24-26 January referee, AR and TMO appointments

In the week before the Guinness Six Nations, experienced referees are on display around the north. In the English Premiership, there’s a collective 654 matches of top level refereeing experience on display. Wayne Barnes and JP Doyle are way out ahead with 220 and 176 matches respectively. Karl Dickson is the ‘least’ experienced (from a refereeing perspective at least) with 23 to date. Similarly, the big names are out in action in France ahead of their 6N appointments – Gauzere, Poite and Raynal all refereeing in the Top14.

Elsewhere, the bulk of the Pro14 are on a break (Stu Berry aside in the SA Derby) so it’s World Rugby 7s in Hamilton, English Championship and Scottish men’s Super 6, league and Cup and women’s cup fixtures for you below.

Enjoy!
Keith

World Rugby 7s – Hamilton

Women’s competition: Hollie Davidson (Scotland), Emily Hsieh (USA), Adam Jones (Wales), Tyler Miller (Australia), Amy Perrett (Australia), Tevita Rokoverneni (Fiji).

Men’s competition: James Doleman (New Zealand), Paulo Duarte (Portugal), Craig Evans (Wales), Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay), Richard Kelly (New Zealand), Damon Murphy (Australia), Jérémy Rozier (France), Damian Schneider (Argentina), Jordan Way (Australia)

Gallagher Premiership – Round 9

Northampton Saints v London Irish
Referee: Tom Foley (73rd Premiership game)
ARs: Anthony Woodthorpe & Andrew Jackson
TMO: Rowan Kitt
Citing Officer: Andy Blyth

Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers
Referee: Wayne Barnes (221st Premiership game)
ARs: Christophe Ridley & Paul Dix
TMO: David Grashoff
Citing Officer: David Guyan

Bristol Bears v Gloucester Rugby
Referee: Karl Dickson (24th Premiership game)
ARs: Hamish Smales & Simon McConnell
TMO: Sean Davey
Citing Officer: Budge Pountney

Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks
Referee: JP Doyle (177th Premiership game)
ARs: Mike Hudson & Rob Warburton
TMO: Geoff Warren
Citing Officer: Paul Hull

Worcester Warriors v Wasps
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (70th Premiership game)
ARs: Adam Leal & Neil Chivers
TMO: Claire Hodnett
Citing Officer: Danae Zamboulis

Harlequins v Saracens
Referee: Luke Pearce (95th Premiership game)
ARs: Matthew Carley & Roy Maybank
TMO: Graham Hughes
Citing Officer: Buster White

Greene King Championship

Jersey Reds v Yorkshire Carnegie
Referee: Simon Harding
ARs: Peter Brunt & Ryan Collier

London Scottish v Ealing Trailfinders
Referee: Fergus Kirby
ARs: Dean Richards & Michael Woods

Nottingham v Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
ARs: Greg Garner & Phil Watters

Hartpury University v Coventry
Referee: Sara Cox
ARs: Shane Lewis & Ian Bibey
TMO: Matthew Carley

Ampthill v Doncaster Knights
Referee: Greg Macdonald
ARs: Jamie Leahy & Richard Waller

Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues
Referee: Christophe Ridley
ARs: Nick Marshall & Lionel Spooner

Super 6

Heriot’s Rugby v Boroughmuir Bears
Referee: Keith Allen
ARs: Ian Kenny & Alistair Watt

Stirling County v Watsonians Rugby
Referee: David Sutherland
ARs: Mike Adamson & Bob Nevins

Ayrshire Bulls v Southern Knights
Referee: Sam Grove-White
ARs: Graeme Ormiston & David Changleng

Tennent’s Premiership

Glasgow Hawks v GHA
Referee: Finlay Brown
ARs: George Pounder & Brian McGuff

Scottish Cup

Currie Chieftains v Hawick
Referee: Graeme Ormiston
ARs: Michael Milner & Digby Thomas

Edinburgh Academical v Jed Forest
Referee: Samuel O’Neil
ARs: Calum Lazenby & Willie Anderson

Gala v Heriot’s Blues
Referee: Ross Mabon
ARs: John Shaw & Dean Lythgoe

Highland v Marr
Referee: Jonny Perriam
ARs: Grant Stephen & Robbie Willison

Sarah Beaney Cup

Heriot’s Blues Women v Corstorphine Cougars WRFC
Referee: Sean Niven

Stewartry WRFC v Hillhead Jordanhill WRFC
Referee: Darroch Ramsay

Watsonians WRFC v Garioch WRFC
Referee: Johnathan Cockayne

Pro 14 – Round 8

Isuzu Southern Kings v Toyota Cheetahs
Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU, 28th Championship Appearance)
ARs: Divan Uys (SARU) & Quinton Immelman (SARU)
TMO: Johann Greeffe (SARU)

Top 14 – Round 14

Lyon v Toulon
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
ARs: Cédric Marchat & Jean-Claude Labarbe
TMO: Jean-Luc Rebollal

Brive v Pau
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
ARs: Richard Duhau & M. Tbc
TMO: Eric Gauzins

Castres Olympique vs Racing 92
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
ARs: Sébastien Minery & Arnaud Blondel
TMO: Laurent Sclafer

La Rochelle v Montpellier
Referee: Thomas Charabas
ARs: Tual Trainini & Mourad Gharbi Tarchouna
TMO: Bruno Bessot

Clermont v Stade Français
Referee: Maxime Chalon
ARs: Adrien Descottes & Thierry Devais
TMO: Pascal Dellac

Bayonne v Agen
Referee: Romain Poite
ARs: Julien Castaignède & Laurent Breil
TMO: Éric Gonthier

Toulouse v Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
ARs: Laurent Cardona & Frédéric Chazal
TMO: Akim Hadj Bachir