European referees, 3 & 4
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:32
The European Rugby Cup has announced the appointments of match officials to Rounds 3 and 4 of the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup.
Alan Lewis will be in charge when Stade Français Paris and Harlequins break new ground when they play their Heineken Cup Pool 4 match at Stade de France on Saturday, 6 December.
The French national stadium will be the 84th venue to stage Heineken Cup action when the leading Irish referee controls the Round 3 clash between the 2007 French champions and the London club riding high in second place in the Guinness Premiership. The clubs - among the seven teams still able to boast two from two so far - are deadlocked on nine match points apiece and with 50 000 tickets already sold the match looks set to smash the current Heineken Cup Pool record attendance of 44 112.
Lewis is the only official to have refereed 50 or more Heineken Cup matches and when he takes charge of Perpignan's Round 4 match against Leicester Tigers on Sunday, 14 December it will be his 56th tournament appointment.
Rob Debney (England) will get the third Round of European club rugby action underway when he takes charge of the European Challenge Cup Pool 2 match between Montpellier and Toulon at Stade Yves du Manoir in Montpellier on Thursday, 4 December.
Heineken Cup
Round 3
Pool 1
Sale Sharks vs Montauban
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Clermont Auvergne vs Munster
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Pool 2
Edinburgh vs London Wasps
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Leinster vs Castres
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Pool 3
Ospreys vs
Benetton Treviso
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Leicester Tigers vs Perpignan
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Pool 4
Ulster vs Scarlets
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Stade Français vs Harlequins
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Pool 5
Toulouse vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Bath vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Pool 6
Cardiff Blues vs Biarritz Olympique
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Calvisano vs Gloucester
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Round 4
Pool 1
Munster vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Chris White (England)
Montauban vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Pool 2
Castres vs Leinster
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
London Wasps vs Edinburgh
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Pool 3
Benetton Treviso vs Ospreys
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Perpignan vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Pool 4
Scarlets vs Ulster
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Harlequins vs Stade Français
Referee: Nigel Owens
(Wales)
Pool 5
Newport Gwent Dragons vs Toulouse
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Glasgow Warriors vs Bath
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Pool 6
Biarritz vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Gloucester vs Calvisano
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
European Challenge Cup
Round 3
Pool 1
Dax vs London Irish
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)
Rovigo vs Connacht
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Pool 2
Montpellier vs
Toulon
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Northampton Saints vs Bristol
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Pool 3
Bourgoin vs Worcester Warriors
Referee: Colin Stanley (Ireland)
Bucuresti Oaks vs Petrarca
Referee: Patrick Pechambert (France)
Pool 4
Brive vs Cetransa El Salvador
Referee: Claudio Passacantando (Italy)
Overmach Parma vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Stefan Pomarède (France)
Pool 5
Bayonne vs Saracens
Referee: Andrew McPherson (Scotland)
Mont-de-Marsan vs Viadana
Referee: Gwyn Morris
(Wales)
Round 4
Pool 1
London Irish vs Dax
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Connacht vs Rovigo
Referee: David Rosich (France)
Pool 2
Toulon vs Montpellier
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Bristol vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Pool 3
Petrarca vs Bucuresti Oaks
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Worcester Warriors vs Bourgoin
Referee: Andy McPherson (Scotland)
Pool 4
Newcastle Falcons vs Overmach Parma
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Cetransa El Salvador
vs Brive
Referee: Paolo Ventura (Italy)
Pool 5
Viadana vs Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Saracens vs Bayonne
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
