Ireland’s John Lacey referees his final international this weekend as the Autumn series concludes with the traditional BaaBaas fixture. This year, they play Argentina at Twickenham. Good luck to John as he transition across into a high performance referee development role in 2019.
Elsewhere, the big guns are out in the Gallagher Premiership as they reacclimatise to domestic rugby, and keep their eye in ahead of the next round of European matches. Wayne Barnes, Matt Carley and Luke Pearce return from international duty and with JP Doyle (left) adding his 160th match, there’s plenty of refereeing experience on show. Owens, Gauzere, Poite and Raynal also feature in their ‘home’ tournaments. At the other end of the scale, JD Jadezweni takes charge of his first Pro14 match in Europe (his second overall) as he switches the mid summer sun of South Africa for a wet and windy Welsh evening in Swansea as the Ospreys host Zebre.
Speaking of sun, the 7s brigade are back in action for their first joint 7s tournament with both mens and women in Dubai. We have a new episode of the Advantage Over podcast out tomorrow with Wales’ Craig Evans who talks about finding a balance between 15s and 7s refereeing. Watch out on your favourite podcast host tomorrow
Enjoy your rugby this weekend!
International
Barbarians v Argentina (at Twickenham Stadium)
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
ARs: Karl Dickson(England) & Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
World Rugby’s Sevens Series – Dubai
Men – 30 November – 1 December 2018
Referees: James Doleman (New Zealand), Paulo Duarte (Portugal), Richard Haughton (England), Richard Kelly (New Zealand), Damon Murphy (Australia), Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa), Matt Rodden (Hong Kong), Jérémy Rozier (France)
Women – 29 – 30 November 2018
Referees: Sara Cox (England), Hollie Davidson (Scotland), Emily Hsieh (USA), Lauren Jenner (New Zealand), Ashleigh Murray (South Africa), Joy Neville (Ireland), Madeline Putz (Australia), Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
Gallagher Premiership – Round 9
Harlequins v Exeter
Referee: Ian Tempest (52nd Premiership game)
ARs: Adam Leal & Wayne Falla
TMO: Keith Lewis
Citing Officer: John Byett
Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers
Referee: Wayne Barnes (205th Premiership game)
ARs: Andrew Jackson & Paul Dix
TMO: Trevor Fisher
Citing Officer: Andrew Pearce
Gloucester Rugby v Worcester Warriors
Referee: Tom Foley (57th Premiership game)
ARs: Tim Wigglesworth & Philip Watters
TMO: David Rose
Citing Officer: Dave Guyan
Northampton Saints v Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Matthew Carley (78th Premiership game)
ARs: Anthony Woodthorpe & Rob Warburton
TMO: David Grashoff
Citing Officer: Danae Zamboulis
Saracens v Wasps
Referee: JP Doyle (160th Premiership game)
ARs: Hamish Smales & Michael Hudson
TMO: Stuart Terheege
Citing Officer: Chris Catling
Bath Rugby v Sale Sharks
Referee: Luke Pearce (81st Premiership game)
ARs: Christophe Ridley & Jonathan Healy
TMO: Geoff Warren
Citing Officer: James Hall
Greene King RFU Championship
Nottingham v Coventry
Referee: John Meredith
ARs: Paul Burton & Nigel Carrick
Richmond v Jersey Reds
Referee: Adam Leal
ARs: Gregory Garner & Lionel Spooner
Hartpury College v Cornish Pirates
Referee: Matt Turvey
ARs: Gareth Holsgrove & Simon Park
Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie
Referee: Dean Richards
ARs: Jamie Leahy & Michael Patz
Ealing Trailfinders v London Scottish
Referee: Alexander Thomas
ARs: Shane Lewis & Nick Marshall
Bedford Blues v London Irish
Referee: Neil Chivers
ARs: Bill Burton & Simon Adams
PRO14
Ospreys v Zebre
Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa)
ARs: Quinton Immelman (South Africa) & Elgan Williams (Wales)
TMO: Ian Davies (Wales)
Munster v Edinburgh
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
ARs: Adam Jones (Wales) & Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Cheetahs v Connacht
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
ARs: Craig Evans (Wales) & Ben Crouse (South Africa)
TMO: Johan Greeff (South Africa)
Dragons v Leinster
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)
ARs: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) & Dewi Phillips (Wales)
TMO: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Ulster v Cardiff Blues
Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)
ARs: Nigel Correll (Ireland) & Paul Haycock (Ireland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Southern Kings v Benetton Treviso
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
ARs: George Clancy (Ireland) & Ruhan Meiring (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Glasgow Warriors v Scarlets Rugby
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
ARs: Kieran Barry (Ireland) & Dunx McClement (Scotland)
TMO: Charles Samson (Scotland)
Top 14 – Round 11
Montpellier v Clermont
Referee: Romain Poite
ARs: Thomas Charabas & Éric Soulan
TMO: Denis Grenouillet
Lyon v Pau
Referee: Cédric Marchat
ARs: Sébastien Minery & Patrick Pechambert
TMO: Akim Hadj bachir
Castres v Agen
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
ARs: Maxime Chalon & Frédéric Chazal
TMO: Éric Gauzins
La Rochelle v Racing 92
Referee: Pierre Brousset
ARs: Tual Trainini & Richard Duhau
TMO: Laurent Sclafer
Toulon v Grenoble
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
ARs: Ludovic Cayre & Jean-Luc Rebollal
TMO: Patrick Dellac
Perpignan v Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
ARs: Laurent Cardona & B Gabaldon
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure
Toulouse v Stade Français
Referee: Cyrille Lafon
ARs: Adrien Descottes & Jean-Claude Labarbe
TMO: Éric Briquet Campin
Scotland – Premiership
Boroughmuir v Glasgow Hawks
Referee: Graeme Ormiston
ARs: TBC
Hawick v Currie Chieftains
Referee: Ross Mabon
ARs: Stuart Burns & Brian Mcguff
Heriot’s v Edinburgh Academical
Referee: Ruairidh Campbell
ARs: David Changleng & Grant Denholm
Melrose v Watsonians
Referee: Ian Kenny
ARs: Iain Morrison & Digby Thomas
Stirling County v Ayr
Referee: Ben Blain
ARs: Samuel O’Neill & Mhairi Hay
