Referees to 27 May
All the excitement of the finals are finished and now Tests break out all over the world as rugby rackets on to the World Cup. Forget tired bodies, forget the status of the Test match – rugby goes ahead and money rattles into coffers. Rattles? Thuds, more like it.
International
Australia vs Wales in Sydney
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch judges: Paul Honiss (New Zealand), Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Television match official: tba (New Zealand)
Assessor: Brendan McCormick (Australia)
South Africa vs England in Bloemfontein
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Joel Jutge (France), Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official: Derek Bevan (Wales)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (South Africa)
Argentina vs Ireland in Santa Fe
Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand), Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Africa Cup
North Pool
Group A
Morocco vs Cameroon in Casablanca
Referee: Baharoum Heikel (Tunisia)
Touch judges: Boulbalba Ben Said (Tunisia), Mehdi Hassayoun (Tunisia)
Match commissioner: Bouraoui Regaya (Tunisia)
Group B
Senegal vs Cote d’ Ivoire in Dakar
Referee: Tirari Hassan (Morocco)
Touch judges: Jaafari Hakim (Morocco), Bouzidi Hicham (Morocco)
Match commissioner: Nasser Bougja (Morocco)
South Pool
Group A
Namibia vs Zambia in Windhoek
Referee: Walter Gift Njowa (Zimbabwe)
Touch judges: Ashley Mundawarara (Zimbabwe), Rory McWade (Zimbabwe) Match commissioner: Peter Manda (CAR)
Group B
South Africa Amateur vs Zimbabwe in Bloemfontein
Referee: Raymond Oruo (Kenya)
Touch judges: Godwin Karuga (Kenya), Paul Weloba (Kenya)
Match commissioner: Paul Sigombe (CAR)
European Nations Cup
Division 3C
Finland vs Slovenia in Helsinki
Referee: Ramunas Grumbinas (Lithuania)
Pacific Nations Cup
Tonga vs Australia A in Sydney
Referee: Taizo Hirabayashi
Touch judges: tba (New Zealand), James Scholtens (Australia)
Samoa vs Junior All Blacks in Apia
Referee: James Leckie
Touch judges: James Bolabiu (Fiji), tba (Samoa)
Fiji vs Japan in Lautoka
Referee: Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Touch judges: Brett Bowden (Australia), tba (Fiji)
Churchill Cup
Scotland A vs USA at Henley
Referee: Phil Smith (Canada)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland), Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assessor: Clive Nicholas
Television match official: Wayne Barnes
New Zealand Maori vs Canada at Franklin’s Gardens
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Andrew Small (England), Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Assessor: Brian Leigh (England)
Television match official: Rob Debney (England)
England Saxons vs Scotland A at Twickenham
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Phil Smith (Canada), George Clancy (Ireland)
Assessor: Clive Nicholas (England)
Assessor: Wayne Barnes (England)
New Zealand Maori vs Ireland A at Sandy Park, Exeter
Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Touch judges: James Jones (Wales), Andrew Small (England)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)
Friendlies
Spain vs Barbarians in Elche (Spain)
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
IRB Sevens
This weekend the penultimate round in the series is in London.
Referees: Andrew McPherson (Scotland), Simon McDowell (Ireland), James Jones (Wales), Bruce Robertson (England), Carlos Damasco (Italy), Jean-Luc Rebollal (France), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
England
County Championship
Plate Final
Durham vs Eastern Counties at Friarage
Referee: Revis Phillips
Touch judges: Fraser Gill, Derek Blake
Shield Final
Warwickshire vs Somerset in Coventry
Referee: Adrian Hartwell
Touch judges: Nick Clarke, Fred Spong
Bill Beaumont Cup Final
Lancashire vs Devon at Twickenham
Referee: Mark Wilson
Touch judges: James Minards, Lloyd Jackson
Coach: Andrew Calvert
France
Top 14
It is the last day when many things will be revealed.
Biarritz vs Castres
Referee: Eric Gauzins
Touch judges: Patrick Bellet, Olivier Migne
Assessor: Hubert Dubes, Marc Desclaux
Goal judges: Patrick Pechambert, Nicolas Datas
Brive vs Bayonne
Referee: Franck Maciello
Touch judges: Herve Gilard, Maurice Duny
Assessor: Marc Memin, Bernard Perez
Goal judges: Eric Soulan, Stephane Boyer
Bourgoin vs Toulouse
Referee: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Touch judges: Jean-Christophe Clot, Daniel Jeanguiot
Assessor: Georges Bantoure, Serge Marzullo
Goal judges: Salem Attalah, Gregoire Silvan
Albi vs Narbonne
Referee: Didier Mene
Touch judges: Guy Pince, Jean-Claude Bes
Assessor: Yves Peyrelongue, Marc Daroque
Goal judges: Vincent Azoulay, Sebastien Grellety
Agen vs Stade Francais
Referee: Eric Darriere
Touch judges: Gilbert Darrieutort, Didier Dussaut
Assessor: Roger Chiocchia, Michel Debet
Goal judges: Jean-Marie Piraveau, Sebastien Garat
Perpignan vs Montpellier
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Dominique Martin, Claude Tajan
Assessor: Richard Senssac, Yves Bressy
Goal judges: Eric Briquet Campin, Laurent Cardona
Montauban vs Clermont
Referee: Herve Dubes
Touch judges: Frederic Ducatez, Didier Bonnet
Assessor: Jean-Claude Lunel, Daniel Dartigeas
Goal judges: Rene Roustany, Bruno Gabaldon
Pro D2 Final
Dax vs La Rochelle at Stade Chaban-Delmas de Bordeaux
Referee: Romain Poite:
Touch judges: Patrick Dellac, Pierre Masson
Assessor: Francis Palmade
Goal judges: Bernard Dal Maso, Cedric Marchat
Italy
Serie A Final
Consiag I Cavalieri Prato vs Casino di Venezia
Referee: Claudio Passacantando (L’Aquila)
Touch judges: Stefano Penne (Milano), Antonio Leccese (Chieti)
Spain
Cup Quarter-finals
El Salvador v Ordizia
Referee: Rafael Ortega
Liceo Frances v Valladolid
Referee: Igotz Gallastegui
FC Barcelona v Atletico Bera Bera
Referee: Jose Ignacio Fernandez Soria
UESantboiana v Madrid Noroeste
Referee: Felix Villegas
Women
Copa de la Reina Final
Olimpico – Inef Barcelona
Referee: Paloma Loza
