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June Tests' match officials

It is above all a Southern Hemisphere time and the focus will be mostly on the B&I Lions tour of New Zealand with Jaco Peyper's, Jérôme Garcès and Romain Poite to care for the Tests.

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In general the Northern Hemisphere forsakes its summer for the southern winter, and then in November the reverse happens.

There are two Rugby World Tournaments in which referees have not been appointed to individual matches yet but the referees for the tournaments are known. They are the Nations Cup and the Under-20 World Championship.

And then there are three matches of qualification for the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Appointments

3 June 2017

Provincial Union XV vs British & Irish Lions at Toll Stadium, Whangarei

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Assistant referees: Local (New Zealand)

Television match official: Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)  

7 June 2017

Blues vs British & Irish Lions at Eden Park, Auckland

Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)

Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Angus Gardner (Australia)

Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)  

 

10 June 2017

Crusaders vs British & Irish Lions at AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Pascal Gauzère (France)

Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

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Australia vs Fiji at AAMI Park, Melbourne

Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)  

USA vs Ireland at Red Bull Arena, Newark, New Jersey

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Assistant referees: Federico Anselmi (Argentina), Chris Assmus (Canada)

Television match official: Neil Paterson (Scotland)  

Canada vs Georgia at Calgary Rugby Park, Calgary, Canada

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Shuhei Kubo (Japan), Ben Whitehouse (Wales)   

Japan vs Romania at Egao Kenko Stadium, Kumamoto

Referee: Alex Ruiz (France)

Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Will Houston (Australia)

Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)  

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Argentina vs England in San Juan, Argentina

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Assistant referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Egon Seconds (South Africa)

Television match official: Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)  

Italy vs Scotland in Singapore

Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Tim Baker (Hong Kong)

Television match official: Minoru Fuji (Japan)  

South Africa vs France at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)  

Nations Cup

Namibia vs Spain at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo

Argentina XV vs Russia at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo

Uruguay vs Emerging Italy at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo        

13 June 2017

Highlanders vs British & Irish Lions at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Assistant referees: Pascal Gauzère (France), Mathieu Raynal (France)

Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Nations Cup        

Namibia vs Emerging Italy at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo

Argentina XV vs Spain at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo

Uruguay vs Russia at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo  

16 June 2017

Tonga vs Wales Auckland ()  

Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)  

17 June 2017

Maori All Blacks vs British & Irish Lions at International Stadium, Rotorua

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Romain Poite (France)

Television match official: Ian Smith (Australia)  

Fiji vs Italy ANZ Stadium, Suva

Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Pascal Gauzère (France), Graham Cooper (Australia)   

USA vs Georgia at Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta

Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England), Chris Assmus (Canada)

Television match official: Neil Paterson (Scotland)  

Canada vs Romania at Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton

Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

Assistant referees: Andrew Brace (Ireland), Ben Whitehouse (Wales)   

Japan vs Ireland at Shizuoka Stadium, Ecopa, Shizuoka

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Alex Ruiz (France)

Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)  

Argentina vs England in Santa Fe

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Egon Seconds (South Africa)

Television match official: Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)  

South Africa vs France Kings Park, Durban

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Angus Gardner (Australia)

Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)  

Australia vs Scotland at Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Assistant referees: Matthew Carley (England), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)  

18 June 2017

Nations Cup

Namibia vs Russia at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo          

Uruguay vs Spain at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo

Argentina vs Emerging Italy at Estádio Charrúa, Montevideo

20 June 2017

Chiefs vs British & Irish Lions at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Romain Poite (France)

Television match official: Ian Smith (Australia)  

24 June 2017

New Zealand vs British & Irish Lions at Eden Park, Auckland

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Jérôme Garcès (France)

Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)

Samoa vs Wales Apia Park, Apia

Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Rohan Hoffman (Australia)   

Fiji vs Scotland at ANZ Stadium, Suva

Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)

Assistant referees: Will Houston (Australia), Graham Cooper (Australia)    

Japan vs Ireland at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo

Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Alex Ruiz (France)

Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)  

Argentina vs Georgia at Estádio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Assistant referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Egon Seconds (South Africa)

Television match official: Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)  

Australia vs Italy at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia

Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)  

South Africa vs France at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Assistant referees: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)

Rugby World Cup Qualifier

Canada vs USA at Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Assistant referees: Andrew Brace (Ireland), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

Television match official: Sean Davey (England)  

27 June 2017

Hurricanes vs British & Irish Lions at Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Jérôme Garcès (France)

Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)

1 July 2017

New Zealand vs British & Irish Lions at Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)  

Rugby World Cup Qualifiers

Samoa vs Tonga at Apia Park, Apia

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Assistant referees: Nick Briant (New Zealand), Paul Williams (New Zealand)   

USA vs Canada at Torero Stadium, San Diego

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Ben Whitehouse (Wales), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

Television match official: Sean Davey (England)  

8 July 2017

New Zealand vs British & Irish Lions at Eden Park, Auckland

Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Assistant referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)  

Rugby World Cup Qualifiers

Fiji vs Tonga at Suva

Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Marius Mitrea (Italy)   

15 July 2017

Samoa vs Fiji at Apia Park, Apia

Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Marius Mitrea (Italy), Nick Briant (New Zealand)

Nations Cup, 10 – 18 June 2017

Referees: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain), Vlad Iordachescu (Romania), Joaquín Montes (Uruguay), Kurt Weaver (USA)

World Rugby's Under-20 World Championship, 31 May to 18 June 2017

Match officials: Mike Adamson (Scotland), Pierre Brousset (France), Nic Berry (Australia), Tom Foley (England), Johan Greeff (South Africa), Dan Jones (Wales), Jon Mason (Wales), Frank Murphy (Ireland), Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand), Andrea Piardi (Italy), Christophe Ridley (England), Charles Samson (Scotland), Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)

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