After Jaco Peyper’s turn last week, and Romain Poite of France in the midweek match on Tuesday, fellow Frenchman Jérôme Garcès assumes the lead role for Saturday’s All Blacks test against the Lions. After a few weeks break during the international touring window, the South African pools in the Super Rugby season resume, with Gus Garner, Jamie Nutbrown, Egon Seconds and Jaco van Heerden on duty.
Italy’s Marius Mitrea and Ireland’s Andrew Brace will oversee Rugby World Cup qualifiers in Tonga and the USA respectively. Brace will be hoping the two sides generate a result after the first leg ended 28 each.
Lions tour – second test
New Zealand v British & Irish Lions
Ref: Jérôme Garcès (Fra)
ARs: Romain Poite (Fra) & Jaco Peyper (SA)
TMO: George Ayoub (Aus)
Rugby World Cup Qualifiers
Tonga v Samoa
Ref: Marius Mitrea (Ita)
ARs: Nick Briant (NZ) & Paul Williams (NZ)
USA v Canada
Ref: Andrew Brace (Ire)
ARs: Ben Whitehouse (Wal) & Shuhei Kubo (Jpn)
TMO: Sean Davey (Eng)
Super Rugby
Sharks v Bulls
Referee: Angus Gardner
ARs: Marius van der Westhuizen & Quinton Immelman
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Jaguares v Kings
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown
ARs: Pali Deluca & Damian Schneider
TMO: Santiago Borsani
Cheetahs v Stormers
Referee: Jaco van Heerden
ARs: Marius van der Westhuizen & Stuart Berry
TMO: Willie Vos
Lions v Sunwolves
Referee: Egon Seconds
ARs: Rasta Rasivhenge & Archie Sehlako
TMO: Johan Greeff
