Referees for mid-year Tests
The International Rugby Board has announced the appointments of match officials to various Tests around the world as the Rugby World Cup rushes closer.
19 May
Samoa vs Fiji in Apia
Referee: Paul Marks
Tunisia vs Barbarians in Tunis
Referee: Dave Pearson
23 May
Spain vs Barbarians in Elche (Spain)
Referee: Dave Pearson
25 May
Tonga vs Australia A in Sydney
Referee: Taizo Hirabayashi
26 May
Samoa vs Junior All Blacks in Apia
Referee: James Leckie
Fiji vs Japan in Lautoka
Referee: Federico Cuesta
Australia vs Wales in Sydney
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
South Africa vs England in Bloemfontein
Referee: Steve Walsh
Argentina vs Ireland in Santa Fe
Referee: Lyndon Bray
2 June
Australia vs Wales in Brisbane
Referee: Paul Honiss
New Zealand vs France in Auckland
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
South Africa vs England in Pretoria
Referee: Joel Jutge
Argentina vs Ireland in Buenos Aires
Referee: Kelvin Deaker
Uruguay vs Italy in Montevideo
Referee: Rob Debney
Australia A vs Samoa in Coffs Harbour
Referee: Taizo Hirabayashi
Tonga vs Japan in Coffs Harbour
Referee: Federico Cuesta
Fiji vs Junior All Blacks in Suva
Referee: Paul Marks
9 June
New Zealand vs France in Wellington
Referee: Craig Joubert
South Africa vs Samoa in Johannesburg
Referee: Malcolm Changleng
Argentina vs Italy in Mendoza
Referee: Lyndon Bray
Australia vs Fiji in Perth
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Tonga vs Junior All Blacks in Nuku'alofa
Referee: Federico Cuesta
Australia A vs Japan in Townsville
Referee: James Bolabiu
16 June
Japan vs Samoa in Sendai City
Referee: Tim Hayes
Fiji vs Tonga in Lautoka
Referee: Chris Pollock
Junior All Blacks vs Australia A in Dunedin
Referee: Willie Roos
New Zealand vs Canada in Hamilton
Referee: Christophe Berdos
South Africa vs Australia in Cape Town
Referee: Wayne Barnes
23 June
South Africa vs New Zealand in Durban
Referee: Alain Rolland
Samoa vs Tonga in Apia
Referee: Willie Roos
Fiji vs Australia A in Suva
Referee: Chris Pollock
24 June
Japan vs Junior All Blacks in Tokyo
Referee: Tim Hayes
30 June
Australia vs New Zealand in Melbourne
Referee: Marius Jonker
7 July
Australia vs South Africa in Sydney
Referee: Paul Honiss
14 July
New Zealand vs South Africa in Christchurch
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
21 July
New Zealand vs Australia in Auckland
Referee: Nigel Owens
4 August
England vs Wales in London
Referee: Joel Jutge
11 August
England vs France in London
Referee: Alan Lewis
Scotland vs Ireland in Edinburgh
Referee: Tony Spreadbury
Wales vs Argentina in Cardiff
Referee: Dave Pearson
18 August
France vs England in Marseille
Referee: Alain Rolland
Wales vs Argentina in Cardiff
Referee: Chris White
24 August
Ireland vs Italy in Belfast (Ravenhill)
Referee: Nigel Owens
25 August
Scotland vs South Africa in Edinburgh
Referee: Christophe Berdos
26 August
Wales vs France in Cardiff
Referee: Wayne Barnes