22-26 February: Referee, AR & TMO appointments

Congratulations to both Andrea Piardi and Christophe Ridley who this weekend make their men’s Six Nations refereeing debuts. Piardi (pictured lop left) becomes the first Italian ever to referee in the tournament as Ireland play Wales in Dublin. Ridley joins a host of RFU colleagues to have achieved this level – he’s in Lille as France host Italy. Go well gents!

Elsewhere, we have the next stop in the World Rugby Svns season – this time in Vancouver. Tyler Miller (top right) has jumped over from Perth to joins familiar faces from across the refereeing world. In Hong Kong China, Sunny Lee (bottom right) is in action in the Women’s Premiership. She’ll be overseeing her 11th prem assignment as the Gai Wu Falcons play Kroll USRC Tigers Ladies

Elsewhere, it’s the start of the Super Rugby Pacific season. James Doleman (bottom left) leads a Kiwi team of four over in Australia as the Queensland Reds play the Waratahs. We also have the match officials for an England A v Portugal A friendly, France’s Top 14 and ProD2, England’s Women’s Premiership, men’s Championship and some other friendlies. There’s also the men’s u20s Six Nations, West Asia Premiership and the rest of the HKC men’s and women’s Premierships.

Enjoy your weekend
Keith

Guinness Six Nations – Men’s – Round 3

Ireland v Wales
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita)
ARs: Karl Dickson (Eng) & Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)

Scotland v England
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)
ARs: Chris Busby (Ire) & Eoghan Cross (Ire)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)

France v Italy (in Lille)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
ARs: Matthew Carley (Eng) & Craig Evans (Wal)
TMO: Ian Tempest (Eng)

u20s Six Nations – round 3

Ireland v Wales (in Cork)
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (FIR)
ARs: Evan Urruzmendi (FFR) & Filippo Russo (FIR)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Scotland v England (in Edinburgh)
Referee: Ben Breakspear (WRU)
ARs: Benoit Rousselet (FFR) & Ben Connor (WRU)
TMO: Ian Davies (WRU)

France v Italy (in Beziers)
Referee: Ian Kenny (SRU)
ARs: Adam Leal (RFU) & Anthony Woodthorpe (RFU)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)

World Rugby Svns Series – Vancouver

Men’s tournament: Francisco Gonzalez (Uru), Nick Hogan (NZ), Morne Ferreira (SA),
Jeremy Rozier (Fra), AJ Jacobs (SA), Tevita Rokovereni (Fij)

Women’s tournament: Tyler Miller (Aus), Francisco Lopez (USA), Ano Kuwai (Jpn),
Kat Roche (USA), George Selwood (Eng), Talal Chaudhry (Can)

Rugby Europe Women’s Championship

Portugal v Netherlands
Referee: Jenny Lee (ESP)

International friendly

England A v Portugal A (played in Leicester)
Referee: Luc Ramos (FFR)
ARs: Kevin Bailey (FFR) & Christian Coussan (FFR)
TMO: Cyril Lafon (FFR)

Super Rugby Pacific – round 1

Chiefs v Crusaders
Referee: Nic Berry
ARs: Jordan Way & Reuben Keane
TMO: Aaron Paterson

Rebels v Brumbies
Referee: Angus Gardner
ARs: Matt Kellahan & George Myers
TMO: James Leckie

Force v Hurricanes
Referee: Damon Murphy
ARs: Graham Cooper & Jordan Kaminski
TMO: Kyle Burnett

Blues v Fijian Drua
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
ARs: Stu Curran & Jackson Henshaw
TMO: Glenn Newman

Highlanders v Moana Pasifika
Referee: Brendon Pickerill
ARs: Angus Mabey & Marcus Playle
TMO: Shane McDermott

Reds v Waratahs
Referee: James Doleman
ARs: Dan Waenga & Mike Winter
TMO: Richard Kelly

England: RFU Championship

Nottingham v Doncaster Knights
Referee: Alex Thomas
ARs: Andrew Jackson & Wayne Falla

Cambridge v Ealing Trailfinders
Referee: Joe James
ARs: Veryan Boscawen & Jamie Leahy

Coventry v Ampthill
Referee: Dan Jones
ARs: Greg Macdonald & John Meredith

Hartpury University v Bedford Blues
Referee: Richard Gordon
ARs: Jonathan Healy & Paul Dix

London Scottish v Caldy
Referee: Sara Cox
ARs: Simon Harding & Mike Woods

England: Premiership Women’s Rugby

Leicester Tigers Women v Trailfinders Women
Referee: Harry Walbaum
ARs: James Clarke & Simon Park

Bristol Bears Women v Loughborough Lightning
Referee: Mike Hudson
ARs: Hamish Grant & Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: Nikki O’Donnell

Exeter Chiefs Women v Harlequins Women
Referee: Charlie Gayther
ARs: James Pidding & James Cornell

Sale Sharks Women v Gloucester-Hartpury Women
Referee: Andy Wigley
ARs: Ian Bibey & Simon Adams

England: Friendlies

Cornish Pirates v Royal Navy
Referee: Tom Foley
ARs: James Milliner-Woodcock & Kevin Williams

Saracens v Leinster Rugby
Referee: Jack Makepeace
ARs: Jon Cook & Ryan Collier

Harlequins v Munster Rugby
Referee: Hamish Smales
ARs: Neil Chivers & Calum Howard

Hong Kong China: Nan Fung Group/SEWIT Men’s Premiership

IMPACT HKU Sandy Bay v Societe Generale Valley
Referee: Sam Brown (18th Prem Appointment)
ARs: Rowan Turner & Thomas Ngan

DAC Kowloon v Natixis HKFC Club
Referee: Francesco Cammisa (13th Prem Appointment)
ARs: Mark Jackson & Sam Chan

KPMG HK Scottish v Kroll USRC Tigers
Referee: Craig Chan (26th Prem Appointment)
ARs: Stephen Copeman & Nic Futter

Hong Kong China: Nan Fung Group/SEWIT Women’s Premiership

SCAA Causeway Bay Phoenix v Societe Generale Valley
Referee: Thomas Ngan (7th WPrem Appointment)
ARs: Aggie Poon & Anthony Law

Gai Wu Falcons v Kroll USRC Tigers Ladies
Referee: Sunny Lee (11th WPrem Appointment)
ARs: Evans Lam & Hendro van der Merwe

DAC Kowloon Ladies v Natixis HKFC Ice
Referee: Mark Jackson (6th WPrem Appointment)
ARs: Francesco Cammisa & Sam Chan

West Asia Premiership

Jebel Ali Dragons V Bahrain
Referee: Simon Dodd
ARs: Tony Duminy & JP Clements

Dubai Exiles v Doha
Referee: Matt Riley
ARs: James Fairbourn & Eugene Deegan

Dubai Tigers v Dubai Hurricanes
Ref: JP Clements
ARs: Jaco Dewitt & Brayden Hudson

France: Top 14 – Round 16

Montpellier Hérault Rugby v Aviron Bayonnais
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
ARs: David Beun & Thierry Mallet
TMO: Akim Hadj Bachir

USA Perpignan v Stade Rochelais
Referee: Adrien Descottes
ARs: Frederic Chazal & Stephane Coulon
TMO: Bruno Bessot

Castres Olympique v Union Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Tual Trainini
ARs: Christophe Bultet & Thomas Charabas
TMO: Eric Briquet Campin

LOU Rugby v Oyonnax Rugby
Referee: Vivien Praderie
ARs: Stephane Crapoix & Aurelie Groizeleau
TMO: Mourad Zitouni

Section Paloise v RC Toulon
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
ARs: Richard Duhau & Flavien Hourquet
TMO: Jonathan Dufort

Racing 92 v Stade Français Paris
Referee: Adrien Marbot
ARs: Benoit Albert Bonnafous & Ludovic Cayre
TMO: Laurent Sclafer

ASM Clermont v Stade Toulousain
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
ARs: Laurent Millotte & Evan Urruzmendi
TMO: Christophe Berdos

France: ProD2 – round 21

RC Vannes v AS Béziers Hérault
Referee: TBC
ARs: Denis Daste & Jean Lespes
TMO: Julien Castaignede

Stade Montois Rugby v USON Nevers
Referee: Remy Charleroy
ARs: Benjamin Beuriot & Christian Coussan
TMO: Vincent Blasco Baque

CA Brive v Valence Romans
Referee: Anthony Lac
ARs: Francois Bouzac & Cyrille Le Gall
TMO: Mourad Zitouni

Colomiers Rugby v Biarritz Olympique PB
Referee: Stephane Coulon
ARs: David Beun & Frederic Masse
TMO: Patrick Pechambert

Rouen Normandie Rugby v US Montalbanaise
Referee: Aurelie Groizeleau
ARs: Sylvain Brayelle & Mickael Simon
TMO: Jean Luc Rebollal

Soyaux-Angoulême XV v Provence Rugby
Referee: Pierre Bru
ARs: Sylvain Desvaux & Maxime Rouquie
TMO: Patrick Dellac

US Dax v Stade Aurillacois
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
ARs: Loic Frayssinet & Christophe Gaillardon
TMO: Denis Grenouillet

SU Agen v FC Grenoble Rugby
Referee: Herve Lasausa
ARs: Ludovic Carrillo & Sylvain Jaymes
TMO: Christophe Berdos