Referees appointed for Heineken Cup
The European Cup have announced the refereses for the first four rounds of the 2007-08 Heineken Cup. Alain Rolland, the referee at the World Cup Final, will referee in Round 1..
Recently, talking about the great experience of refereeing the final, Rolland said to us: "It will certainly live in the memories for ever more and I'm already looking forward to my next match!"
He will be back in Paris to referee the Heineken Cup match between Stade Francais and Harlequins.
In that first round there will be others who were referees at the World Cup - Chris White, Alan Lewis, who refered a quarter-final, Nigel Owens and Joel Jutge, who refereed a quarter-final. In addition Christophe Berdos was at the World Cup as a touch judge.
Lewis has refereed more Heineken Cup matches than any other referee - 45 so far. White and Jutge each 42 so far.
Round 1
Friday 9 November 2007
Pool 1
Perpignan vs Dragons
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Pool 2
Ulster vs Gloucester
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Saturday 10 November 2007
Pool 1
London Irish vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Pool 2
Ospreys vs Bourgoin
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Pool 3
Stade Francais vs Harlequins
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Pool 4
Viadana vs Biarritz
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Pool 5
London Wasps vs Munster
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Pool 6
Edinburgh vs Toulouse
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Leinster vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Sunday 11 November 2007
Pool 3
Cardiff Blues vs Bristol
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Pool 4
Saracens vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Pool 5
Clermont Auvergne vs Llanelli Scarlets
Referee: Chris White (England)
Round 2
Friday 16 November 2007
Pool 2
Gloucester vs Ospreys
[Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Pool 2
Bourgoin vs Ulster
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Pool 4
Glasgow Warriors vs Viadana
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Saturday 17 November 2007
Pool 1
Dragons vs London Irish
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Benetton Treviso vs Perpignan
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Pool 3
Harlequins vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Pool 4
Biarritz vs Saracens
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Pool 5
Llanelli Scarlets vs London Wasps
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Pool 6
Leicester Tigers vs Edinburgh
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Sunday 18 November 2007
Pool 3
Bristol vs Stade Francais
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Pool 5
Munster vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Pool 6
Toulouse vs Leinster
Referee: Chris White (England)
Round 3
Friday 7 December 2007
Pool 2
Ospreys vs Ulster
Referee: Chris White (England)
Pool 2
Bourgoin vs Gloucester
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Pool 6
Leinster vs Edinburgh
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Saturday 8 December 2007
Pool 1
Benetton Treviso vs Dragons
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Pool 3
Harlequins vs Bristol
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Pool 4
Saracens vs Viadana
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Pool 5
Clermont Auvergne vs London Wasps
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Llanelli Scarlets vs Munster
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Pool 6
Leicester Tigers vs Toulouse
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Sunday 9 December 2007
Pool 1
London Irish vs Perpignan
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Pool 3
Stade Francais vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Pool 4
Glasgow Warriors vs Biarritz
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Round 4
Friday 14 December 2007
Pool 2
Ulster vs Ospreys
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Pool 4
Biarritz vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Saturday 15 December 2007
Pool 1
Dragons vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Perpignan vs London Irish
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Pool 2
Gloucester vs Bourgoin
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Pool 3
Cardiff Blues vs Stade Francais
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Pool 4
Viadana vs Saracens
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Pool 5
London Wasps vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Pool 6
Edinburgh vs Leinster
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Sunday 16 December 2007
Pool 3
Bristol vs Harlequins
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Pool 5
Munster vs Llanelli Scarlets
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Pool 6
Toulouse vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)