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Referees to 14 June 2020!

By Paul Dobson
Wednesday 10 Jun 2020

It feels so good to be able to list appointments of referees to matches on the coming weekend. It feels as if normalcy is near at half.

Normalcy? Not quite there are only two matches, both, unsurprisingly, in New Zealand, both with crowds taro watch them, both to be broadcast live.

The last weekend we did this for was 16 March 2020 - three months ago.

As Winston Churchill once surmised, perhaps this is the beginning of the end. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished.

Domestic

New Zealand

Super Rugby Aotearoa, Round 1

There are five teams involved, the four this weekend plus the Crusaders.

Highlanders vs Chiefs at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Referee: Paul Williams

Assistant referees: Brendon Pickerill, Ben O’Keeffe

Television match official: James Doleman

Blues vs Hurricanes at Eden Park, Auckland

Referee: Mike Fraser

Assistant referees: Ben O’Keeffe, James Doleman

Television match official: Brendon Pickerill

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