Who will be the referees for rugby Championship?

ByDavid Mitchell
Who will be the referees for rugby Championship?

Facing a new edition of the Rugby Championshipa review of the arbitral list that the matches will have throughout the six meetings. All rugby, in Disney+.

The team led by Felipe Contepomi will debut on Saturday, August 16 in front of the All Blacks in Córdoba, and then receive the Neozylalands in Buenos Aires a week later.

For the third date, they will travel to Australia to face the Wallabies on September 6 and 13, while they will close the tournament against South Africa, on September 27 in Durban and October 4 in London.

Arbitration designations for rugby Championship

Date August 16

South Africa vs Australia

  • Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)

  • Assistant 1: James Doceman (NZR)

  • Assistant 2: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

  • TMO: TUAL TRAININI (FFR)

  • FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZR)

Argentina vs New Zealand

  • Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)

  • Assistant 1: Nic Berry (RA)

  • Assistant 2: Morné Ferreira (Saru)

  • TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (Saru)

  • FPRO: Damon Murphy (RA)

Date August 23

South Africa vs Australia

  • Referee: James Doceman (NZR)

  • Assistant 1: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)

  • Assistant 2: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

  • TMO: Richard Kelly (RA)

  • FPRO: TUAL TRAININI (FFR)

Argentina vs New Zealand

  • Referee: Nic Berry (RA)

  • Assistant 1: Pierre Brousset (FFR)

  • Assistant 2: Morné Ferreira (Saru)

  • TMO: Damon Murphy (RA)

  • FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

Date September 6

Australia vs Argentina

  • Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)

  • Assistant 1: Christophe Ridley (RFU)

  • Assistant 2: Sam Grove-White (SRU)

  • TMO: Mike Adamson (SRU)

  • FPRO: Glenn Newman (NZR)

New Zealand vs South Africa

  • Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)

  • Assistant 1: Nika Amashukeli (Gru)

  • Assistant 2: Jordan Way (RA)

  • TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)

  • FPRO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

DATE 4 – September 13

Australia vs Argentina

  • Referee: Christophe Ridley (FFR)

  • Assistant 1: Paul Williams (NZR)

  • Assistant 2: Sam Grove-White (SRU)

  • TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)

  • FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)

New Zealand vs South Africa

  • Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Gru)

  • Assistant 1: Angus Gardner (RA)

  • Assistant 2: Jordan Way (RA)

  • TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

  • FPRO: Brett Cronan (RA)

Date September 27

New Zealand vs Australia

  • Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

  • Assistant 1: Matthew Carley (RFU)

  • Assistant 2: Morné Ferreira (Saru)

  • TMO: Marius Jonker (Saru)

  • FPRO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

South Africa vs Argentina

  • Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)

  • Assistant 1: Pierre Brousset (FFR)

  • Assistant 2: Angus Maby (NZR)

  • TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)

  • FPRO: Damon Murphy (RA)

Date October 4

New Zealand vs Australia

  • Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

  • Assistant 1: Pierre Brousset (FFR)

  • Assistant 2: Morné Ferreira (Saru)

  • TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

  • FPRO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

South Africa vs Argentina

  • Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

  • Assistant 1: Nika Amashukeli (Gru)

  • Assistant 2: Christophe Ridley (RFU)

  • TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)

  • FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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