Everyone is back in top-flight action this weekend so here’s a bumper edition of the appointments below. Six nations referees are the experienced trio of Wayne Barnes, Glen Jackson and Nigel Owens. In the Women’s Six Nations, Canada’s Rose Labreche has the longest flight as she oversees France v Italy. In the Pro14, George Clancy racks up his 98th competition refereeing fixture as he entertains the Dragons v Edinburgh, and in the Aviva Premiership, JP Doyle collects his 147th Aviva Premiership Rugby appearance in the fixture between London Irish and Worcester.
The Super Rugby season has its first full weekend as all the conferences open up after the S African’s early start last week. Paul Williams, fresh from 6 Nations AR duty heads to Tokyo to referee the Sunwolves v Brumbies.
En France, Top14 league leaders Montpellier host Bordeaux-Bègles with Ludovic Cayre in the hot seat. Racing 92 are two points behind and are away to Pau with Adrien Descottes taking charge.
Enjoy your weekend rugby!
Six Nations, Round 3
France v Italy (played in Marseille)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (Eng)
ARs: John Lacey (Ire) & Luke Pearce (Eng)
TMO David Grashoff (Eng)
Ireland v Wales
Referee: Glen Jackson (NZ)
ARs: Pascal Gaüzère (Fra) & Matthew Carley (Eng)
TMO Rowan Kitt (Eng)
Scotland v England
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wal)
ARs: Jérôme Garcès (Fra) & Andrew Brace (Ire)
TMO Simon McDowell (Ire)
Women’s Six Nations, Round 3
Scotland v England
Referee: Joy Neville (Ire)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ire)
France v Italy
Referee: Rose LaBrèche (Canada)
ARs: Marie LeMatte (Fra) & Doraine Domenjo (Fra)
TMO: Kevin Beggs (Ire)
Ireland v Wales
Referee: Sara Cox (Eng)
ARs: Helen O’Reilly (Ire) & John Carvill (Ire)
TMO: Claire Hodnett (Eng)
Six Nations Under-20
France v Italy
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
ARs: Nigel Correll (Ireland) & Barrie O’Connell (Ireland)
TMO: Ollie Hodges (Ireland)
Ireland v Wales
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
ARs: Mike Adamson (Scotland) & Bob Nevins (Scotland)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Scotland v England
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
ARs: Mike English (Wales) & Gareth Newman (Wales)
TMO: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
Americas Championship Cup, Round 5
Brazil v USA
Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)
Chile v Uruguay
Referee: Henrique Platais (Brazil)
Argentina XV v Canada
Referee: Joaquin Montes (Uruguay)
Super Rugby, Round 2
Melbourne Rebels v Queensland Reds
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (NZ)
ARs: Nicholas Berry (Aus) & Jordan Way (Aus)
TMO: Ian Smith (Aus)
Highlanders v Blues
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown (NZ)
ARs: Nick Briant (NZ) & James Doleman (NZ)
TMO: Aaron Paterson (NZ)
NSW Waratahs v Stormers
Referee: Angus Gardner (Aus)
ARs: Mike Fraser (NZ) & William Houston (Aus)
TMO: George Ayoub (Aus)
Crusaders v Chiefs
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZ)
ARs: Nick Briant (NZ) & James Doleman (NZ)
TMO: Aaron Paterson (NZ)
Lions v Jaguares
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SA)
ARs: AJ Jacobs (SA) & Jaco Pretorius (SA)
TMO: Willie Vos (SA)
Bulls v Hurricanes
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (SA)
ARs: Marius van der Westhuizen (SA) & Stephen Geldenhuys (SA)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)
Sunwolves v Brumbies
Referee: Paul Williams (NZ)
Referee: Egon Seconds (SA) & Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
TMO: Minoru Fuji (Japan)
Pro 14
Dragons v Edinburgh
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) – 98th competition appointment
ARs: Kieran Barry (Ireland) & Simon Rees (Wales)
TMO: (Ireland)
Leinster v Kings
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales) – 14th competition appointment
ARs: Rhys Thomas (Wales) & Ken Imbusch (Ireland) (Wales)
TMO: Wayne Davies (Wales)
Scarlets v Ulster
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales) – 71st competition appointment
ARs: Gwyn Morris (Wales) & Elgan Williams (Wales)
TMO: Sean Brickell (Wales)
Ospreys v Cheetahs
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales) – 42nd competition appointment
ARs: Rob Price (Wales) & Dewi Phillips (Wales)
Zebre v Cardiff Blues
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland) – 12th competition appointment
ARs: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (Ireland) & Clara Munarini (Italy)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Benetton Treviso v Connacht
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland) – 18th competition appointment
ARs: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (Ireland) & Oisin Quinn (Ireland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Munster v Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy) – 76th competition appointment
ARs: Andrea Piardi (Italy) & Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Aviva Premiership
Exeter Chiefs v Northampton Saints
Referee: Christophe Ridley – 4th appointment
ARs: Matthew O’Grady & Greg Macdonald
TMO: Keith Lewis
Bath v Sale Sharks
Referee: Ian Tempest – 42nd appointment
ARs: Hamish Smales & Roy Maybank
TMO: Geoff Warren
Gloucester v Wasps
Referee: Karl Dickson – 4th appointment
ARs: Tim Wigglesworth & Wayne Falla
TMO: David Rose
Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Tom Foley – 49th appointment
ARs: Philip Watters & Jonathan Healy
TMO: Trevor Fisher
London Irish v Worcester Warriors
Referee: JP Doyle – 147th appointment
ARs: Paul Dix & Anthony Woodthorpe
TMO: David Grashoff
Saracens v Leicester Tigers
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys – 46th appointment
ARs: Adam Leal & Peter Allan
TMO: Sean Davey
RFU Championship
Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire Carnegie
Referee: Simon Harding
ARs: Simon Adams & Nick Marshall
Top 14, Round 18
Montpellier v Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
ARs: Jonathan Dufort & Jérôme Labarbe
TMO: Éric Gauzins
Clermont v Oyonnax
Referee: Julien Castaignède
ARs: Vincent Blasco Baque & Jacques De Lemos
TMO: Mourad Zitouni
Stade Français v Agen
Referee: Thomas Charabas
ARs: Laurent Cardona & Arnaud Blondel
TMO: Éric Briquet-Campin
Castres v Lyon
Referee: Sébastien Minery
ARs: Laurent Millotte & Sébastien Hebert
TMO: Maxime Chalon
Pau v Racing 92
Referee: Adrien Descottes
ARs: Cédric Marchat & Jean-Luc Rebollal
TMO: Éric Gonthier
Toulouse v Brive
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
ARs: Luc Ramos & Akim Hadj Bachir
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure
La Rochelle v Toulon
Referee: Cyril Lafon
ARs: Pierre Brousset & Éric Soulan
TMO: Patrick Dellac
