Referees - 13 June

Testing time

June is busting out with international rugby all over the place - North America, Asia and in the Southern Hempisphere. Referees are hurtling all over the world.

Internationals

Samoa vs Fiji at National Stadium, Suva
Referee: Tappe Henning (South Africa)
Touch Judges: Kelvin Deaker, Steve Walsh (both New Zealand)
Assessor: Stuart Beissel (New Zealand)

New Zealand vs England at Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch Judges: Andrew Cole, Stuart Dickinson (both Australia)
Assessor: Ian Scotney (Australia)
Television match official: Matt Goddard (Australia)

South Africa vs Ireland at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
Touch Judges: Joël Jutge (France), Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Assessor: Les Peard (Wales)
Television match official: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Argentina vs Wales at Estadio del Atlético, Tucumán
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)
Touch Judges: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa), Roy Maybank (England)
Assessor: Frans Muller (South Africa)
Television match official: Eric Darrière (France)

Australia vs Scotland at Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
Assessor: Colin High (England)
Television match official: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

FIRA-AER

European Nations Cup

This postponed match was cancelled. The championship has been decided. Portugal won and Spain are relegated. Ukriane are promoted, eleaving Portugal the only non-Eastdern bloc country in the competition for next season.

Russia v Czech Republic: cancelled
Referee: Daniel Dartigeas (France)

Division 3B

Bosnia v Austria
Referee: George Bargaunas (Romania)

Friendly

Portugal vs Barbnarians
Referee: David Rosich (France)
Touch judges: Levy Quitério, Carlos Oliveira (both Portugal)

European Regions Cup

Riga (Latvia) v Mazurie (Poland)
Referee: Hamish Bruton (Sweden)

Churchill Cup

Canada vs England A
Referee: Gary Wise (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Matt Peters (New Zealand), Kevin McCaslin (USA)
Assessors: Don Morrison (USA), Dickie Haigh (New Zealand)

NZ Maori vs USA
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Touch judges: Roy Debney (England), Pierre Drolet (Canada)
Assessors: Claude Marsden (Canada), Don Morrison (USA)

Asian Qualifiers

China vs Singapore in Shanghai
Referee: Paul Haley

Confederation of African Rugby

There is a tournament in Dakar involving Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and hosts Senegal. Mali and Senegal have both won their matches in the first two rounds and face each other in the final on Saturday.

The referees are:

Hassan Tirari
Mustapha Allah

The match commissioner is Khalid Badri.

All three are from Morocco.

Under-21

IRB World Championship

The appointments for the first round are:

Ireland vs Tonga at New Anniesland
Referee: Shinchi Iwashita (Japan)
Touch judges: Graeme Hannah, Jim Oswald
Assessor: Alberto Recaldini
Citing commissioner: Bill Dunlop

Australia vs France at New Anniesland
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Touch judges: John Steele, D Anderson
Assessor: Carlos Molinari
Citing commissioner: Bill Dunlop

Italy vs Argentina at Raeburn Place
Referee: Huw Watkins (Wales)
Touch judges: Mike Hall, John Ferns
Assessor: Doug Kerr
Citing commissioner: Douglas Hunter

Scotland vs South Africa at rAeburn Place
Referee: Alistair McKay (Ireland)
Touch judges: Paul Haycock, David Wilkinson
Assessor: Brian Leigh
Citing commissioner: Douglas Hunter

Wales vs Russia at Netherdale
Referee: Marcelo Pilara (Argentina)
Touch judges: Iain Heard, Peter Carruthers
Assessor: Allen Piggott
Citing commissioner: Peter Brown

New Zealand vs England at Netherdale
Referee: Brett Bowden (Australia)
Touch judges: Malcolm Changleng, Ronnie Dumma
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie
Citing commissioner: Peter Brown

Tour

NSW Waratahs vs Scotland at Aussie Stadium
Referee: Greg Hinton (Australia)
Touch judges: Stuart Dickinson, Andrew Lindsay (both Australia)

Women

Churchill Cup

New Zealand vs USA
Referee: Randy Campbell (Canada)
Touch judges: Pierre Drolet (Canada), Roy Debney (England)
Assessors: Paul Bridgeman (DEngland), Claude Marsden (Canada)

Canada vs England
Referee: Ed Gardner (USA)
Touch judges: Kevin McClasin (USA), Matt Peters (New Zealand)
Assessors: Dickie Haigh (New Zealand), Paul Bridgeman (England)

Czech Republic

KB Extraliga

Final

RC JIMI Vyskov vs RC Ricany
Referee: Jaroslav Bednarik
Touch judges: Tomas Breburda, Roman Krsak
 
3rd place

TJ Praga Praha vs RC Tatra Smichov
Referee: Miroslav Sustek
Touch judges: Matej Razga, Daniel Pesl
 
Play-down

RC Brno Bystrc vs RC RS Brno   
Referee: Tomas Breburda
Touch judges: Jaroslav Tenora, Libor Tenora

RC Sparta Praha vs RC Havirov   
Referee: Jiri Stuksa
Touch judges: Tomas Breburda, Jiri Livers

France

Top 16

Play-offs

Beziers vs Bourgoin
Referee: Joël Dume
Touch judges: Romain Poite, Christophe Malterre
Assessor: B Guyelveze

Perpignan vs Castres
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
Touch judges: Bruno Bessot, Fernand Pereira
Assessor: Jean Punzano

Stade Français vs Toulouse
Referee: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Touch judges: Jean-Michel Schutz, Alain Moretto
Assessor: Bruno Fiche

Brive vs Biarritz
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat, Akim Hadj Bachir
Assessor: Patrick Labrune

Play-Downs

Montpellier vs Colomiers
Referee: David Rosich
Touch judges: Patrick Pechambert, Jean-Claude Dastugue
Assessor: Thierry Laur

Narbonne vs Agen
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Touch judges: Denis Grenouillet, Patrick Dellac
Assessor: Christophe Chamayou

Montauban vs Pau
Referee: Frank Maciello
Touch judges: Francis Vives, Didier Gibert
Assessor: Joël Dalla Cia

Grenoble vs Montferrand
Referee: Patrick Thomas
Touch judges: Jean-Christophe Clot, Daniel Janguiot
Assessor: Alphonse Farrugia

Pro D2 Semi-Finals
 
Bayonne vs Dax
Referee: Didier Mene
Touch judges: David Rosich, Hervé Dubes
Assessor: Gilbert Darrieutort

Auch sLyon
Referee: Daniel Dartigeas
Touch judges: Patrick Pechambert, José Bexiga
Assessor: Dominique Raynaud

Italy

Super 10

Return semi-finals

Ghial Calvisano v Arix Viadana at Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
Referee: Giovanni Morandin (Padova)
Touch judges: Alessandro Milan (Rovigo), Smonker (Padova)

Benetton Treviso v Overmach Rugby Parma at Stadio Monigo, Treviso
Referee: Maurizio Vancini (Milano)
Touch judges: Elio Peri (Brescia), Giacinto Pulcrano (Milano)

Portugal:

Taça Portugal Seniores - semi-finals

Agronomia v CDUP at Tapada
Referee: Ferdinando Sousa

Direito v Montemor at Monsanto
Referee: Emilio M Pereira