With the weekend’s falling around the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the match officials and players on duty will be able to celebrate in the usual way this year. But before New Year’s Eve comes about, there’s top-level rugby in England, the Celtic countries and France.
It’s top v bottom in the Top 14 in France. Pascal Gaüzère (top middle) has the pleasure of refereeing Clermont as they travel down to Perpignan. Craig Maxwell-Keys (above left) is in charge of what Premiership Rugby are billing as “Big Game 11” – as Harlequins take on Wasps at Twickenham. It will be his 56th Premiership match. In the Pro14, it’s derby weekend with only the referees on travelling duties – George Clancy (above right) is in Glasgow, Lloyd Linton in Treviso and Marius Mitrea heading to Connacht.
Gallagher Premiership – Round 11
Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Ian Tempest (53rd Premiership game)
ARs: Steve Lee & Wayne Falla
TMO: Keith Lewis
Citing Officer: Shaun Gallagher
Gloucester Rugby v Sale Sharks
Referee: Christophe Ridley (11th Premiership game)
ARs: Andrew Jackson & Jonathan Healy
TMO: Rowan Kitt
Citing Officer: Paul Hull
Saracens v Worcester Warriors
Referee: Karl Dickson (13th Premiership game)
ARs: Adam Leal & Rob Warburton
TMO: David Grashoff
Citing Officer: John
Harlequins v Wasps
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (56th Premiership game)
ARs: Hamish Smales & Phil Watters
TMO: Sean Davey
Citing Officer: Buster White
Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers
Referee: JP Doyle (162nd Premiership game)
ARs: Luke Pearce & Simon McConnell
TMO: Stuart Terheege
Citing Officer: Buster White
Bristol Bears v Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Wayne Barnes (207th Premiership game)
ARs: Paul Dix & Anthony Woodthorpe
TMO: David Rose
Citing Officer: Nick Wood
Greene King RFU Championship – Round 10
Hartpury College v London Irish
Referee: Greg Macdonald
ARs: Fergus Kirby & Ian Bibey
Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie
Referee: Michael Hudson
ARs: Neil Chivers & Gregory Garner
TMO: Claire Hodnett
Cornish Pirates v London Scottish
Referee: Dean Richards
ARs: Clare Daniels & Bill Burton
Guinness Pro14 – Round 12
Connacht v Ulster
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
ARs: Manuel Bottino (FIR) & Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (IRFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
Benetton Rugby v Zebre Rugby Club
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
ARs: Sam Grove-White (SRU) & Matteo Liperini (FIR
TMO:
Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
ARs: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU) & David Sutherland (SRU)
TMO: Neil Paterson (FIR)
Munster v Leinster
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)
ARs: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) & Johnny Erskine (IRFU)
TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)
Scarlets v Cardiff Blues
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
ARs: Craig Evans (WRU) & Adam Jones (WRU)
TMO: Ian Davies (WRU)
Dragons v Ospreys
Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)
ARs: Ben Whitehouse (WRU) & Wayne Davies (WRU).
TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU)
Top 14 – round 13
Lyon v Agen
Referee: Maxime Chalon
ARs: Flavien Hourquet & Éric Soulan
TMO: Patrick Dellac
Stade Francais v Grenoble
Referee: Laurent Cardona
ARs: Sébastien Minery & Thierry Guilloton
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure
La Rochelle v Castres
Referee: Romain Poite
ARs: Nicolas Datas & Patrick Pechambert
TMO: Laurent Sclafer
Perpignan v Clermont
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
ARs: Pierre Brousset & Sébastien Hebert
TMO: Éric Briquet-Campin
Montpellier v Pau
Referee: Julien Castaignède
ARs: Cédric Marchat & Jean-Luc Rebollal
TMO: Denis Grenouillet
Bordeaux-Bègles v Racing 92
Referee: Vincent Blasco-Baqué
ARs: Sébastien Boyer & Bruno Gabaldon
TMO: Bruno Bessot
Toulouse v Toulon
Referee: Adrien Descottes
ARs: Ludovic Cayre & Jean-Claude Labarbe
TMO: Akim Hadj
