Referees for Europe, Rounds 3 & 4
The European Cup has announced the referees for Rounds 3 and 4 of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup.
Nigel Owens will take charge of the first Heineken Cup match to be staged at the new Dublin home of Irish when Leinster play their Round 4 match against Clermont Auvergne at the 50,000 capacity Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 18 December.
Owens is one of only three referees to reach a half century of Heineken Cup matches. This will be his 52nd Heineken Cup match when the 2009 Heineken Cup winners play the reigning French champions.
Rounds 3 and 4 are back -to-back rounds, the same teams at alternate venues.
Heineken Cup
Round 3
Friday 10 December 2010
Glasgow Warriors vs Toulouse
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Saturday 11 December 2010
Northampton Saints vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Castres vs Edinburgh
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Saracens vs Racing Meto 92
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Ulster vs Bath
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Aironi vs Biarritz
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Perpignan vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Scarlets vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Sunday 12 December, 2010
Clermont Auvergne vs Leinster
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
London Irish vs Toulon
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Munster vs Ospreys
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Dragons vs London Wasps
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Round 4
Friday 17 December 2010
Racing Meto 92 vs Saracens
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Biarritz vs Aironi
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Saturday 18 December 2010
Leinster vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Toulon vs London Irish
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Ospreys vs Munster
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Bath vs Ulster
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Benetton Treviso vs Scarlets
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Toulouse vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Sunday 19 December, 2010
Cardiff Blues vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Edinburgh vs Castres
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
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Leicester Tigers vs Perpignan
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
London Wasps vs Dragons
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Amlin Challenge Cup, Rounds 3 and 4
Round 3
Thursday 9 December 2010
Montpellier vs Bourgoin
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Saturday 11 December 2010
Brive vs Sale Sharks
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Petrarca vs Cetransa El Salvador
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
Exeter Chiefs vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Bucharest Oaks vs Stade Français
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)
La Rochelle vs Gloucester
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Femi-Cz Rovigo vs Agen
Referee: David Jones (Wales)
Sunday 12 December 2010
Bayonne vs I Cavalieri Estra
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Harlequins vs Connacht
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Leeds Carnegie vs Crociati
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Round 4
Thursday 16 December 2010
Stade Français Paris vs Bucharest Oaks
Referee: Stefano Pennè (Italy)
Friday 17 December 2010
Connacht vs Harlequins
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Saturday 18 December, 2010
I Cavalieri Estra vs Bayonne
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Bourgoin vs Montpellier
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Agen vs Femi-Cz Rovigo
Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Sunday 19 December, 2010
Sale Sharks vs Brive
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Cetransa El Salvador vs Petrarca
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
Newcastle Falcons vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Crociati vs Leeds Carnegie
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
Gloucester vs La Rochelle
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)