World Rugby confirms July referee list, including Springboks-Ireland

World Rugby has named its match officials for the upcoming 38-game June/July international window and the revamped 11-game Pacific Nations Cup, including the long-awaited two-match series between South Africa and Ireland.

Thirty referees in total have been selected to take charge of the 49 men’s international matches and the list of appointments will see Australian Angus Gardner take charge of the opening clash between the Springboks and Ireland in Pretoria on July 6, with England’s Karl Dickson in the middle for the following. weekend rematch in Durban.

Georgia’s Nika Amashukeli has been tasked with getting the All Blacks-England series underway in Dunedin on July 6, with Australian Nic Berry in charge of the second match in Auckland seven days later.

Amashukeli will not stay in New Zealand for that rematch, as he has been named for the second Wallabies versus Wales Test on July 13 in Melbourne, replacing France’s Pierre Brousset, who has been scheduled for the series opener in Sydney .

Meanwhile, Irish duo Chris Busby and Andrew Brace are refereeing the two-match series between Argentina and France.

A statement read: “Emirates World Rugby Match Officials have been confirmed for the men’s June-July international window, the revamped Pacific Nations Cup and the World Rugby U20 Championship and U20 Trophy competitions.

“Thirty referees have been selected to take charge of 49 men’s international matches during the July window and the Pacific Nations Cup, with a further 16 named on the panels for the U20 Championship and U20 Trophy.

“Twenty-four nations – from Argentina to Zimbabwe – feature in the fixtures as World Rugby advances its strategic journey to identify, enable and develop high-performance talent in preparation for future Rugby World Cups.

“Luc Ramos (France) will take charge of the opening match of the June-July window, between Japan and England in Tokyo on June 22, and Nic Berry (Australia) will referee the final match, the Pacific Nations Cup final in Osaka on June 22. September 21st.

“Berry and Hollie Davidson (Scotland) each have three Tests in total and the latter will take charge of Canada against Romania on July 12, South Africa against Portugal on July 20 and Japan against the United States in the Pacific Nations Cup on September 7th.

“Davidson is one of three women appointed for the Test matches with Kat Roche (USA) and Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe) selected as assistant referees. Roche will be assistant referee for Canada vs Romania (July 12) and Canada vs Japan on August 25, and Pazani will be selected for Namibia vs Portugal on July 13.

“Meanwhile, Mathieu Raynal (France) will referee his 50th and final test, having already announced his retirement. Raynal will be in the middle of Chile vs Scotland in Santiago on July 20 to become the fourth Frenchman and the 13th referee in total to officiate 50 Tests.

“Kahlil Harrison (USA) is appointed assistant referee for Canada vs Scotland on July 6, having recently been one of nine at the match referee academy in Stellenbosch, a key development platform for the next generation of hopefuls.” to referees of international matches”.

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