Happy Six Nations weekend everyone!! The referees have been in camp in London and are now on the ground where they need to be. Good luck to Karl Dickson (pictured top left), Ben O’Keeffe and Pierre Brousset who get it all under way in round one. The u20s competition is also kicking off on Friday with Luke Rogan (in Northampton), Kevin Bralley (in Treviso), and Christopher Allison (in Perpignan) overseeing matters there.
The Svns crew have moved from Singapore to Perth with Jess Ling (bottom right) switching in for Sunny Lee in the women’s comp, as the only change to last weeks ref squad.
Super Rugby Pacific gets under way next week, but the Japanese league has a full suite of matches this weekend, as does the West Asia Super Rugby competition. In Chiba, Morgan White (bottom left) from Hong Kong China builds up to his u20s Six Nations with a run out in Japan as the Greenrockets play the Kamaishi Seawaves.
In Europe, there’s one Italian Serie A Femminile match and a full AIL and Scotland men’s prem in action this weekend – see the list of officials below. Down below Hadrian’s Wall, there’s PWR and Champ Rugby action and the Prem Cup continues. Sara Cox (top right) is in Bristol for their men’s match against Exeter. There’s also another round of the Rugby Europe Championship.
Enjoy your weekend!
Keith
World Svns Series – Perth
Men’s comp: Tevita Rokovereni (Fij), AJ Jacobs (SA), Nick Hogan (NZ) & Francisco Gonzalez (Uru)
Women’s comp: Jess Ling (Aus), Ella Goldsmith (Aus), Tiana Ngawati-Anderson (NZ) & Kat Roche (USA)
Guinness Men’s Six Nations – round 1
France v Ireland
Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)
ARs: Angus Gardner (Aus) & Jordan Way (Aus)
TMO: Ian Tempest (Eng)
FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZ)
Italy v Scotland
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZ)
ARs: James Doleman (NZ) & Katsuki Furuse (Jpn)
TMO: Richard Kelly (NZ)
FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SA)
England v Wales
Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra)
ARs: Nic Berry (Aus) & Morné Ferreira (SA)
TMO: Tual Trainini (Fra)
FPRO: Brett Cronan (Aus)
u20s Six Nations – round 1
Italy v Scotland (Treviso)
Referee: Kevin Bralley (Fra)
ARs: Evan Urruzmendi (Fra) & Thibault Santamaria (Fra)
TMO: Julien Castaignede (Fra)
England v Wales (Northampton)
Referee: Luke Rogan (USA)
ARs: Robin Kaluzniak (Can) & Mike Lawrenson (USA)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)
France v Ireland (Perpignan)
Referee: Christopher Allison (SA)
ARs: Alberto Favaro (Ita) & Franco Rosella (FIR)
TMO: Giuseppe Vivarini (Ita)
Rugby Europe Championship 2026
Germany v Romania
Referee: Saba Makharadze (GEO)
ARs: Saba Abulashvili (GEO) & Mariam Goguadze (GEO)
TMO: Soso Japaridze (GEO)
Switzerland v Georgia
Referee: Alex Ionescu (ROU)
ARs: Andrei Gheorghe (ROU) & Paul Warman (GER)
TMO: Eugeniu Procopi (MDA)
Belgium v Portugal
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (FRA)
ARs: Thomas Charabas (FRA) & Mathieu Noirot (FRA)
TMO: Patrick Dellac (FRA)
Netherlands v Spain
Referee: Filipo Russo (ITA)
ARs: Luca Bisetto (ITA) & Simone Boaretto (ITA)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (ITA)
Scotland: Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership
Currie Chieftains v Kelso
Referee: Chelsea Gillespie
ARs: Steven Turnbull & Gordon Galashan
Ayr v Selkirk
Referee: Daniel Evans
ARs: Iain Morrison & Lee Murru
Heriot’s Rugby v Glasgow Hawks
Referee: Michael Todd
ARs: Shane Mansfield & Bryan Johnston
Melrose Rugby v Hawick
Referee: Rob McDowell
ARs: Euan Maguire & Bob Nevins
Watsonians v GHA
Referee: Ciaran Stark
ARs: Angus Healy & Alistair Watt
Japan: League One – Division 1
Blackrams v Wildknights
Referee: Ibuki Tetsuka
ARs: Kohei Osawa & Ryotaro Shindo
TMO: Tasuku Kawahara
FPRO: Nobutsugu Oda
Verblitz v Eagles
Referee: Motonori Mizutani
ARs: Atsushi Yamamoto & Yuma Higashimura
TMO: Yosuke Kimura
FPRO: Koji Taniguchi
Steelers v BlueRevs
Referee: Koki Yamauchi
ARs: Teruki Inanishi & Ryosuke Yamatani
TMO: Daiki Kako
FPRO: Kenji Koide
Spears v D‑Rocks
Referee: Masaki Kondo
ARs: Kohei Yoshino & Shuhei Hamada
TMO: Mayumi Takahashi
FPRO: Kazuhito Taniguchi
MIE Honda Heat v Brave Lupus
Referee: Tetsuya Hirakawa
ARs: Toshimasa Sekiya & Yohei Yonekura
TMO: Takehito Namekawa
FPRO: Takahiro Kano
Sungoliath v Dynaboars
Referee: Takehito Namekawa
ARs: Tetsuya Hirakawa & Kohei Osawa
TMO: Tasuku Kawahara
FPRO: Eri Kamimura
Division 2
Bluesharks v Liners
Referee: Sota Ouchi
ARs: Hibiki Ikeda & Morgan White (HK)
TMO: Minoru Fuji
FPRO: Eri Kamimura
Voltex v RedHurricanes
Referee: Teruki Inanishi
ARs: Rikuto Nobuhara & Taiga Hirose
TMO: Tomohiro Koyama
FPRO: Katsuhiko Ishii
Greenrockets v Seawaves
Referee: Morgan White (HK)
ARs: Sota Ouchi & Kohei Yoshino
TMO: Ibuki Ietsuka
FPRO: Daiki Kako
Division 3
Skyactivs v Levins
Referee: Rikuto Nobuhara
ARs: Yusaku Murata & Junichiro Yotsuji
Leriro v Redregions
Referee: Yusaku Murata
ARs: Shuhei Hamada & Kouichiro Makino
England: Prem Cup (Mens)
Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Sara Cox
ARs: Matt Sharpe & Mike Woods
Sale Sharks v Bath Rugby
Referee: Hamish Smales
ARs: Ian Tempest & Veryan Boscawen
Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Red Bulls
Referee: Jamie Parr
ARs: Andrew Jackson & Calum Howard
TMO: Peter Allan
Saracens v Harlequins
Referee: George Selwood
ARs: Benjamin Wood & Neil Chivers
England: The PWR (Women’s)
Bristol Bears Women v Ealing Trailfinders Women
Referee: Natarsha Ganley
ARs: Jack Sutton & Simon Adams
Sale Sharks Women v Gloucester‑Hartpury Women
Referee: Andrew Jackson
ARs: Calum Howard & Simon Park
Harlequins Women v Exeter Chiefs Women
Referee: Andy Wigley
ARs: Michael Lamb & Ryan Collier
TMO: Stuart Terheege
Leicester Tigers Women v Saracens Women
Referee: Charlie Gayther
ARs: George Ounsley & Jenny Burrows
England: The Champ
Bedford Blues v Ampthill
Referee: Jonathan Cook
ARs: Samuel Yates & Veryan Boscawen
Richmond v Nottingham Rugby
Referee: Ben Simpson
ARs: Iain Kiy & Gareth Holsgrove
Ealing Trailfinders v Coventry
Referee: Richard Gordon
ARs: Greg Macdonald & James Pidding
Chinnor v Hartpury
Referee: Harry Walbaum
ARs: Michael Lamb & Iain Kiy
Cambridge v Caldy
Referee: Hamish Grant
ARs: James Clarke & Kieron Henry
Worcester Warriors v Doncaster
Referee: Craig Maxwell‑Keys
ARs: Mike Hudson & Gregg Dawson
Cornish Pirates v London Scottish
Referee: Dan Jones
ARs: Natarsha Ganley & Kevin Williams
Ireland: Energia All Ireland League
Ballynahinch v Nenagh Ormond
Referee: Jack MacNeice
Clontarf v Cork Constitution
Referee: Robbie Jenkinson
Lansdowne v Old Belvedere
Referee: Andrew Fogarty
St Marys College RFC v Terenure College RFC
Referee: Peter Martin
Young Munster v UCD
Referee: Andrew Brace
Italy: Serie A Elite Femminile
Villorba Rugby v Benetton Rugby Treviso
Referee: Chiara Carnini
ARs: Lorenzo Gallina & Edoardo Basso
West Asia Super Rugby
Jebel Ali Dragons v Dubai Hurricanes
Referee: JP Clements
ARs: Amit Bir & Eugene Deegan
Abu Dhabi Harlequins v Doha
Referee: Neil DuPlessis
ARs: Simon Dodd & Jack Taylor
Bahrain v Dubai Exiles
Referee: Matt Riley
ARs: Joanna Bezuidenhout & James Pearce
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