Referees for Europe's Last Pool Rounds
It's Christmas 2019, a beautiful island of peace in a hurried world, "But at my back I always hear/Time's winged chariot hurrying near." And it's 2020 already and announcements about the referees for the end of Europe's pool matches.
The European Professional Club Rugby has announced the names of the referees for Rounds 5 and Round 6 of both the Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup.
Champions Cup, Round 5, 10-12 January 2020
La Rochelle vs Sale Sharks at Stade Marcel Deflandre, La Rochelle
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Bath vs Harlequins at Recreation Ground, Bath
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Ospreys vs Saracens at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Clermont Auvergne vs Ulster at Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Glasgow Warriors vs Exeter Chiefs at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Connacht vs Toulouse at The Sportsground, Galway
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Gloucester vs Montpellier at Kingsholme Stadium, Gloucester
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Leinster vs Lyon at RDS Arena , Dublin
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Northampton Saints vs Benetton at Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
Racing 92 vs Munster at Paris La Defense Arena, Paris
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Round 6, 18-19 January 2020
Lyon vs Northampton Saints at Matmut Stadium de Gerland, Lyon
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Benetton vs Leinster at Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Ulster vs Bath at Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Harlequins vs Clermont Auvergne at the Twickenham Stoop, Twickenham
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Exeter Chiefs vs La Rochelle at Sandy Park, Exeter
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Sale Sharks vs Glasgow Warriors at AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Saracens vs Racing 92 at Allianz Park, Barnet
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Munster vs Ospreys at Thomond Park, Limerick
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Montpellier vs Connacht at GGL Stadium, Montpellier
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Toulouse vs Gloucester at Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Challenge Cup
Round 5, 11-12 January 2020
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Edinburgh
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
Rugby Calvisano vs Pau
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
Agen vs Wasps
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
Stade Français Paris vs Zebre
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Castres vs Dragons
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Worcester Warriors vs Enisei-STM
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Bristol Bears vs Brive
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
Bayonne vs London Irish
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Scarlets vs Toulon
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
Leicester Tigers vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Round 6, 17-18 January 2020
Dragons vs Enisei-STM
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
Worcester Warriors vs Castres
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
Cardiff Blues vs Calvisano
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Pau vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
Brive vs Stade Français Paris
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Zebre vs Bristol Bears
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
Edinburgh vs Agen
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
Wasps vs Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
London Irish vs Scarlets
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
Toulon vs Bayonne
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)