The final weekend (proper) of the Autumn international window, but the huge game of the day is in Marseille as Canada and Hong Kong battle it out for the last spot at next year’s Rugby World Cup. Romain Poite, pictured, is the referee, accompanied by Ireland’s Joy Neville and England’s Adam Leal. David Grashoff of the RFU is the man in the TV truck to help out if needs be!
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n Cardiff, the RFU’s Luke Pearce takes charge of his first northern hemisphere Tier 1 fixture as he takes charge of Wales’ game against South Africa. At Twickenham, there’s a Saffa double header as Jaco Peyper looks after the men’s fixture against Australia and Aimee Barrett-Theron referees the women’s international straight after as the Red Roses host Ireland.
There’s a full suite of Pro14, Premiership and Top 14 league matches as well, so plenty of action around the northern hemisphere to keep us all entertained!
Rugby World Cup Repechage
Kenya v Germany (in Marseille)
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
ARs: Adam Leal (England) & Sara Cox (England)
TMO: David Grashoff (England)
Hong Kong v Canada (in Marseille)
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
ARs: Joy Neville (Ireland) & Adam Leal (England)
TMO: David Grashoff (England)
Autumn Internationals – Men
Spain v Samoa
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
ARs: Ian Tempest (England) & Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)
Georgia v Tonga
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
ARs: Pierre Brousset (France) & Thomas Charabas (France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
Italy v New Zealand
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
ARs: Pascal Gauzere (France) & Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Scotland v Argentina
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
ARs: Nigel Owens (Wales) & Dan Jones (Wales)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)
England v Australia
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
ARs: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) & Alexandre Ruiz (France)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Wales v South Africa
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
ARs: Wayne Barnes (England) & Karl Dickson (England)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Ireland v USA
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zelaand)
ARs: Nic Berry (Australia) & Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TMO: Ian Davies (Wales)
France v Fiji
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
ARs: Tom Foley (England) & Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)
Japan v Russia (at Gloucester, England)
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
ARs: Ludovic Cayre (France) & Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Portugal v Namibia
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
ARs: Ben Blain (Scotland) & Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
Romania v Uruguay
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
ARs: Anthony Woodthorpe (England) & Andrea Piardi (Italy)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Women’s Internationals
Wales v Canada
Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)
ARs: Simon Mills (Wales) & Kath Pritchard (Wales)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
England v Ireland
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
ARs: Nikki O’Donnell (England) & Tracy Pettingale (England)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Italy v South Africa
Referee: Aurelie Groizeleau (France)
Scotland v Canada
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
ARs: John Smith (Scotland) & Ruairidh Campbell (Scotland)
TMO: Claire Hodnett (England)
Gallagher Premiership
Newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby
Referee: Christophe Ridley (10th Premiership game)
ARs: Wayne Falla & John Meredith
TMO: Trevor Fisher
Worcester Warriors v Harlequins
Referee: Andrew Jackson (18th Premiership game)
ARs: Peter Allan & Hamish Smales
TMO: Geoff Warren
Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Rugby
Referee: Matthew O’Grady (4th Premiership game)
ARs: Hamish Smales & Dean Richards
TMO: Geoff Warren
Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints
Referee: JP Doyle (159th Premiership game)
ARs: Jonathan Healy & Steve Lee
TMO: Claire Hodnett
Wasps v Bristol Bears
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (56th Premiership game)
ARs: Robert Warburton & Simon McConnell
TMO: Keith Lewis
Leicester Tigers v Saracens
Referee: Karl Dickson (11th Premiership game)
ARs: Greg Macdonald & Simon Harding
TMO: David Rose
RFU Greene King Championship
London Scottish v Ealing Trailfinders
Referee: Dean Richards
ARs: William Burton & Simon Park
Yorkshire Carnegie v Doncaster Knights
Referee: Simon Harding
ARs: Simon Adams & Jamie Leahy
Jersey Reds v Richmond
Referee: George Selwood
ARs: Lionel Spooner & Nick Marshall
Coventry v Nottingham
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
ARs: Gareth Holsgrove & Shane Lewis
Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College
Referee: Neil Chivers
ARs: Alexander Thomas & Ian Bibey
London Irish v Bedford Blues
Referee: Matt Turvey
ARs: Michael Patz & Nigel Carrick
Pro14 – Round 9
Glasgow Warriors v Cardiff Blues
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
ARs: Mark Patton (IRFU), & Ian Kenny (SRU)
TMO: Charles Samson (SRU)
Leinster v Ospreys
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
ARs: Eddie Hogan O’Connell (IRFU) & Rob O’Sullivan (IRFU)
TMO: Colin Stanley (IRFU)
Scarlets v Ulster
Referee: Quinton Immelman (SARU)
ARs: Gwyn Morris (WRU) & Aled Evans (WRU)
TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU)
Toyota Cheetahs v Benetton
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)
ARs: Ben Crouse (SARU) & Jaco Kotze (SARU)
TMO: Johan Greeffe (SARU)
Isuzu Southern Kings v Connacht
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
ARs: Paul Mente (SARU), & Ruhan Miering (SARU)
TMO: Sean Veldsman (SARU)
Zebre v Munster
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU)
ARs: Fin Brown (SRU) & Matteo Liperini (FIR)
TMO: Dave Pearson (SRU)
Dragons v Edinburgh
Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU)
ARs: Adam Jones (WRU) & Wayne Davies (WRU)
TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU)
Top 14 – France
Bordeaux-Bègles v Toulon
Referee: Jonathan Dufort
ARs: Luc Ramos & Éric Soulan
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure
Agen v Montpellier
Referee: Cyrille Lafon
ARs: Sébastien Boyer & Jacques De Lemos
TMO: Mourad Zitouni
Pau v Toulouse
Referee: Laurent Cardona
ARs: Cédric Clave & Bruno Gabaldon
TMO: Sébastien Minery
Racing 92 v Grenoble
Referee: Julien Castaignède
ARs: Nicolas Datas & Thierry Guilloton
TMO: Denis Grenouillet
Perpignan v Castres
Referee: Adrien Descottes
ARs: Mathieu Noirot & Jean-Claude Labarbe
TMO: Bruno Bessot
Stade Français v La Rochelle
Referee: Vincent Blasco-Baqué
ARs: Flavien Hourquet & Sébastien Hebert
TMO: Akim Hadj bachir
Clermont v Lyon
Referee: Tual Trainini
ARs: Maxime Chalon & Arnaud Blondel
TMO: Laurent Sclafer
