Weekend referees for 21-23 September

The weekend’s match officials for the PRO14, Top 14 (France) Premiership and Championship (England), National Rugby Championship (Australia), Currie Cup (S Africa) and Mitre Cup, Heartland & Farah Palmer Cup (New Zealand) are below. 

Standout appointment sees Joy Neville take charge of her second PRO14 match as the Dragons host  Zebre. It’s pleasing to see other female referees throughout today’s appointments list. 

Good luck to everyone out with a whistle this weekend!

PRO14 – Round 4

Cheetahs v Ulster
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
ARs: Lloyd Linton (Scotland) & Ben Crouse (South Africa)
TMO: Johan Greeff (South Africa)

Blues v Munster
Referee: Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
ARs: Rhys Thomas (Wales) & Gareth John (Wales)
TMO: Ian Davies (Wales)

Dragons v Zebre
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
ARs: George Clancy & Simon Mills (Wales)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Leinster v Edinburgh
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
ARs: Adam Jones (Wales) & Chris Busby (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Ospreys v Treviso
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
ARs: Fin Brown (Scotland) & Wayne Davies (Wales)
TMO: Tim Hayes (Wales)

Connacht v Scarlets
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
ARs: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) & Kieran Barry (Ireland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)

Southern Kings v Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
ARs: Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa) & Paul Mente (South Africa)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Australia National Rugby Championship

Sydney v NSW Country Eagles
Referee: Angus Gardner
ARs: Craig Maxwell-Keys & James Quinn
TMO: Amy Perrett

Melbourne Rising v Brisbane City
Referee: Graham Cooper
ARs: Oliver Kellett & Rachel Horton

Queensland Country v Western Force
Referee: Nic Berry
ARs: Jordan Way & Brett Cronan
TMO: Damien Mitchelmore

Sydney v Fiji Druas
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
ARs: William Houston & Dru Tonks
TMO: Amy Perrett

NSW Country Eagles v Canberra Vikings
Referee: Damon Murphy
ARs: James Quinn & Aaron Pool
TMO: Kathy Little

Gallagher Premiership

Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Andrew Jackson (16th appointment)
ARs: Hamish Smales & John Meredith
TMO: Graham Hughes

Bath v Northampton Saints
Referee: Karl Dickson  (9th appointment)
ARs: Tom Foley & Simon McConnell
TMO: David Grashoff

Bristol Bears v Harlequins
Referee: Ian Tempest (49th appointment)
ARs: Adam Leal & Jonathan Healy
TMO: David Rose

Sale Sharks v Wasps
Referee: Wayne Barnes  (203rd appointment)
ARs: Philip Watters & Steve Lee
TMO: Rowan Kitt

Saracens v Gloucester
Referee: Christophe Ridley (8th appointment)
ARs: Paul Dix & Rob Warburton
TMO: Trevor Fisher

Leicester Tigers v Worcester Warriors
Referee: Luke Pearce (78th appointment)
ARs: Greg Macdonald & Wayne Falla
TMO: Geoffrey Warren

Greene King Championship

London Scottish v Jersey Reds
Referee: Simon Harding
ARs: Simon Adams & William Burton

Doncaster Knights v Ealing Trailfinders
Referee: Matthew Carley
ARs: Clare Daniels & Lionel Spooner

Hartpury College v Coventry
Referee: Neil Chivers
ARs: Ian Bibey & Gregory D Garner

Cornish Pirates v Richmond
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
ARs: Paul Burton & Peter Brunt

London Irish v Bedford Blues
Referee: Matthew O’Grady
ARs: Darryl Chapman & Nigel Carrick

Yorkshire Carnegie v Nottingham
Referee: Dean Richards
ARs: Gareth Holsgrove & Simon Park

Top 14

Bordeaux-Bègles v Claremont
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
ARs: Pierre Brousset & Frédéric Chazal
TMO: Bruno Bessot

La Rochelle v Lyon
Referee: Tual Trainini
ARs: Luc Ramos & Bruno Gabaldon
TMO: Éric Gauzins

Toulon v Agen
Referee: Vincent Blasco Baque
ARs: Julien Castaignède & Jacques De Lemos
TMO: Cédric Marchat

Grenoble v Perpignan
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
ARs: Adrien Descottes & Thierry Guilloton
TMO: Éric Gonthier

Racing 92 v Castres
Referee: Maxime Chalon
ARs: Jonathan Dufort & Jean-Claude Labarbe
TMO: Akim Hadj Bachir

Pau v Stade Français
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
ARs: Laurent Cardona & Jean-Luc Rebollal
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure

Montpellier v Toulouse
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
ARs: Cyril Lafon & Richard Duhau
TMO: Mourad Zitouni

New Zealand Mitre 10 Cup – Week 6

Bay of Plenty v Southland
Referee: Paul Williams

Otago v Auckland
Referee: Glen Jackson

Manawatu v Northland
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe

North Harbour v Canterbury
Referee: Angus Mabey

Waikato v Wellington
Referee: Cam Stone

Hawkes Bay v Taranaki
Referee: Shane McDermott

Bay of Plenty v Counties Manukau
Referee: Michael Lash

Tasman v Southland
Referee: James Doleman

Heartland Championship – Round 4

Thames Valley v North Otago
Referee: Tasuku Kawahara

Buller v West Coast
Referee: James Munro

East Coast v Poverty Bay
Referee: Michael Lash

Horowhenua Kapiti v Wairarapa Bush
Referee: Hugh Reed

King Country v Wanganui
Referee: Nick Webster

South Canterbury v Mid Canterbury
Referee: James Doleman

Farah Palmer Cup – Round 4

Bay of Plenty v Taranaki
Referee: Dan Waenga

Hawke’s Bay v North Harbour
Referee: Brittany Andrew

Waikato v Auckland
Referee: Richard Kelly

Otago v Counties Manukau
Referee: Brendon Pickerill

Tasman v Wellington
Referee: Nick Hogan

Manawatu v Canterbury
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr

Currie Cup – Premier

Free State Cheetahs v Pumas
Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni
ARs: Ben Crouse & Jaco Kotze
TMO: Lourens van der Merwe

Sharks v Golden Lions
Referee: Egon Seconds
ARs: Archie Sehlako & Blake Beattie
TMO: Shaun Veldsman

Western Province v Griquas
Referee: AJ Jacobs
ARs: Ruhan Meiring & Stephan Geldenhuys
TMO: Joey Klaaste-Salmans

Currie Cup 1st Division

Boland Cavaliers v Valke
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
ARs: Viv-Richard Adams & TBC

Eastern Province Elephants v Griffons
Referee: Jaco Peyper
ARs: Phumzile Mbewu & Rodney Boneparte

Leopards v Border Bulldogs
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron
ARs: Stephan Geldenhuys & Daniel Victor