World Rugby announces international match official appointments

April 21, 2022
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World Rugby has confirmed the match official appointments for the men’s 15s internationals to be played in June and July.

A total of 22 match officials representing nine nations will take charge of the 25 matches with Jordan Way (Australia) taking charge of the first with Japan v Uruguay on 18 June and Damon Murphy (Australia) the last with the Asia/Pacific 1 qualifier for Rugby World Cup 2023 on 23 July.

Additional fixtures and match official appointments will be confirmed in due course, while the women’s test match appointments will be announced separately.

Wayne Barnes (England) will move closer to the 100-test milestone as a referee when he takes charge of his 99th test with the third test between New Zealand and Ireland during a packed July international window.

Highlights include:

Damon Murphy (Australia) and Luke Pearce (England) will referee the Americas 2 play-off for Rugby World Cup 2023 between Chile and USA
Hollie Davidson (Scotland) will act as an assistant referee for the first leg of the Americas 2 play-off
Joy Neville (Ireland) will act as TMO for the first test between South Africa and Wales in Pretoria on 2 July and the second Australia v England test in Brisbane on 9 July
Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) will take charge of his 30th test with Argentina v Scotland on 16 July
Damon Murphy (Australia) will referee three tests in the window
Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) will referee his first test outside of Europe with the first test between South Africa and Wales in Pretoria
Pierre Brousset (France) also takes charge of a test outside of Europe for the first time with the Uruguay v Romania second test in Montevideo

Referees

Japan v Uruguay
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Saturday, 18 June, 2022

Referee: Jordan Way (RA)

England v Barbarians
Twickenham Stadium, London
Sunday, 19 June, 2022

Referee: Andrew Piardi (FIR)

Japan v Uruguay
Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu
Saturday, 25 June, 2022

Referee: Graham Cooper (RA)

USA v French Barbarians
Venue: TBC
Saturday, 2 July, 2022

Referee: Adam Leal (RFU)

Australia v England
Optus Stadium, Perth
Saturday, 2 July, 2022

Referee: James Doleman (NZR)

New Zealand v Ireland
Venue: TBC
Saturday, 2 July, 2022