Referees for Premiership Final

This will be the eighth time Barnes will have refereed the Premiership final, the third time in the last four years and only a matter of just a fortnight since he refereed the final of Rugby Europe's Championship Cup final, in which Leinster beat Racing.

 

The Premiership final will be between Saracens and Exeter Chiefs. The Chiefs won in 2017, Saracens in 2015 and 2016.

 

For Barnes, who is 39 and a barrister by profession, this match will have a significant tag attached – his 200th Premiership match.

 

If the match ends drawn, extra time will be played in two halves of 10 minutes each, as happened in 2014 and last year. If at the end of extra time, the scores are still level, the winner will be the team scoring more tries than the other side. If things are still equal after that, the winner will be decided by kicks at goal.

 

 

Exeter Chiefs vs Saracens at Twickenham

Referee: Wayne Barnes

Assistant referees: Luke Pearce, Paul Dix

Television match official: David Grashoff

Timekeeper: Paul Stanley

Referee manager: Tony Spreadbury

Referee liaison: Kate Saddler

 

 

2003: London Wasps

2004: London Wasps

2005: London Wasps

2006: Sale Sharks

2007: Leicester Tigers

2008: London Wasps

2009: Leicester Tigers

2010: Leicester Tigers

2011: Saracens

2012: Harlequins

2013: Leicester Tigers

2014: Northampton Saints

2015: Saracens 28–16

2016: Saracens 28–20

2017: Exeter Chiefs