Referees to 24 July 2016
Super Rugby knock-outs begin. This is an exciting time as the competition heads to an end.
There are eight teams this coming weekend, then four the weekend after it and two the weekend after that with just one team left standing – the champions for 2016.
The eight this weekend are four New Zealand teams, three South African teams and an Australian team – Hurricanes, Chiefs, Crusaders and Highlanders, Lions, Stormers and Sharks, and the Brumbies. The complications of the system no longer matter; what matters are this weekend´s four matches, their players and their match officials.
Angus Gardner will start the quarterfinals in Canberra on Friday.
Interestingly, there is no allowance made for trying to make the referees unattached, which says a great deal for the trust that SANZAAR has in its referees.
Lesego Legoete, whom everybody calls Pro, is off to Harare for his sixth Test as referee.
International
Africa Cup
Division 1A
Zimbabwe vs Uganda in Harare
Referee: Lesego Legoete (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Oscar Lambert (Namibia), Aleck Maphosa (Botswana)
Super Rugby Quarterfinals
Brumbies vs Highlanders at GIO Stadium, Canberra
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Ben O´Keeffe (New Zealand), Nic Berry (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
Hurricanes vs Sharks at Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nick Briant (New Zealand), Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Lions vs Crusaders at Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa), Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Stormers vs Chiefs at Newlands
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jaco van Heerden (South Africa), AJ Jacobs (South Africa)
Television match official: Johan Greeff (South Africa)
Friendly
Verblitz vs Cheetahs in Tokyo
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)
Domestic
South Africa
Currie Cup Qualifiers
South Western Districts vs Sharks XV at Outeniqua Stadium, George
Referee: Sindile Ngcese
Assistant referees: Local
Valke vs Eastern Province Kings at Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
Assistant referees: Local
Border vs Free State at Buffalo City Municipal Stadium, East London
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe
Assistant referees: Local
Leopards vs Griquas at Olën Park, Potchefstroom
Referee: Egon Seconds
Assistant referees: Mpho Matsaung, Local
Griffons vs Pumas at North West Stadium, Welkom
Referee: Rodney Boneparte
Assistant referees: Local
Boland Cavaliers vs Golden Lions Grabouw Hoërskool, Grabouw
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
Assistant referees: Local
Welwitschias vs Western Province at Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Archie Sehlako
Assistant referees: Local
Under-19
Sharks vs Golden Lions at KINGS PARK, Durban
Referee: Ruhan Meiring
Assistant referees: Local
Eastern Province vs Free State at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Referee: Pieter Maritz
Assistant referees: Local
Leopards vs Western Province at Olën Park, Potchefstroom
Referee: Mpho Matsaung
Assistant referees: Local
Women´s Interprovincial
Leopards vs Pumas at Olën Park, Potchefstroom
Referee: Maria Mabote
Assistant referees: Local
Valke vs Limpopo at NWU Vaal Rugby Club, Vanderbijlpark
Referee: Lee-Anne MacClune
Assistant referees: Local
Border vs KwaZulu Natal at Buffalo City Municipal Stadium, East London
Referee: Ashleigh Murray
Assistant referees: Local
Blue Bulls vs Eastern Province at Loftus B, Pretoria
Referee: Aimee Barrett
Assistant referees: Local
Western Province vs South Western Districts in Pniel
Referee: Siyanda Ketse
Assistant referees: Local
