Referees to 3 June
There is one more North-South Test this weekend than last weekend for New Zealand play France at Eden Park.
We have already been told that this is a weakened French team, which is hardly New Zealand’s fault. If matches like this are accepted and payment accepted, then surely the teams have to take the consequences in silence.
International
Australia vs Wales in Brisbane
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Television match official: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
New Zealand vs France in Auckland
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch judges: Matt Goddard (Australia), James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
South Africa vs England in Pretoria
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Touch judges: Steve Walsh (New Zealand), Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official: Derek Bevan (Wales)
Argentina vs Ireland in Buenos Aires
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand), Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Uruguay vs Italy in Montevideo
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Touch judges: David Rose (England), Javier Mancuso (Argentina)
Assessor: Carlos Molinari (Argentina)
European Nations Cup
Division 3B
Lithuania vs Hungary
Referee: Berzin (Russia)
Division 3C
Finland vs Israel in Jyvaskyla
Referee: Jan Craenen (Sweden)
Pacific Nations Cup
Australia A vs Samoa in Coffs Harbour
Referee: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Touch judges: James Bolabiu (Fiji), Daniel Cheever (Australia)
Tonga vs Japan in Coffs Harbour
Referee: Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Touch judges: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Grant MacNeill (Australia)
Fiji vs Junior All Blacks in Suva
Referee: Paul Marks (Australia)
Touch judges: Brett Bowden (Australia), Napolione Locoloco (Fiji)
Churchill Cup
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)
USA vs Canada
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Roy Maybank (England), Bob Mullis (England)
Television Match Official: Geoff Warren (England)
Timekeeper: Bob Ockenden (England)
Assessor: Brian Leigh (England)
Citing Commissioner: Geraint Edwards (Wales)
Scotland A vs Ireland A
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: Phil Smith (Rugby Canada), Kevin Stewart (England)
Television Match Official: Graham Hughes (England)
Timekeeper: Clive Leeke (England)
Assessor: Clive Nicholas (England)
Citing Commissioner: Terry Vaux (Wales)
England Saxons vs New Zealand Maori
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland))
Touch judges: James Jones (Wales), Andy MacPherson (Scotland)
Television Match Official: Geoff Warren (England)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)
Timekeeper: Bob Ockenden (England)
Citing Commissioner: Geraint Edwards (Wales)
Final
England Saxons vs New Zealand Maori
Referee: tba
IRB Sevens
It’s the last round of the IRB Sevens. The series ends where it all began – in Melrose, the cradle of the Sevens.
We have the names of the referees appointed though Taizo Hirabayashi is also down to be refereeing in Australia, which suggests that he is unlikely to be on the Scottish Borders!
Referees: Andrew McPherson (Scotland), Simon McDowell (Ireland), James Jones (Wales), Bruce Robertson (England), Carlo Damasco (Italy), Jean-Luc Rebollal (France), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Australia
Australian Rugby Shield
Darwin Mosquitoes vs Tassie Jack Jumpers in Austrar Rugby Park, Darwin
Referee: Roberta Barnett
Touch judges: Jeremy Hastings, Peter Egart
Assessor: Peter Smith, Chandra Seneviratne
Adelaide Black Falcons vs Melbourne Axemen at Woodville RUFC
Referee: Sean Popperwell
Touch judges: George McDonald, Andrew Schwilk
Assessor: Brendan Taylor,Steve Sandford
Queensland Country Heelers vs NSW Country Cockatoos at Quarry Hill, Mackay
Referee: Andrew Lees
Touch judges: Lucas Hogarth, Ina Takarangi
Assessor: Geoff Pegg, Richard Incledon
France
Top 14 Semi-finals
Biarritz vs Stade Francais at Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Patrick Dellac
Assessor: Daniel Dartigeas
Television match official: Stephan Pomarede
Clermont Auvergne vs Toulouse at Stade Velodrome, Marseille
Referee: Eric Darriere
Touch judges: Gilbert Darrieutort, Didier Dussaut
Assessor: Patrick Thomas
Television match official: Jean Christophe Gastou
Spain
Copa de S.M. El Rey – semifinals
CIC Rugby Valladolid vs Cetransa UEMC El Salvador at Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
Referee: Adrian Hartwell (England)
Spyro Bera Bera vs UE Santboiana at Mini-Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian
Referee: Rafael Ortega (Sevilla)
