Refs for Europe, Rounds 5 & 6
The European Cup, organisers of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup, have announced the referees appointed to Rounds 5 & 6 of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup. They are vital rounds on the threshold of the knock-out stages.
Round 5 will be on January 13-15, 2012 and Round 6 on January 20-22.
Ireland’s Dudley Phillips will make his Heineken Cup debut when he referees Montpellier vs Bath in Round 5.
Heineken Cup
Round 5
Pool 1
Scarlets vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Munster vs Castres
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Pool 2
Racing-Métro 92 vs Edinburgh
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
London Irish vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Pool 3
Montpellier vs Bath
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Glasgow Warriors vs Leinster
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Pool 4
Ulster vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Aironi vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Pool 5
Ospreys vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Saracens vs Biarritz
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Pool 6
Toulouse vs Connacht
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Harlequins vs Gloucester
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Round 6
Pool 1
Castres vs Scarlets
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Northampton Saints vs Munster
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Pool 2
Cardiff Blues vs Racing-Métro 92
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Edinburgh vs London Irish
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Pool 3
Bath vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Leinster vs Montpellier
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Pool 4
Leicester Tigers vs Aironi
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Clermont Auvergne vs Ulster
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Pool 5
Benetton Treviso vs Saracens
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Biarritz vs Ospreys
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Pool 6
Connacht vs Harlequins
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Gloucester vs Toulouse
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Amlin Challenge Cup
Round 5
Pool 1
Worcester Warriors vs Banca Monte Crociati
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Bucharest Wolves vs Stade Français
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Pool 2
Toulon vs Lyon
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Newcastle Falcons vs Petrarca
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
Pool 3
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Bayonne
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo vs London Wasps
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
Pool 4
I Cavalieri Prato vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
Perpignan vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Pool 5
Brive vs Agen
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
La Vila vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Round 6
Pool 1
Banca Monte Crociati vs Bucharest Wolves
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Stade Français vs Worcester Warriors
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Pool 2
Lyon vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Petrarca vs Toulon
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Pool 3
London Wasps vs Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
Bayonne vs Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Pool 4
Exeter Chiefs vs Perpignan
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Newport Gwent Dragons vs I Cavalieri Prato
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Pool 5
Agen vs La Vila
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Sale Sharks vs Brive
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
