Referees till 5 February
Pearson's 6N first
The Six Nations starts with excitement and tradition. Dave Pearson of England, newly promoted to the A Panel, gets his first RBS Six Nations match.
We shall add names when we receive them.
International
Six Nations
Ireland vs Italy at Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Touch judges: Joël Jutge (France), Nigel Owens (Wales)
Television match official: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
England vs Wales at Twickenham, London
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Christophe Berdos (France)
Television match official: Donal Courtney (Ireland)
Scotland vs France at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch judges: Kelvin Deaker, Steve Walsh (both New Zealand)
Television match official: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
European Nations Cup
Georgia vs Russia in Tbilissi
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu (France)
Other Six Nations
Italy A vs England A in Colleferro
Referee:
England Students vs French Students
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland).
England Universities vs Wales Universities at Imperial Medicals, Teddington
Referee: Dale Newitt (England)
Touch judges: Kevin Stewart, Michael Priestley (both England)
Under-21
Ireland vs Italy in Athlone
Referee: Bruce Robertson (England)
Touch judges: Martin Fox, Paul Dix (both England)
England vs Wales in Worcester
Referee: David Rosich (France)
Touch judges: Vincent Azoulay, Eric Soulan (both France)
Assessor: Brian Leigh (England)
Television match official: Gérard Borreani (France)
Scotland vs France
Referee: George Clancey (Ireland)
Assessor: Fergus Neil (Scotland)
Under-19
England vs Wales at Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
Touch judges: David Kurk, David Broadwell (both England)
Assessor: Roger Quittenton (England)
Women
England vs Wales at Old Albanians RFC
Referee: Stefan Pomarède (France)
Touch judges: Rob Sawyer, Fred Farndon (both England)
Assessor: John Haggart (England)
Ireland vs Spain
Referee: David Jones (Wales)
Scotland vs France
Referee: Felix Villegas (Spain)
Touch judges: Alan Hoyle, Gary Duncan (both Scotland)
Assessor: Ian Thom (Scotland)
England Students vs Welsh Development
Referee: Stuart Turnbull
Friendlies
Waratahs vs Crusaders
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Highlanders vs Reds in Oamaru
Referee: Lyndon Bray
Blues vs Western Force
Referee: Chris Pollock
Sevens
Wellington
Referees: Chris du Preez (South Africa), Brett Bowden (Australia), James Leckie (Australia), Graham Bullen (USA), Kevin Rowe (New Zealand), Chris Rooney (New Zealand), tbc (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Brent Murray (New Zealand), Matt Stanish (New Zealand), Josh Noonan (New Zealand), Greg Watson (New Zealand), Ben Skeen (New Zealand), Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand), Bradley Wahl (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
Assessors: Alan Riley (New Zealand), Tony Dunlop (New Zealand), Paul Ramsay (New Zealand)
Referee managers: Colin Hawke (New Zealand), Trevor Howard (New Zealand)
Italy
Serie A
CUS Padova vs Partenope Napoli
Referee: Nereo Dordolo (Udine)
New Zealand
Friendlies
Chiefs vs Hurricanes in Rotorua
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Scotland
Premier 1
Heriot's vs Currie at Goldenacre
Referee: Ted Coutts
Touch judges: David Dods, Ronnie Dumma
Assessor: Douglas Kerr
Melrose vs Stewarts Melville at Greenyards
Referee: David Changleng
Touch judges: Andrew McMenemy, Peter Carruthers
Assessor: Peter Robertson
Ayr vs Hawick at Millbrae
Referee: John Steele
Touch judges: Robert MacKinnon, David Anderson
Watsonians vs Boroughmuir at Myreside
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Iain Heard, Alan Forrest
Aberdeen GSFP vs Stirling County at Rubislaw
Referee: Peter Allan
Touch judges: Christopher Draper, Jim Yuille
South Africa
Friendly
Cats vs Sharks in Rustenburg
Referee: Mark Lawrence (SARU)
Touch judges: Tappe Henning (SARU), Willie Roos (Golden Lions)
Assessor: Louis Wessels (Blue Bulls)
