Referees for European matches
Rounds 5 & 6
The European Cup has announced the referees appointed to Rounds 5 and 6 of the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup.
They are the last two rounds of the pool matches, to be followed by the knock-out stages.
Heineken Cup
Round 5
12-14 January
Pool 1
London Wasps vs Perpignan
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Commissioner: Jonathan Dance (England)
Benetton Treviso vs Castres Olympique
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch judges: Tim Wigglesworth (England)
Pool 2
Agen vs Gloucester Rugby
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)
Touch judges: Simon McDowell (Ireland), Paul Haycock (Ireland)
Television match official: John Sheehan (Ireland)
Commissioner: Jean-Louis Barthes (France)
Leinster vs Edinburgh
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Touch judges: Tony Spreadbury (England), Andrew Pearce (England)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)
Commissioner: Henry McKibben (Ireland)
Pool 3
Calvisano vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Touch judges: Eric Gauzins (France), Patrick Bellet (France)
Ospreys vs Stade Français Paris
Referee: Chris White (England)
Touch judges: Ashley Rowden (England), Peter Huckle (England)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)
Pool 4
Leicester Tigers vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: Colin Stanley (Ireland), Sean Flannery (Ireland)
Commissioner: John Brennan
Bourgoin vs Munster
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Touch judges: Rob Dickson (Scotland), Jim Yuille (Scotland)
Television match official: Peter Allen (Scotland)
Commissioner: Paul Mauriac (France)
Pool 5
Ulster vs Llanelli Scarlets
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Touch judges: Eric Darrière (France), Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)
Commissioner: Henry Blake (Ireland)
London Irish vs Toulouse
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch judges: Alan Rogan (Ireland), Trevor Collins (Ireland)
Commissioner: Robert Horner (England)
Pool 6
Biarritz Olympique vs Overmach Parma
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)
Touch judges: Iain Heard (Scotland) John Ferns (Scotland)
Border Reivers vs Northampton Saints
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Touch judges: David Keane (Ireland), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Round 6
19-21 January 2007
Pool 1
Castres Olympique vs London Wasps
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch judges: Olan Trevor (Ireland), Allen McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
Commissioner: François Palmade (France)
Perpignan vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Commissioner: J Bernard (France)
Pool 2
Edinburgh vs Agen
Referee: Chris White (England)
Touch judges: Dave Pearson (England)
Gloucester vs Leinster
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Commissioner: Christopher Quinlan (England)
Pool 3
Sale Sharks vs Ospreys
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland), Tom Horkan (Ireland)
Television match official: David McHugh (Ireland)
Commissioner: Mike Hamlin (England)
Stade Français vs Calvisano
Referee: Peter Allen (Scotland)
Touch judges: John Steele (Scotland), Peter Carruthers (Scotland)
Commissioner: Jean-Michel Peyramaure (France)
Pool 4
Cardiff Blues vs Bourgoin
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Touch judges: Maurizio Vancini (Italy), Stefano Marrama (Italy)
Munster vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
Touch judges: Eric Darrière (France), Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)
Commissioner: Gérald Borreani (France)
Commissioner: Michael Coghlan (Ireland)
Pool 5
Llanelli Scarlets vs London Irish
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Touch judges: Franck Maciello (France), Eric Gauzins (France)
Toulouse vs Ulster
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England),
Touch judges: Martin Fox (England), Rob Mullis (England)
Commissioner: René Hourquet (France)
Pool 6
Northampton Saints vs Biarritz Olympique
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)
Touch judges: Ger English (Ireland), Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Television match official: Brian Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Overmach Parma vs Border Reivers
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: Bernard Dal Maso (France), Cédric Marchet (France)
Commissioner: Matthew Lohn (England)
European Challenge Cup referees
Round 5
12-14 January 2007
Pool 1
Dragons vs Bristol
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Bayonne vs Bucuresti
Referee: Paolo Ventura (Italy)
Pool 2
Gran Parma vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Dean Richards (England)
Saracens vs Narbonne
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Pool 3
Montauban vs Petrarca
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Newcastle Falcons vs Brive
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Pool 4
Connacht vs Bath
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Montpellier vs Harlequins
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Pool 5
Worcester Warriors vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Andy McPherson (Scotland)
Albi vs Arix Viadana
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Round 6
19-20 January 2007
Pool 1
Bristol vs Bucuresti
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Bayonne vs Dragons
Referee: Stefano Mancini (Italy)
Glasgow Warriors vs Saracens
Referee: David Rosich (France)
Narbonne vs GRAN Parma
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Pool 3
Petrarca vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Brive vs Montauban
Referee: Dean Richards (England)
Pool 4
Bath vs Montpellier
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Harlequins vs Connacht
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)
Pool 5
Clermont Auvergne vs Albi
Referee: David Keane (Ireland)
Arix Viadana vs Worcester Warriors
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
