The referees for tomorrow’s (Tuesday 12 June 2018) World Rugby U20s Championships have been announced. England’s Karl Dickson takes charge of the NZ v France game, with Dan Jones of Wales overseeing the England v South Africa match. A strange coincidence to see the U20s sides meet, just days after their respective senior teams played each other. The officials will surely be hoping for a less controversial day in the Languedoc! Spare a thought for TMO, Graham Hughes who has to hot foot it down the A9 in between his two appointments for the day; firstly assisting the Australian, Damon Murphy in Wales v Argentina, before heading down to Perpignan to help Karl Dickson in his semi-final.
Semifinals
England v South Africa (in Narbonne)
Referee: Dan Jones (Wal)
Assistant Referees: Jamie Nutbrown (NZ) & Mathieu Noirot (Fra)
Television match official: Shane McDermott (NZ)
New Zealand v France (in Perpignan)
Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)
ARs: Sean Gallagher (Ire) & Andrea Piardi (Ita)
TMO: Graham Hughes (Eng)
5-8th Place play offs
Wales v Argentina (in Narbonne)
Referee: Damon Murphy (Aus)
ARs: Flavien Hourquet (Fra) & Mathieu Noirot (Fra)
TMO: Graham Hughes (Eng)
Italy v Australia (in Narbonne)
Referee: Pali Deluca (Arg)
ARs: Jamie Nutbrown (NZ) & Flavien Hourquet (Fra)
TMO: Shane McDermott (NZ)
9-12th Place play-offs
Ireland v Scotland (in Perpignan)
Referee: Egon Seconds (SA)
ARs: Jonathan Gasnier (Fra) & Stéphane Coullon (Fra)
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (Fra)
Georgia v Japan (in Perpignan)
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (Fra)
ARs: Sean Gallagher (Ire) & Andrea Piardi (Ita)
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (Fra)
Two good performances in the U20’s semi finals by the referees – in particular thought Dan Jones showed great promise.