8-11 February – Referee, AR TMO appointments for Six Nations and others

Round two of the men’s Six Nations and, following a change in referee, Luke Pearce (pictured top left) will get his 50th international. With recent retirements, he is now the most capped active referee, with Mathieu Raynal and Ben O’Keeffe just behind him. Pearce replaces Pierre Brousset who was due to make his Six Nations debut but his calf injury from a few weeks ago clearly hasn’t repaired in time. Nic Berry and James Doleman have the other two matches in Edinburgh and Twickenham respectively.

In the men’s u20s, Aimee Barrett-Theron from South Africa (top right) has the Eng v Wales derby and both will be eager to continue last week’s winning form. The Rugby Europe Championship continues into weekend two. Plenty of matches around the continent, with Ethan Glass from Switzerland taking charge of the Portugal v Poland fixture in Lisbon.

We’ve got the rest of the domestic action from the ProD2 in France, Ireland, Wales and the PWR in England. There’s some Champ and cross border friendlies (Bristol v Crusaders should be good) as well. There’s a Super Rugby warm up with the Highlanders hosting the Hurricanes, overseen by Stu Curran (bottom right)

Enjoy your weekend, whatever you’re watching or involved in. If you’re a referee, come join us in our great Facebook community.
Keith

Guinness Six Nations – round 2

Scotland v France
Referee: Nic Berry (Aus)
ARs: Nika Amashukeli (Geo) & Jordan Way (Aus)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ire)

England v Wales
Referee: James Doleman (NZ)
ARs: Ben O’Keeffe (NZ) & Hollie Davidson (Sco)
TMO: Brendon Pickerill (NZ)

Ireland v Italy
Referee: Luke Pearce (Eng)
ARs: Mathieu Raynal (Fra) & Luc Ramos (Fra)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)

Guinness U20 Six Nations – round 2

England v Wales (in Bath)
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU)
ARs: Morné Ferreira (SARU) & Ian Kenny (SRU)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

Ireland v Italy (in Cork)
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (FFR)
ARs: Evan Urruzmendi (FFR) & Neheun Jauri Rivero (UAR)
TMO: Thomas Charabas (FFR)

Scotland v France (in Edinburgh)
Referee: Angus Mabey (NZR)
ARs: Federico Vedovelli (FIR) & Ben Breakspear (WRU)
TMO: Mark Patton (IRFU)

Rugby Europe Men’s Championship 2024

Spain v Germany
Referee: Paulo Duarte (POR)
ARs: Pedro Mendes Silva (POR) & Diogo Miranda (POR)

Portugal v Poland
Referee: Ethan Glass (SUI)
ARs: Yann Benoit (SUI) & Paul Timmins (SUI)

Romania v Belgium
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (ESP)
ARs: Eki Fanlo (ESP) & Jon Ibisate (ESP)

Georgia v Netherlands
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (ROU)
ARs: Cristian Serban (ROU) & Nicolae Fratila (ROU)

France: ProD2 – Round 19

SU Agen v Provence Rugby
Referee: Aurelie Groizeleau
ARs: Flavien Hourquet & Sylvain Jaymes
TMO: Laurent Sclafer

US Montalbanaise v AS Béziers Hérault
Referee: Pierre Bru
ARs: Anthony Lac & Cyrille Le Gall
TMO: Vincent Blasco Baque

Colomiers Rugby v US Dax
Referee: Herve Lasausa
ARs: Mourad Gharbi Tarchouna & Mathieu Noirot
TMO: Akim Hadj Bachir

RC Vannes v Stade Aurillacois
Referee: Remy Charleroy
ARs: Denis Daste & Loic Frayssinet
TMO: Bruno Bessot

Rouen Normandie Rugby v Valence Romans
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
ARs: Benjamin Beuriot & Ghyslain Elias
TMO: Christophe Berdos

Soyaux-Angoulême XV v Biarritz Olympique PB
Referee: Jean Lespes
ARs: Thomas Chereque & Christophe Gaillardon
TMO: Jean Luc Rebollal

Stade Montois Rugby v FC Grenoble Rugby
Referee: Cyrille Boulay
ARs: Kevin Bralley & Sylvain Desvaux
TMO: Cedric Marchat

CA Brive v USON Nevers
Referee: Benjamin Hernandez
ARs: David Beun & Stephane Crapoix
TMO: Jonathan Dufort

England: Premiership Women’s Rugby

Saracens Women v Harlequins Women
Referee: Sara Cox
ARs: Nikki O’Donnell & James Clarke
TMO: TBC

Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers Women
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
ARs: Neil Chivers & Paul Dix

Exeter Chiefs Women v Sale Sharks Women
Referee: Hamish Grant
ARs: Richard Gordon & Kevin Williams

Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s RFC v Bristol Bears Women
Referee: Adam Leal
ARs: Andy Wigley & Ian Bibey

England: RFU Championship

Ealing Trailfinders v Cornish Pirates
Referee: Alex Thomas
ARs: Jon Cook & Mike Woods

Caldy v Bedford Blues
Referee: Dan Jones
ARs: Peter Brunt & Simon Park

England: RFU Friendlies

Bristol Bears v Crusaders (NZ)
Referee: Hamish Smales
ARs: Charlie Gayther & Ryan Collier

London Scottish v Harlequins
Referee: Joe James
ARs: Gareth Holsgrove & James Cornell

Nottingham v Leicester Tigers
Referee: Andrew Jackson
ARs: TBC & Gegg Dawson

Exeter Chiefs v Llanelli
Referee: Harry Walbaum
ARs: Richard Gordon & Veryan Boscawen

Super Rugby warm up

Highlanders v Hurricanes
Referee: Stu Curran
ARs: Fraser Hannon & Caleb Neilson

Cross Border friendlies

Yokohama Eagles v Blues
Referee: Takehito Nameka
ARs: Tetsuya Hirakawa & Teruhisa Kajiwara
TMO: Koji Taniguchi

Kubota Spears v Chiefs
Referee: Katsuki Furuse
ARs: Tetsuya Hirakawa & Toshima Sekiya
TMO: Kazuhito Taniguchi

Energia All Ireland League 1A 23/24

Clontarf v Ballynahinch
Referee: Eoghan Cross

Dublin University v Cork Constitution
Referee: Jonathan Erskine

Shannon v Lansdowne
Referee: George Clancy

Terenure College RFC v Young Munster
Referee: Andrew Cole

UCD v City of Armagh
Referee: Frank Murphy

Wales: Indigo Welsh Premiership

Newport RFC v RGC
Referee: Adam Jones
ARs: Rhys Jones & Mark Butcher

Swansea RFC v Llandovery RFC
Referee: Craig Evans
ARs: Carwyn Williams & Amber Stamp Dunstan