RBS Six Nations referees

Pearson gets his first

The IRB has announced the appointments of match officials for the 2006 RBS Six Nations. Dave Pearson of England, newly promoted to the A Panel, gets his first RSB Six Nations match.

4 February 2006 

Ireland vs Italy in Dublin 
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Touch judges: Joël Jutge (France), Nigel Owens (Wales) 
Television match official: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

England vs Wales in London 
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) 
Touch judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Christophe Berdos (France) 
Television match official: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

5 February 2006 

Scotland vs France in Edinburgh 
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) 
Touch judges: Kelvin Deaker, Steve Walsh (both New Zealand) 
Television match official: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
            
11 February 2006 

France vs Ireland in Paris 
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) 
Touch judges: Chris White (England), Rob Dickson (Scotland) 
Television match official: Roy Maybank (England)

Italy vs England in Rome 
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand) 
Touch judges: Donal Courtney (Ireland), Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) 
Touch judges: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

12 February 2006 

Wales vs Scotland in  Cardiff 
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand) 
Touch judges: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Eric Darrière (France) 
Television match official: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
            
25 February 2006 

France vs Italy in Paris 
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England) 
Touch judges: Dave Pearson (England), Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) 
Television match official: Nigel Owens

Scotland vs England in Edinburgh 
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch judges: Stuart Dickinson (Australia), Carlo Damasco (Italy) 
Television match official: Christophe Berdos (France)

26 February 2006 

Ireland vs Wales in Dublin 
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) 
Touch judges: Chris White (England), Malcolm Changleng (Scotland) 
Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
            
11 March 2006 

Wales vs Italy in Cardiff 
Referee: Joël Jutge (France) 
Touch judges: Donal Courtney (Ireland), Rob Dickson  (Scotland)
Television match official: Eric Darrière (France)

Ireland vs Scotland in Dublin 
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch judges: Tony Spreadbury (England), Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) 
Television match official: Huw Watkins (Wales)

12 March 2006 

France vs England in Paris 
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) 
Touch judges: Alan Lewis, Nigel Owens (Wales) 
Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
            
18 March 2006 

Italy vs Scotland in Rome 
Referee: Alain Rolland 
Touch judges: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Nigel Owens (Wales) 
Television match official: Christophe Berdos (France)

Wales vs France in Cardiff 
Referee: Chris White (England) 
Touch judges: Tony Spreadbury (England), Donal Courtney (Ireland) 
Television match official: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

England vs Ireland in London 
Referee: Joël Jutge (France) 
Touch judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Rob Dickson (Scotland) 
Television match official: Huw Watkins (Wales)