As it’s a Rugby World Cup year, it’s a shortened version of The Rugby Championship. Fewer matches, but still all important for the teams and match officials as they build for France in September. Here are the match official appointments for the tournament:
The Rugby Championship 2023 referees, ARs & TMOs
Round 1 – 8 July
South Africa v Australia (Pretoria)
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)
ARs: Paul Williams (NZR) & Andrea Piardi (FIR)
TMO: Brendon Pickerill (NZR)
Argentina v New Zealand (Mendoza)
Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)
ARs: Nic Berry (RA) & Jordan Way (RA)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
Round 2 – 15 July
Australia v Argentina (Sydney)
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)
ARs: Paul Williams (NZR) & James Doleman (NZR)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)
New Zealand v South Africa (Auckland)
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
ARs: Angus Gardner (RA) & Pierre Brousset (FFR)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Round 3 – 29 July
Australia v New Zealand (Melbourne for The Bledisloe Cup)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
ARs: Karl Dickson (RFU) & Christophe Ridley (RFU)
TMO: Tom Foley (RFU)
South Africa v Argentina (Johannesburg)
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
ARs: Nika Amashukeli (GRU) & Chris Busby (IRFU)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
