Appointments – RWC semis, Pro14, NRC final, New Zealand finals and English top leagues

Big matches everywhere this weekend, with Rugby World Cup semi-finals, and the finals of domestic competitions in Australia and New Zealand. Damon Murphy (pic on right) is in charge of the Australian National Rugby Championship final as Western Force take on Canberra. In New Zealand, Glen Jackson referees the Mitre 10 Cup Final, Tipene Cottrell has the Heartland final and Rebecca Mahoney takes charge of the ladies Farah Palmer Cup final.

Maybe not a big game in the same way, but a huge afternoon for Jack Makepeace in the English Premiership as he makes his top-level debut in the middle as Northampton play Worcester. Good luck to him. We’ve also got the Pro14 referee appointments too. There’s no Top14 this week.

Enjoy your rugby!

Rugby World Cup 2019 Semi-finals

England v New Zealand
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
ARs: Romain Poite (France) & Pascal Gaüzère (France)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Wales v South Africa
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
ARs: Wayne Barnes (England) & Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Australia – National Rugby Championship Grand Final

Western Force v Canberra Vikings
Referee: Damon Murphy
ARs: Graham Cooper & Jordan Way
TMO: Alexander Ninkov

New Zealand – Mitre 10 Cup finals

Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Final
Tasman v Wellington
Referee: Glen Jackson
ARs: James Doleman & James Munro
Assessor: Chris Hart

Mitre 10 Cup Championship Final
Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay
Referee: Richard Kelly
ARs: Cam Stone & Mike Winter
TMO: Jonathan Paterson

Heartland Championship Finals

Lochore Cup Final
West Coast v South Canterbury
Referee: Tipene Cottrell
ARs: Nick Webster & George Haswell
TMO: Dave Rumble

Heartland Championship – Meads Cup Final
North Otago v Wanganui
Referee: Angus Mabey
ARs: Jono Bredin & Stu Curran
TMO: Kirk Rae

Farah Palmer Cup Premiership Final

Canterbury v Auckland
Referee: Rebecca Mahoney
ARs: Lauren Jenner & Larissa Collingwood
TMO: Cory Eggers

Farah Palmer Cup Championship Final

Otago v Hawke’s Bay
Referee: Brittany Andrew
ARs: Maggie Cogger-Orr & Monique Jared
TMO: Jared Clarke

PRO14 – Round 4

Munster v Ospreys
Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)
ARs: Stuart Gaffigan (Ireland) & Paul Haycock (Ireland)
TMO: Charles Samson (Scotland)

Ulster v Cardiff Blues
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
ARs: Sean Gallagher (Ireland) & David Sutherland (Scotland)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Benetton Treviso v Kings
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
ARs: Marius Mitrea (Italy),Dai Cambourne (Wales)
TMO: Tim Hayes (Wales)

Gwent Dragons v Glasgow Warriors
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
ARs: Simon Rees (Wales) & Chris Busby (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Connacht v Cheetahs
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
ARs: Sean Gallagher (Ireland) & Gwyn Morris (Wales)
TMO: Sean Brickell (Wales)

Zebre v Leinster
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
ARs: Manuel Bottino (Italy) & Dai Cambourne (Wales)
TMO: Jon Mason (Wales)

Edinburgh v Scarlets
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
ARs: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) & Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (Ireland)
TMO: Olly Hodges

Gallagher Premiership – round 2

Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs
Referee: JP Doyle (172nd Premiership game)
ARs: Anthony Woodthorpe & Paul Dix
TMO: Sean Davey
Citing Officer: Nick Wood

Gloucester Rugby v Wasps
Referee: Christophe Ridley (16th Premiership game)
ARs: Simon Harding & Roy Maybank
TMO: David Rose
Citing Officer: Chris Sharp

Harlequins v Bristol Bears
Referee: Ian Tempest (61st Premiership game)
ARs: Hamish Smales & Wayne Falla
TMO: Trevor Fisher
Citing Officer: Paul Burke

London Irish v Sale Sharks
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (65th Premiership game)
ARs: Adal Leal & Philip Watters
TMO: David Grashoff
Citing Officer: Paul Hull

Northampton Saints v Worcester Warriors
Referee: Jack Makepeace (1st Premiership game).
ARs: Tom Foley & Simon McConnell
TMO: Nigel Carrick
Citing Officer: Will James

Leicester Tigers v Saracens
Referee: Tom Foley (68th Premiership game)
ARs: Jack Makepeace & Simon McConnell
TMO: Stuart Terheege
Citing Officer: John Byett

Greene King RFU Championship

Hartpury University v Nottingham
Referee: Simon Harding
ARs: Simon Adams & Clare Daniels

Jersey Reds v Doncaster Knights
Referee: Neil Chivers
ARs: William Burton & Shane Lewis

Bedford Blues v Ealing Trailfinders
Referee: Greg Macdonald
ARs: Ian Bibey & Fergus Kirby

London Scottish v Ampthill
Referee: Karl Dickson
ARs: Darryl Chapman & Gregory Garner

Cornish Pirates v Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Matthew Turvey
ARs: Ian Bibey & Jonathan Healy

Yorkshire Carnegie v Coventry
Referee: Andrew Jackson
ARs: Jamie Leahy & Gregg Dawson

Tyrrel’s Premiership 15s

Bristol Bears Women v Richmond
Referee: Andrew Wigley
ARs: Will Gilder & Mark Summerhayes

Loughborough Lightning v Harlequins Women
Referee: Aurelie Grozeleau [France]
ARs: Dan Rowlands & Andrew Ashwell

Firwood Waterloo Ladies v Wasps Ladies
Referee: Owen Taylor
ARs: Mike Hurdle & tba

Darlington Mowden Park Sharks v Worcester Warriors Women
Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
ARs: Simon O’Neil & Paul Ficken

Saracens Women v Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s
Referee: Nikki O’Donnell
ARs: Steven Randall & Mel Liley