Referees for Europe, Rounds 5 & 6

The European Cup (ERC) has announced the referees for the final two rounds of pool matches in the 2009-10 Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup.

The nominated referees are drawn from the ERC 2009-10 match officials' panel, with the nominations proposed by Donal Courtney, the ERC match officials performance manager, to the ERC match officials sub-committee.

The committee is made up of referee managers from the six Unions of the participating teams, who review and confirm the final appointments.

The performance of match officials will be reviewed by the ERC match officials performance manager, together with a panel of performance reviewers (PR). Head coaches/directors of rugby are invited to submit their comments and feedback to the ERC match officials performance manager on the performances of match officials in their games.

Heineken Cup:

Round Five:

Friday, January 15

Pool 2
Glasgow Warriors vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)  

Pool 4
Ulster vs Edinburgh     
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) 

Saturday, January 16

Pool 1
Benetton Treviso vs Munster     
Referee: Chris White (England) 

Pool 2
Gloucester vs Biarritz    
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)  

Pool 3
Leicester Tigers vs Viadana     
Referee: James Jones (Wales)  

Pool 3
Clermont Auvergne vs Ospreys    
Referee: David Pearson (England) 
 
Pool 4
Stade Français Paris vs Bath     
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ir) 

Pool 5
Cardiff Blues vs Sale Sharks     
Referee: Romain Poite (France) 

Pool 6
Leinster vs Brive       
Referee: Andrew Small (England) 

Sunday, January 17

Pool 1
Northampton Saints vs Perpignan    
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) 

Pool 5
Toulouse vs Harlequins     
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) 
 
Pool 6
Scarlets vs London Irish      
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)

Round Six:

Friday, January 22

Pool 1
Munster vs Northampton Saints     
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Pool 1
Perpignan vs Benetton Treviso     
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)

Saturday, January 23

Pool 3
Viadana vs Clermont Auvergne    
Referee: Andrew Small (England)

Pool 3
Ospreys vs Leicester Tigers     
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Pool 4
Bath vs Ulster      
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)

Pool 4
Edinburgh vs Stade Français Paris    
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Pool 6
Brive vs Scarlets       
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)

Pool 6
London Irish vs Leinster      
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Sunday, January 24

Pool 2
Biarritz vs Glasgow Warriors   
Referee: David Pearson (England)

Pool 2
Newport Gwent Dragons vs Gloucester    
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

Pool 5
Harlequins vs Cardiff Blues     
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Pool 5
Sale Sharks vs Toulouse      
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Quarterfinals
9-11 April, 2010

Semifinals
1-2 May, 2010

15th Heineken Cup Final
Saturday, 22 May, 2010 - Stade de France

Amlin Challenge Cup:

Round Five:

Thursday, January 14

Pool 1
Bourgoin vs Bucuresti Oaks    
Referee: Stefano Pennè (Italy)

Pool 3
Saracens vs Toulon     
Referee: Neil Patterson (Scotland)  

Pool 4
London Wasps vs Roma     
Referee: Andy McPherson (Scotland)

Friday, January 15

Pool 2
Connacht vs Montpellier    
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)

Pool 3
Castres vs Rovigo   
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Pool 5
Albi vs Newcastle Falcons    
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Saturday, January 16

Pool 4
Bayonne vs Racing-Metro 92    
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy) 

Pool 1
Parma vs Leeds Carnegie   
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)

Pool 2
Worcester Warriors vs Olympus    
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

Pool 5
Petrarca vs Montauban    
Referee: Greg Garner (England)

Round Six:

Thursday, January 21

Pool 4
Racing-Metro 92 vs London Wasps   
Referee: James Jones (Wales)  

Friday, January 22

Pool 2
Montpellier vs Worcester Warriors   
Referee: Neil Patterson (Scotland)

Pool 5
Newcastle Falcons vs Petrarca    
Referee: Andy McPherson (Scotland)

Pool 5
Montauban vs Albi      
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Saturday, January 23

Pool 3
Toulon vs Castres     
Referee: Greg Garner (England) 

Pool 1
Parma vs Bucuresti Oaks    
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)

Pool 2
Olympus vs Connacht   
Referee: Stefano Traversi (Italy)

Pool 3
Rovigo vs Saracens    
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)

Pool 4
Roma vs Bayonne      
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)

Sunday, January 24

Pool 1
Leeds Carnegie vs Bourgoin    
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Quarterfinals
8-11 April, 2010

Semifinals
30 April 1-2 May, 2010

Amlin Challenge Cup Final
21-23 May, 2010