Plenty of rugby again around the globe. On the west side we have Hollie Davidson (pictured bottom left) in Ottawa to oversee the hosts Canada play Romania and Jordan Way is in a very sticky Washington DC as the Eagles play Scotland. On the other side of the planet, Nic Berry (top left) will be at Eden Park as the All Blacks try and and maintain their epic record of never losing a men’s international there, against England. Sara Cox (top right) is refereeing the sole women’s international as the Wallaroos play the Black Ferns for the Laurie O’Reilly Cup in Brisbane.
We have all the other men’s internationals between those two (plus Tonga and Samoa too!) and the Currie Cup and Women’s Prem and first division in South Africa too. It’s round 3 of the u20 Trophy in Scotland on Friday – Sylvain Mane (bottom right) from Senegal is in charge of the Samoa v HKC match up. The semi-finals and play offs in the u20 Championship take place on Sunday – fingers crossed for better conditions in Cape Town than we saw earlier this week. Those will be added when they’ve been announced.
Enjoy your weekend
Keith
Men’s internationals
USA v Scotland
Referee: Jordan Way (RA)
ARs: Adam Leal (RFU) & Robin Kaluzniak (RC)
TMO: Chris Assmus (RC)
Tonga v Italy
Referee: Damian Schneider (UAR)
ARs: James Doleman (NZR) & Marcus Playle (NZR)
Canada v Romania
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)
ARs: Kat Roche (USAR) & Luke Rogan (USAR)
Australia v Wales
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
ARs: Matthew Carley (RFU) & Paul Williams (NZR)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)
New Zealand v England
Referee: Nic Berry (RA)
ARs: Damon Murphy (RA) & Pierre Brousset (FFR)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
South Africa v Ireland
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
ARs: Luke Pearce (Eng) & Craig Evans (WRU)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)
Argentina v France
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
ARs: Chris Busby (IRFU) & Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (SARU)
Japan v Georgia
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
ARs: Christophe Ridley (RFU) & George Myers (Aus)
TMO: James Leckie (RA)
Samoa v Spain
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)
ARs: Jordan Kaminski (RA) & Tevita Rokovereni (FRU)
Paraguay v Hong Kong China
Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (URU)
ARs: Simón Larrubia (UAR) & Frank Méndez (Chile)
Chile v Belgium
Referee: Tómas Bertazza (UAR)
ARs: Mauro Rossi (UAR) & Federico Solari (UAR)
Namibia v Portugal
Referee: AJ Jacobs (SARU)
ARs: Griffin Colby (SARU) & Precious Pazani (ZRU)
Women’s international
Australia v New Zealand (for Laurie O’Reilly Cup, in Brisbane)
Referee: Sara Cox (RFU)
ARs: Natarsha Ganley (NZR) & Ella Goldsmith (RA)
TMO: Dan Jones (RFU)
World Rugby u20 Trophy – round 3 (Edinburgh)
Samoa v Hong Kong China
Referee: Sylvain Mane (Sen)
ARs: Katuski Furuse (Jpn) & Samel O’Neil (Sco)
Kenya v USA
Referee: Nicolae Fratila (Rom)
ARs: Ru Campbell (Sco) & Chelsea Gillespie (Sco)
Uruguay v Netherlands
Referee: Ethan Glass (Swi)
ARs: Caua Ricardo (Bra) & Rob McDowell (Sco)
Scotland v Japan
Referee: Lex Weiner (USA)
ARs: Morgan White HKC) & Caua Ricardo (Bra)
World Rugby u20 Championship (Cape Town)
Italy v Spain (9th place semi-final)
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Arg)
Georgia v Fiji (9th place semi-final)
Referee: Adam Jones(Wal)
Australia v Wales (5th place semi-final)
Referee: Federico Vedoveli (Ita)
Argentina v South Africa (5th place semi-final)
Referee: Reuben Keane (Aus)
ARs: Takehito Namekawa (Jpn) & Saba Abulashvili (Geo)
TMO: Mark Patton (Ire)
England v Ireland (Semi-final)
Referee: Morne Ferreira (SA)
ARs: Saba Abulashvili (Geo) & Aimee Barrett-Theron (SA)
New Zealand v France (Semi-final)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Sco)
ARs: Takehito Namekawa (Jpn) & Aimee Barrett-Theron (SA)
Rugby Europe – 7s Trophy (leg 2)
Budapest, Hungary
Women’s: Clémence Fayard (FRA), Loredana Juncanariu (ROU), Lorena Martinez (ESP), Nino Eloshvili (GEO), Hana Erika Radochova (CZE) & Jess Kavanagh (WAL)
Men’s: Joshua Ferreura (GER), Damien Dauvissat (FRA), Andrei Gheorghe (ROU), Mike Hawkins (DEN), Nikola Zachariev (CZE) & Phila Bitterhout (NED)
South Africa: Carling Currie Cup – Premier
Suzuki Griquas v Hollywoodbets Sharks XV
Referee: Christopher Allison
Airlink Pumas v Fidelity ADT Lions
Referee: Sean Muller
Toyota Cheetahs v DHL Western Province
Referee: Ruhan Meiring
NovaVit Griffons v Vodacom Bulls
Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys
Currie Cup – First Division
Valke v Eastern Province
Referee: Hanru van Rooyen
Leopards v Phangela SWD Eagles
Referee: Jonathan Lottering
Border Bulldogs v Sanlam Boland Kavaliers
Referee: Paul Mente
SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division
Sharks Women v EP Queens
Referee: Caleb Hibbers
Sanlam Boland Dames v Bulls Daisies
Referee: Siyanda Pikoli
DHL Western Province v Border Ladies
Referee: Angie Bezuidenhout
Free State Women v Golden Lions Women
Referee: Scott Oliver
Women’s First Division
Pumas Women v SWD Eagirls
Referee: Nalezeri Pretorius
Limpopo Women v Griffons Women
Referee: Excellent Mnkomo
Leopards Women v Griquas Women
Referee: Martie Mostert
