Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge refereeing appointments:14-15 Dec

Referee appointments for the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup games for 14-16 December 

Heineken Cup referees – Round 4

FRIDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2012
Pool 1 Edinburgh Rugby v Racing Metro 92 – Dudley Phillips (Ire)
Pool 3 Biarritz Olympique v Connacht Rugby – Leighton Hodges (Wal)

SATURDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2012
Pool 2 Ospreys v Toulouse – George Clancy (Ire)
Pool 2 Benetton Treviso v Leicester Tigers – Alain Rolland (Ire)
Pool 3 Harlequins v Zebre – Mathieu Raynal (Fra)
Pool 5 Leinster Rugby v ASM Clermont Auvergne – Wayne Barnes (Eng)
**Pool 5 Exeter Chiefs v Scarlets – Romain Poite (Fra)
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Northampton Saints – Nigel Owens (Wal)
Pool 6 Montpellier v Cardiff Blues – Greg Garner (Eng)

SUNDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2012
Pool 4 Castres Olympique v Glasgow Warriors – Andrew Small (Eng)
**Pool 1 Saracens v Munster Rugby – Pascal Gauzere (Fra)
Pool 6 Toulon v Sale Sharks – John Lacey (Ire)

Amlin Challenge Cup referees – Round 4

ROUND 4

THURSDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2012 
Pool 3 London Wasps v Bayonne – Andrew McMenemy (Sco)
Pool 5 Stade Francais Paris v I Cavalieri Prato – Neil Hennessy (Wal)

FRIDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2012
Pool 1 Mont-de-Marsan v Bordeaux-Begles – Luke Pearce (Eng)
Pool 4 Agen v Bucharest Wolves – Ian Tempest (Eng)

SATURDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2012
Pool 5 London Welsh v Grenoble – Marius Mitrea (Ita)
Pool 4 Cammi Rugby Calvisano v Bath Rugby – Laurent Cardona (Fra)
Pool 1 Gloucester Rugby v London Irish – Neil Paterson (Sco)
Pool 2 VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo v Bizkaia Gernika RT – Leo Colgan (Ire)
Pool 2 Perpignan v Worcester Warriors – Ian Davies (Wal)

SUNDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2012
Pool 3 Newport Gwent Dragons v Rugby Mogliano – David Wilkinson (Ire)

Source: ERC Rugby.com

** Editor’s note: These appointments were issued before Romain Poite was injured, and then subsequently replaced by Pascal Gauzere at Munster v Saracens  last weekend. It’s likely that the ERC will tweak the appointments given Pascal refereed the reverse fixture at the weekend.