Referees to 23 September
The World Cup rolls on with another crunch match on Friday evening. It is a vital one for France, who have been beaten, and for Ireland, who have been battling.
World Cup
Tuesday, 18 September
Scotland vs Romania at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Nigel Owens
Touch judges: Craig Joubert, Christophe Berdos
Television match official: Mark Lawrence
Assessor: Bob Francis
Wednesday, 19 September
Italy vs Portugal at Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Marius Jonker
Touch judges: Federico Cuesta, Malcolm Changleng
Television match official: Paul Marks
Assessor: Steve Hilditch
Thursday, 20 September
Wales vs Japan at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Joel Jutge
Touch judges: Mark Lawrence, Craig Joubert
Television match official: Christophe Berdos
Assessor: Bob Francis
Friday, 21 September
France vs Ireland at Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Chris White
Touch judges: Dave Pearson, Hugh Watkins
Television match official: Jonathan Kaplan
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie
Saturday, 22 September
South Africa vs Tonga in Lens
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Touch judges: Paul Marks, Federico Cuesta
Television match official: Malcolm Changleng
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie
England vs Samoa in Nantes
Referee: Alan Lewis
Touch judges: Lyndon Bray, Alain Rolland
Television match official: Bryce Lawrence
Assessor: Ian Scotney
Argentina vs Namibia at the Velodrome, Marseille
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Touch judges: Simon McDowell, Carlo Damasco
Television match official: Kelvin Deaker
Assessor: Stuart Beissel
Sunday: 23 September
Australia vs Fiji in Montpellier
Referee: Nigel Owens
Touch judges: Christophe Berdos, Mark Lawrence
Television match official: Craig Joubert
Assessor: Bob Francis
Scotland vs New Zealand at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Marius Jonker
Touch judges: Paul Marks, Dave Pearson
Television match official: Hugh Watkins
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie
Magners League
Munster vs Llanelli Scarlets
Referee: Peter Allan
Touch judges: David Keane, Peter Haycock
Television match official: Olan Trevor (Ireland)
Connacht vs Dragons
Referee: Neil Paterson
Touch judges: George Clancy, Peter Roche
Ulster vs Ospreys
Referee: David Changleng
Touch judges: Eanna O'Dowd, B Macneice
Cardiff Blues vs Glasgow Warriors Arms Park
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon
Touch judges: Neil Ballard, Huw David
Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby
Referee: Phil Fear
Touch judges: Colin Stanley, Jonathan Peake
Under-18
Leinster vs England Academy
Referee: John Carvill
Australia
Australian Rugby Championship
West Sydney Rams v Canberra Vikings at Parramatta Stadium
Referee: James Leckie
Touch judges: Grant MacNeill, Luke Colbron
Melbourne Rebels v Central Coast Rays at Olympic Park
Referee: Julian Pritchard
Touch judges: Paul McKay, Daneil Kershaw
Television match official: Pat Rae
Sydney Fleet v East Coast Aces at North Sydney Oval
Referee: James Scholtens
Touch judges: George Ayoub, Damian Mitchelmore
Television match official: Bradley Wahl
Ballymore Tornadoes v Perth Spirit at Ballymore Oval
Referee: Brett Bowden
Touch judges: Steve Leszczynsk, Stephen Hill
England
Premiership
Harlequins vs Leeds Carnegie at The Stoop
Referee: Roy Maybank
Touch judges: Bob Mullis, Steve Terheege,
Television match official: Laurie Bryant, Geoff /Warren
Leicester Tigers vs Bath at Welford Road
Referee: David Rose
Touch judges: Paul Dix, Peter Huckle
Coach: Clive Leeke
Television match official: Brian Abrahams
Worcester Warriors vs London Wasps at Sixways
Referee: Rob Debney
Touch judges: Brian Robertson, Robin Goodliffe
Assessor: Brian Campsall
Television match official: David Hudson
London Irish vs Newcastle Falcons at Madejski
Referee: Sean Davey
Touch judges: Roger Baileff, Andrew Pearce
Assessor: Ed Morrison
Television match official: John Burtenshaw
Sale Sharks vs Bristol at Edgeley Park
Referee: Ashley Rowden
Touch judges: Paul Dickens, Alan Hughes
Assessor: Colin High
Television match official: Andrew Turner
Saracens vs Gloucester at Vicarage Road
Referee: Martin Fox
Touch judges: Ashley Reay, Paul Emerson
Assessor: Paul Bridgman
Television match official: Matt Peters
National League 1
Bedford Blues vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Andrew mall A
Touch judges: Rowan Kitt, Steve Makinson
Assessor: Brian Leigh
Doncaster vs Esher
Referee: Adrian Hartwell
Touch judges: Brendan Fitzmaurice, Steve Savage
Assessor: Gary Welsh
London Welsh vs Coventry
Referee: JP Doyle
Touch judges: Ed Turnill , Peter Facey
Assessor: Tony Trigg
Moseley vs Exeter Chiefs
Referee: Richard Draper
Touch judges: Nigel Higginson, Rhys Davies
Assessor: John Haggart
Plymouth Albion vs Nottingham
Referee: Dale Newitt
Touch judges: Nick Williams, Mark Summerhayes
Assessor: Roger Quittenton
Rotherham Titans vs Launceston
Referee: Greg Garner
Touch judges: Mark Wilson, Barry Dalby
Assessor: Geraint Davies
Sedgley Park vs Newbury
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Touch judges: Trevor Fisher, David Crooks
Assessor: Colin High
Cornish Pirates vs Pertemps Bees
Referee: Chris Sharp
Touch judges: Steve Leyshon, Kevin Obern
Assessor: Ian Hamilton
Ireland
Under-20
Ulster vs Leinster
Referee: Ger English
Touch judges: Kim Imbusch, David O'Brien
Connacht vs Munster
Referee: Alan Rogan
Touch judges: Robbie Doyle, Kevin Beggs
Under-18
Munster vs Ulster
Referee: David Connolly
Connachts vs Leinster
Referee: Brian Twomey
New Zealand
Air New Zealand Cup
Wellington vs Taranaki at Wellington
Referee: Jonathon White
Television match official: Brent Murray
Assessor: Peter Boyden
Tasman vs Canterbury at Blenheim
Referee: Josh Noonan
Television match official: Jonathon White
Assessor: Colin Hawke
Auckland vs Otago at Auckland
Referee: Keith Brown
Television match official: Vinny Munro
Assessor: Glenn Wahlstrom
Southland vs Manawatu at Invercargill
Referee: Chris Pollock
Television match official: Josh Noonan
Assessor: Keith Lawrence
Hawke's Bay vs Waikato at Napier
Referee: Matt Stanish
Television match official: Gary Wise
Assessor: Peter Boyden
North Harbour vs Bay of Plenty at North Shore City
Referee: Brent Murray
Television match official: Keith Brown
Assessor: Glenn Wahlstrom
Northland vs Counties Manukau at Whangarei
Referee: Vinny Munro
Television match official: Gary Wise
Assessor: Colin Hawke
AA Rewards Heartland Championship
Meads And Lochore Cups
Meads Cup
Mid Canterbury vs Wanganui in Ashburton
Referee: Shane McDermott
Assessor: Paul Ramsay
North Otago vs King Country in Oamaru
Referee: Todd Pullar
Assessor: Kim Eichmann
Buller vs Wairarapa Bush in Westport
Referee: Chris Rooney
Assessor: Tony Dunlop
Lochore Cup
West Coast vs East Coast in Greymouth
Referee: Glenn Newman
Assessor: Allan Bateman
Poverty Bay vs Horowhenua-Kapiti in Gisborne
Referee: James McPhail
Assessor: Dick Ross
Thames Valley vs South Canterbury in Paeroa
Referee: Matthew Muir
Assessor: Alan Riley
Scotland
Premiership
Heriots vs Ayr
Referee: John Steele
Touch judges: David Jack, Pete Carruthers
Glasgow Hawks vs Edinburgh Accies
Referee: Graham Knox
Stirling County vs Boroughmuir
Referee: Iain Heard
Touch judges: Ted Coutts, John Ferns
Hawick vs GHA
Referee: Andy MacPherson
Touch judges: Colin Brett,
Dundee HSFP vs Melrose
Referee: tbc
Touch judges: Ian Clark, David Anderson
Watsonians vs Currie
Referee: Andy Ireland
Touch judges: Robert McKinnon, Alan Forres
South Africa
Currie Cup
Premier Division
Blue Bulls vs Sharks at Loftus Pretoria
Referee: Willie Roos (SARU)
Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (Free State), Cobus Wessels (Blue Bulls)
Television match official: Michael Cupido (Golden Lions)
Western Province vs Cheetahs at Newlands
Referee: Pro Legoete (SARU)
Touch judges: Chris Healey (KwaZulu Natal),Louis Mzomba (Western Province)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (Boland)
Assessor: Dennis Immelman
Golden Lions vs Valke at Ellis Park
Referee: Christie du Preez (SARU)
Touch judges: Marius Bonthuys (Griffons), Peet Badenhorst (Golden Lions)
Assessor: Arrie Schoonwinkel
Boland vs Griquas at Boland Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Gareth Lloyd-Jones (SARU)
Touch judges: Fumanekile Yamile (Eastern Province), Roderick Barry (Western Province)
Assessor: Pierre Oelofse
1st Division
Border vs Leopards at Absa, East London
Referee: Deon van Blommestein (SARU)
Touch judges: Mlungiseli Mdashe (Eastern Province), Mandla Dakuse (Border)
Assessor: Banks Yantolo
South Western Districts vs Eastern Province at Outeniqua Park, George
/Linston Manuels (SARU)
Touch judges: Jerome America (Western Province), Eugenia Daniels (Western Province)
Assessor: Jacques Hugo
Griffons vs Pumas at North West Welkom
Referee: JC Fortuin (SARU)
Touch judges: Lourens van der Merwe (Free State), Johan Greeff (Blue Bulls)
Assessor: Lusanda Menze
Under-21
Border vs Griquas at Absa Stadium, East London
Referee: Mlungiseli Mdashe (Eastern Province)
Touch judges: Mtheleni Msileni (Eastern Province), Mandla Dakuse (Border)
Assessor: Banks Yantolo
Western Province vs Free State at Newlands
Referee: Chris Healey (KwaZulu Natal)
Touch judges: Jason Jaftha (South Western Districts), Louis Mzomba (Western Province)
Assessor: Dennis Immelman
Golden Lions vs Leopards at Ellis Park
Referee: Marius Bonthuys (Griffons)
Touch judges: Sindile Mayende (KwaZulu Natal), Peet Badenhorst (Golden Lions)
Assessor: Arrie Schoonwinkel
Boland vs Blue Bulls at Boland Wellington
Referee: Fumanekile Yamile (Eastern Province)
/Joey Salmans (Western Province), Roderick Barry (Western Province)
Assessor: Pierre Oelofse
South Western Districts vs Eastern Province
Referee: Jerome America (Western Province)
Touch judges: Marc van Zyl (Western Province), Eugenia Daniels (Western Province)
Assessor: Jacques Hugo
Griffons vs Valke at North West Stadium, Welkom
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (Free State)
Touch judges: Gert Stander (Golden Lions), Johan Greeff (Blue Bulls)
Assessor: Lusanda Menze
Under-19
Border vs Griquas at Absa Stadium, East London
Referee: Mtheleni Msileni (Eastern Province)
Assessor: Banks Yantolo
Western Province vs Free State at Newlands
Referee: Jason Jaftha ((South Western Districts)
Assessor: Dennis Immelman
Golden Lions vs Leopards at Ellis Park
Referee: Sindile Mayende ((KwaZulu Natal)
Assessor: Arrie Schoonwinkel
Boland vs Blue Bulls at Boland Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Joey Salmans ((Western Province)
Assessor: Pierre Oelofse
South Western Districts vs Eastern Province
Referee: Marc van Zyl ((Western Province)
Assessor: Jacques Hugo
Provincial Amateur
Impalas vs Valke South at Olen Park, Potchefstroom
Referee: Martin Lekanye( (Free State)
Assessor: Theuns Janse van Vuuren (PR)
Griffons vs Valke at North West Stadium, Welkom
Referee: Gert Stander ((Golden Lions)
Assessor: Lusanda Menze
Border Urban vs Boland at Absa Stadium, East London
Referee: Norman Drake ((South Western Districts)
Assessor: Banks Yantolo, Frans Muller
Border Rural vs Eastern Province at Sandringham, Queenstown
Referee: Dilbert November ((South Western Districts)
Assessor: Neville Heilbron
KwaZulu Natal Rural vs Golden Lions
Referee: Andries Retief ((Pumas)
Assessor: Andrew O'Connell
Valke East vs KwaZulu Natal Duikers at Kemptonpark RFC
Referee: Eddie Lubbe ((Boland)
Assessor: Andre Watson
Pumas vs Blue Bulls
Referee: Richard Ingram ((KwaZulu Natal)
Assessor: Theuns Naude, Schalk van der Merwe
Pumas Rural vs Limpopo
Referee: Heinrich Deacon ((Golden Lions)
Assessor: Anton Cooke
Impalas vs Valke South
Referee: Martin Lekanye ((Free State)
Assessor: Theuns Janse van Vuuren
Griquas Central vs Free State at Absa Park, Kimberley
Referee: Willie Killian ((Leopards)
Assessor: Kat Swanepoel
Griffons vs Leopards at North West Stadium, Welkom
Referee: Stephan Breytenbach ((Pumas)
Assessor: Gerrit Coetzer
Griffons Oos vs Griquas Agri at Goble Park, Bethlehem
Referee: Sazi Katiya( (Border)
Assessor: Gerrit Coetzer
Spain
Campeonato De Selecciones Autonomicas Senior
Galicia vs Comunidad Valenciana
Referee: Felix Villegas
Castilla-Leon vs Madrid
Referee: Pedro Montoya
Wales
Premiership
Neath vs Glamorgan Wanderers
Referee: David Williams
Llanelli vs Maesteg
Referee: Gwyn Morris
Ebbw Vale vs Bridgend
Referee: Gary Davies
Newport vs Aberavon
Referee: James Jones
Swansea vs Cardiff
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse
Llandovery vs Pontypridd
Referee: David Jones
Cross Keys vs Bedwas
Referee: Mike Bethell