Referees for Europe's rounds 3 & 4

The Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup are back in action for the second weekend of December, and the European Rugby Cup (ERC) has announced the referees for these matches Europe is , after all, in the middle of its season and referees need to be on their toes.


The appointments are made by a committee made up of the ERC's referee boss, Donal Courtney as convener and the referee managers of the Six Nations.


In announcing the appointments, Courtney said the importance of the refereeing of key areas such as sealing off at the tackle, offside at rucks and kicks, and obstruction at line-out mauls had been reiterated to the participating clubs and to the referees.


Courtney also emphasised that ERC continued to provide an opportunity for club coaching staff to share their feedback on the performances of match officials and that this feedback was an important part of the review process upon which appointments were based.


Round 3 will be played from the 6 December, Round 4 from 13 December.


Appointments


Heineken Cup


Round 3


Glasgow Warriors vs Castres Olympique

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


Connacht vs Biarritz Olympique

Referee: Greg Garner (England)


Northampton Saints vs Ulster

Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)


Scarlets vs Exeter Chiefs

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


Toulouse vs Ospreys

Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


Zebre vs Harlequins

Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)


Sale Sharks vs Toulon

Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)


Munster vs Saracens

Referee: Romain Poite (France)


Racing Metro 92 vs Edinburgh

Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)


Cardiff Blues vs Montpellier

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)


Leicester Tigers vs Benetton Treviso

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)


Clermont Auvergne vs Leinster

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


Round 4


Edinburgh vs Racing Metro 92

Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)


Biarritz Olympique vs Connacht

Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)


Ospreys vs Toulouse

Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)


Benetton Treviso vs Leicester Tigers

Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


Harlequins vs Zebre

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


Leinster vs Clermont Auvergne

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


Exeter Chiefs vs Scarlets

Referee: Romain Poite (France)


Ulster vs Northampton Saints

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


Montpellier vs Cardiff Blues

Referee: Greg Garner (England)


Castres Olympique vs Glasgow Warriors

Referee: Andrew Small (England)


Saracens vs Munster

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)


Toulon vs Sale Sharks

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)


Amlin Challenge Cup


Round 3


Worcester Warriors vs Perpignan

Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)


Bordeaux-Bègles vs Mont-de-Marsan

Referee: JP Doyle (England)


Grenoble vs London Welsh

Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)


 Mogliano vs NG Dragons

 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)


I Cavalieri Prato vs Stade Français

Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)


Bath vs Cammi Calvisano

Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)


London Irish vs Gloucester

Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)


Bucharest Wolves vs Agen

Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy)


Bizkaia Gernika RT vs VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo

Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)


Bayonne vs London Wasps

Referee: Manus Mitrea (Italy)


Round 4


London Wasps vs Bayonne

Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)


Stade Français vs I Cavalieri Prato

Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)


Mont-de-Marsan vs Bordeaux-Bègles

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


Agen vs Bucharest Wolves

Referee: Ian Tempest (England)


London Welsh vs Grenoble

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


Cammi Calvisano vs Bath

Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)


Gloucester vs London Irish

Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)


VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo vs Bizkaia Gernika RT

Referee: Leo Colgan (Ireland)


Perpignan vs Worcester Warriors

Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)


Newport Gwent Dragons vs Mogliano

Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)