh
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Leinster vs Racing Metro 92
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Clermont Auvergne vs Saracens
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Toulon vs Ospreys
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
London Irish vs Munster
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Benetton Treviso vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Scarlets vs Perpignan
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Bath vs Biarritz
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Toulouse vs London Wasps
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Round 2
Castres vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Ospreys vs London Irish
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Edinburgh vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Racing Metro 92 vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Saracens vs Leinster
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Munster vs Toulon
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Aironi vs Bath
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Dragons vs Toulouse
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Biarritz vs Ulster
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Leicester Tigers vs Scarlets
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Perpignan vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
London Wasps vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Amlin Challenge Cup, Round 1
Newcastle Falcons vs Bourgoin
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Stade Français vs Crociati
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Sale Sharks vs Cetransa El Salvador
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
Brive vs Petrarca
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Agen vs Gloucester
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
I Cavalieri Estra vs Connacht
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Exeter Chiefs vs Montpellier
Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Bucharest Oaks vs Leeds Carnegie
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
Femi-CZ Rovigo vs La Rochelle
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
Bayonne vs Harlequins
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Round 2
Montpellier vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland) /
Connacht vs Bayonne
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Bourgoin vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Harlequins vs I Cavalieri Estra
Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Cetransa El Salvador vs Brive
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
Petrarca vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Bucharest Oaks vs Crociati
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
La Rochelle vs Agen
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Gloucester vs Femi-CZ Rovigo
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Leeds Carnegie vs Stade Français
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
