Referees for Europe's last pool matches
Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2010-11 Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup will end the pool rounds of the two competitions. The European Cup (ERC), which organises the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup, has announced the names of the referees for those two rounds.
The last match will be refereed by Ireland’s Alain Rolland when Toulouse play London Wasps on 23 January 2011.
Heineken Cup appointments:
Round Five
Friday, 14 January 2011
Pool 1
Cardiff Blues vs Castres
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Northampton Saints vs Edinburgh
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Pool 2
Clermont Auvergne vs Racing-Métro 92
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Saturday, 15 January
Pool 2
Leinster vs Saracens
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Pool 4
Bath vs Aironi
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Ulster vs Biarritz
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Pool 5
Benetton Treviso vs Perpignan
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Scarlets vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Pool 6
Toulouse vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Sunday, 16 January
Pool 3
Toulon vs Munster
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
London Irish vs Ospreys
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Pool 6
Glasgow Warriors vs London Wasps
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Round Six
Friday, 21 January
Pool 2
Saracens vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Racing-Métro 92 vs Leinster
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Saturday, 22 January
Pool 1
Castres vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Edinburgh vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Pool 3
Munster vs London Irish
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Ospreys vs Toulon
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Pool 4
Aironi vs Ulster
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Biarritz vs Bath
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Sunday, 23 January
Pool 5
Perpignan vs Scarlets
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Leicester Tigers vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Pool 6
Newport Gwent Dragons vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
London Wasps vs Toulouse
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Quarterfinals
8-10 April 2011
Semifinals
30 April-1 May 2011
Final
Saturday 21 May 2011 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Amlin Challenge Cup appointments:
Round Five
Thursday, 13 January
Pool 5
Agen vs La Rochelle
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Friday, 14 January
Pool 2
Sale Sharks vs Petrarca
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Brive vs Cetransa El Salvador
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)
Pool 3
Newcastle Falcons vs Montpellier
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Saturday, 15 January
Pool 1
I Cavalieri Estra vs Harlequins
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Bayonne vs Connacht
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Pool 3
Exeter Chiefs vs Bourgoin
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Pool 4
Crociati vs Bucharest Oaks
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Pool 5
Femi-Cz Rovigo vs Gloucester
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Sunday, 16 January
Pool 4
Stade Français vs Leeds Carnegie
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Round Six
Thursday, 20 January
Pool 5
La Rochelle vs Femi-Cz Rovigo
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Gloucester vs Agen
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Saturday, 22 January
Pool 1
Harlequins vs Bayonne
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Connacht vs I Cavalieri Estra
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
Pool 2
Petrarca vs Brive
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Cetransa El Salvador vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Stefano Pennè (Italy)
Pool 3
Montpellier vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Bourgoin vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Sunday, 23 January
Pool 4
Leeds Carnegie vs Bucharest Oaks
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Crociati vs Stade Français
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Quarterfinals
7-10 April 2011
Semifinals
30 April-1 May 2011
Final
Friday 20 May 2011 at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff