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Match officials to October 12

Tuesday 07th October 2008

Sunday thriller: Alain Rolland will take control of the Heineken Cup clash between Leicester and the Ospreys

It's a busy weekend for referees the world over as the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup kick-off in the northern hemisphere while their southern counterparts in New Zealand and South Africa are at the knock-out stages of the Air New Zealand Cup and Currie Cup respectively.

Heineken Cup

Round One

Pool One
Munster vs Montauban
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assessor: Chris White (England) , Robin Goodliffe (England)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)

Clermont Auvergne vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch judges: Eanna O'Dowd (Ireland), Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Television match official: John Sheehan (Ireland)

Pool Two
Edinburgh vs Leinster
Referee: David Pearson (England)
Touch judges: Roy Maybank, Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)

London Wasps vs Castres Olympique
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Television match official: John Burtenshaw

Pool Three
Perpignan vs Benetton Treviso
Referee: James Jones (Wales)

Leicester Tigers vs Ospreys
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: David Wilkinson (Ireland), S Flannery (Ireland)
Television match official: B Fitzgerald (Ireland)

Pool Four
Scarlets vs Harlequins
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

Ulster vs Stade Français
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Pool Five
Dragons vs Glasgow Warriors
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: Cédric Marchat (France), Eric Soulan (France)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)

Toulouse vs Bath
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Touch judges: David Keane (Ireland), Jonathan Peake (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

Pool Six
Gloucester vs Biarritz Olympique
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Touch judges: Rob Dickson (Scotland), Ron Dumma (Scotland)
Television match official: Andy Ireland (Scotland)

Cammi Calvisano vs Cardiff Blues
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Touch judges: Tim Wigglesworth (England), Alan Biggs (England)
Television match official: Dave Matthews (England)

European Challenge Cup

Round One

Pool One
Dax vs Connacht
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: Ashley Rowden (England), Andrew Pearce (England)
Assessor: Douglas Kerr (Scotland)

London Irish vs Rovigo
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Touch judges: Stephan Pomarède (France), Didier Dussaut (France)
Television match official: Bob Ockenden (England)

Pool Two
Toulon vs Northampton Saints
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Touch judges: Michael Black (Ireland), Richard Kerr (Ireland)
Television match official: David Keane (Ireland)

Montpellier vs Bristol
Referee: Andy McPherson (Scotland)
Touch judges: David Changleng (Scotland), Alan Forrest (Scotland)
Television match official: Iain Heard (Scotland)

Pool Three
Petrarca vs Worcester Warriors
Referee: David Rosich (France)

Bucuresti Oaks vs Bourgoin
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)

Pool Four
Newcastle Falcons vs El Salvador
Referee: Patrick Pechambert (France)
Touch judges: Jérôme Garces (France), Bruno Bessot (France)
Assessor: Steve Lander (England)
Television match official: Trevor Parlett (England)

Overmach Parma vs Brive
Referee: Neil Patterson (Scotland)
Touch judges: John Steele (Scotland), David Anderson (Scotland)

Pool Five
Bayonne vs Viadana
Referee: Colin Stanley (Ireland)
Touch judges: Leo Colgan (Ireland), Peter Roche (Ireland)

Saracens vs Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Touch judges: Phil Fear (Wales), Wayne Davies (Wales)
Assessor: Roger Baileff (England)
Television match official: Roy Marfleet (England)

New Zealand

Air New Zealand Cup Quarter-finals

Canterbury vs Tasman in Christchurch
Referee: Jonathon White
Touch judges: Chris Pollock, Keith Brown
Television match official: Kelvin Deaker

Wellington vs Taranaki in Wellington
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Touch judges: Kelvin Deaker, Josh Noonan
Television match official: Keith Brown

Bay of Plenty vs Southland in Mt Maunganui
Referee: Steve Walsh
Touch judges: Garratt Williamson, Matthew Stanish
Television match official: Ben Skeen

Hawke's Bay vs Waikato in Napier
Referee: Vinny Munro
Touch judges: Chris Pollock, Brent Murray
Television match official: Josh Noonan

South Africa

Currie Cup Semi-finals

Blue Bulls vs Cheetahs in Pretoria
Referee: Craig Joubert
Touch judges: Deon van Blommestein, Joey Salmans
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman
Assessor: Dennis Immelman

Sharks vs Lions in Durban
Referee: Mark Lawrence
Assessor: Phillip Bosch, Cobus Wessels
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen
Assessor: Banks Yantolo