10-15 August: Referee, AR & TMO appointments for RWC warm ups, SA, Scotland and NZ

Second week proper of the RWC warm up and some interesting ties ahead. Jordan Way (pictured top left) is in Nuku’alofa as Tonga look to make it two against Canada. Nika Amashukeli (top right) heads east to Twickenham after being in Argentina last week. Will it be a similar outcome to last weekend? A similar double header in St Etienne as France hope to reverse the result from the match in Edinburgh last week. Nic Berry will be refereeing that one. Readers who support teams in RWC Pool B & C will want to see how Romania get on this weekend against Georgia. Wayne Barnes will have a runout in Tiblisi – not sure what his Romanian or Georgian language skills are!

In New Zealand, the NPC stated last week with the Heartlands Championship kicking off this week. The Farah Palmer Cup continues with Georgia Mason (bottom right) taking the whistle in Manawatu
And finally, we have the SA Women’s Premiership where Bulela Qwane (bottom left) referees the Boland/Sharks tie.

Enjoy – I’ll be at Twickenham if anyone happens to be there too – let me know!
Keith

Summer Series/Rugby World Cup warm ups

Tonga v Canada (Thurs)
Referee: Jordan Way (RA)
ARs: James Doleman (NZR) & Tevita Rokovereni (FRU)

France v Scotland (in Saint-Etienne)
Referee: Nic Berry (RA)
ARs: Karl Dickson (RFU) & Adam Leal (RFU)
TMO: Tom Foley (RFU)

England v Wales
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
ARs: Andrew Brace (IRFU) & Andrea Piardi (FIR)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)

Chile v Namibia
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)
ARs: Francisco Gonzalez (URU) & Matias Esteban (URU)

Georgia v Romania
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
ARs: Christophe Ridley (RFU) & Federico Vedovelli (FIR)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

Portugal v USA
Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)
ARs: Mike Adamson (SRU) & Hollie Davidson (SRU)
TMO: Thomas Charabas (FFR)

Tonga v Canada (Tuesday)
Referee: James Doleman (NZR)
ARs: Jordan Way (RA) & Tevita Rokovereni (FRU)

New Zealand: Farah Palmer Cup (Premiership)

Counties Manukau v Auckland
Referee: Scott McKenzie
ARs: Liam Sargent & James Imlach

Bay of Plenty v Wellington
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr
ARs: TBC

Hawke’s Bay v Canterbury
Referee: Ben Woolerton
ARs: Dave Clarkson & Jordan Cameron

New Zealand: Farah Palmer Cup (Championship)

Northland v Taranaki
Referee: Natarsha Ganley
ARs: Rob Rush & John Filia

Otago v North Harbour
Referee: Cassie Watt
ARs: Erin Doherty & Michael Buttery

Manawatu v Tasman
Referee: Georgia Mason
ARs: Matt McEwen & Jacob Booth

Bunnings NPC – Round 2

Counties Manukau v Hawke’s Bay
Referee: Mike Winter
ARs: Brandon Roberts & Robert Shore
TMO: John Wright

Bay of Plenty v Waikato
Referee: Brendon Pickerill
ARs: Tiana Anderson & Sam Fellows
TMO: Shane McDermott

Otago v Wellington
Referee: Jackson Henshaw
ARs: Caleb Neilson & Brandon Hale
TMO: Chris Hart

Tasman v Auckland
Referee: Stu Curran
ARs: Reece Weir & Brad Evans
TMO: Steffan James

North Harbour v Canterbury
Referee: Nick Briant
ARs: Kyle Lagerwell & Ryan Borthwick
TMO: Jonathan Paterson

Southland v Northland
Referee: Marcus Playle
ARs: Josh Hamill & Sam Nicholson
TMO: Andrew Rowland

Manawatu v Taranaki
Referee: Jono Bredin
ARs: Stu Curran & Amon Rimene
TMO: Carl Baker

Hawke’s Bay v Waikato
Referee: Angus Mabey
ARs: TBC

Bunnings Heartland Championship – round 1

Mid Canterbury v North Otago
Referee: George Haswell
ARs: TBC

Poverty Bay v Buller
Referee: Katsuki Furuse (Jpn)
ARs: Matt Smith & Terry Reeves

South Canterbury v Horowhenua Kapiti
Referee: Ban Moore
ARs: Josh Rooney & Matt Gollins

Wairarapa Bush v East Coast
Referee: Nick Hogan
ARs: tbc

Whanganui v Thames Valley
Referee: Will Johnston
ARs: Amon Rimene & Jacob Booth

West Coast v King Country
Referee: Ben Alexander
ARs: Colin van der Geest & Chris O’Malley

South Africa: Women’s Premier Division

Boland Dames v Cell C Sharks Women
Referee: Bulela Qwane

DHL Western Province v EP Queens
Referee: Dylen November

Mastercard Lions Women v Bulls Daisies
Referee: Angie Bezuidenhout

Scotland: Forsec Super Series 2023

Watsonians Rugby v Boroughmuir Bears
Referee: Jonny Perriam
ARs: David Young & David Changleng

Southern Knights v Ayrshire Bulls
Referee: David Sutherland
ARs: Calum Worsley & Bob Nevins

Heriot’s Rugby v Stirling Wolves
Referee: Ruairidh Campbell
ARs: Michael Todd & Ciaran Stark