Refs for Europe, Rounds 5 & 6

The European Cup, organisers of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup, have announced the referees appointed to Rounds 5 & 6 of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup. They are vital rounds on the threshold of the knock-out stages.

Round 5 will be on January 13-15, 2012 and Round 6 on January 20-22.

Ireland's Dudley Phillips will make his Heineken Cup debut when he referees Montpellier vs Bath in Round 5.

Heineken Cup

Round 5

Pool 1

Scarlets vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Munster vs Castres
Referee: Andrew Small (England)

Pool 2

Racing-Métro 92 vs Edinburgh
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

London Irish vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Pool 3

Montpellier vs Bath
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)

Glasgow Warriors vs Leinster
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Pool 4

Ulster vs Leicester Tigers
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Aironi vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

Pool 5

Ospreys vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Saracens vs Biarritz
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Pool 6

Toulouse vs Connacht
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Harlequins vs Gloucester
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)

Round 6

Pool 1

Castres vs Scarlets
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Northampton Saints vs Munster
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Pool 2

Cardiff Blues vs Racing-Métro 92
Referee: Andrew Small (England)

Edinburgh vs London Irish
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)

Pool 3

Bath vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Leinster vs Montpellier
Referee: Greg Garner (England)

Pool 4

Leicester Tigers vs Aironi
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

Clermont Auvergne vs Ulster
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

Pool 5

Benetton Treviso vs Saracens
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Biarritz vs Ospreys
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Pool 6

Connacht vs Harlequins
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Gloucester vs Toulouse
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Amlin Challenge Cup

Round 5

Pool 1

Worcester Warriors vs Banca Monte Crociati
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)

Bucharest Wolves vs Stade Français
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Pool 2

Toulon vs Lyon
Referee: James Jones (Wales)

Newcastle Falcons vs Petrarca
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)

Pool 3

Bordeaux-Bègles vs Bayonne
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo vs London Wasps
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)

Pool 4

I Cavalieri Prato vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)

Perpignan vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)

Pool 5

Brive vs Agen
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

La Vila vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

Round 6

Pool 1

Banca Monte Crociati vs Bucharest Wolves
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)

Stade Français vs Worcester Warriors
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

Pool 2

Lyon vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Petrarca vs Toulon
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)

Pool 3

London Wasps vs Bordeaux-Bègles
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)

Bayonne vs Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo
Referee: James Jones (Wales)

Pool 4

Exeter Chiefs vs Perpignan
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)

Newport Gwent Dragons vs I Cavalieri Prato
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

Pool 5

Agen vs La Vila
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Sale Sharks vs Brive
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)