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In 1996 McHugh refereed the inaugural Heineken Cup final. The World Rugby match officials have been appointed for the 2022 Rugby Championship, with the Springboks kicking off their campaign against New Zealand on Saturday, 6 August in Nelspruit, where Angus Gardner will be the referee. UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP - ROUND 1: Friday, September 24 -. 2022-23 . Address: Regus Business Centre 1st Floor, Block B, North Park, Black River Park, 2 Fir Street, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa Postal: Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican, PO Box 44354, Claremont, 7735, South Africa, United Kingdom Blue Sky Publications Ltd Company Registration Number: 04683692. BBC is not responsible for any changes. The Emirates World Rugby match officials have been appointed for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship 2022, with the Springboks kicking off their campaign against New Zealand on 6 August in Nelspruit, where Angus Gardner will be the referee. Highlight of Nika's career was 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Argentina, where World Rugby was highly impressed with emerging Georgian talent as afterwards he got appointments from Jol Jutge to referee in EPCR competitions. England, United Kingdom. Our offices are for administrative purposes only, no visitors will be accepted without an appointment. Copyright Blue Sky Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Every match features a clash of rugby styles, cultures, languages and identity. Nika Amashukeli (Georgian: ) is a Georgian rugby union and World Rugby elite referee. ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 Ulster v Stormers (Kingspan Stadium, Belfast - Kick-off: 19.35; 19.35 GMT; 21.35 SA time) Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland) Assistant referees: Andrew Cole (IRFU),Paul Haycock (IRFU) Nika's pathway continued through as he got top level appointments on November internationals, set to officiate in Ireland v Japan, French Barbarians v Tonga and Wales v Australia matches. 0. M. United Rugby Championship referees. Head of Match officials for the United Rugby Championship (URC) Tappe Henning has called on referees to crack down on dissent from players. Any proper post-match analysis would embarrass the inconsistency of how they controlled the game. Those are the players we're refereeing. READ |SPRINGBOKS CENTURION CLUB: MEET THE MAGNIFICENT 7. Marius van der Westhuizen refereed the match but Keohane opined that he was guilty of allowing TMO Marius Jonker to assume control the match. NEWS: The match officials appointments of the United Rugby Championship Round 14 fixtures have been confirmed. unitedrugby.com. NEWS: Hollie Davidson and Jaco Peyper head a stellar inaugural management committee elected to the representative body for international high performance match officials, chaired by Mark Egan. As match officials I can assure you we are motivated to make our contribution as best we can. As a player, Lacey spent most of career with Shannon in the All-Ireland League. The big challenge is to bring consistency and alignment to world rugby refereeing. As is the case with most Ulster wins, No8 Duane Vermeulen was at the heart of the victory. Originally from Cork, Murphy played for his native province of Munster before moving to the English side Leicester Tigers, with whom he won a Premiership title, and then finished his career with Connacht, another Irish province, making over 100 appearances for the side. The World Rugby match officials have been appointed for the 2022 Rugby Championship which kicks off on 6 August. Between 2013 and 2017 Clancy also served as a touch judge/assistant referee at five consecutive European Rugby Champions Cup finals. As well as all the match officials for the URC and the top leagues in England, we also have the appointments covering Wales Premiership and Frances Top 14 and ProD2 as well. The European Youth Parliament UK (EYPUK) is a leading apolitical and youth-led educational charity. SPOTLIGHT: Star No.8 Francke Horn believes the Lions can be a surprise package in the not-too-distant future. [3], In 2013 Georgian Rugby Union started a program aimed at improving the standard of Georgian referees; a new relationship with IRFU has started. 02:58 | 25 Feb. News URC Round 15 - referee appointments NEWS: The match official appointments of the United Rugby Championship Round 15 fixtures have been confirmed. As an international referee he has taken charge of matches in the Six Nations Championship, the Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup. ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Glasgow Warriors v Ulster (Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow - Kick-off: 19.35; 19.35 GMT) Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) Assistant Referees: Jonny Perriam (Scotland) &: Ru Campbell (Scotland) NEWS: The match officials appointments of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 12 fixtures have been confirmed. [4] He has been a regular referee in Premiership Rugby and has also refereed in the European Rugby Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup. We are all responsible for this great product. Were more than ready to play our part, he says. Dialogue is key in this process, and Henning has been in constant communication with coaches in both hemispheres to address their concerns and questions. By the age of 20 he had already suffered 5 concussions. The URC will kick off on 16 September 2022. Our job is to make sure that what a player experiences in the refereeing of a United Rugby Championship game on a Friday evening is the same as what a player experiences in the refereeing of a Six Nations Test on the Saturday, or at Rugby World Cup level. Clancy refereed the 2007 Churchill Cup final and the 2009 and 2011 European Challenge Cup finals. He primarily played as a scrum-half. Keohane felt that this match deserved better officials. CONGRATS! Unusually there were no positional changes in the World Rugby Men's Rankings despite there being a full programme of fixtures . He has officiated at the highest level since starting in 2006, refereeing matches in the club tournament: Top 14, Pro 12, Challenge Cup and Heineken Cup. Andy Brace (pic top left) will be in charge of the watch whistle for the final round TRC match as New Zealand v Australia play again this weekend. And thats the message Henning will keep communicating in every changeroom and on every rugby field in South Africa, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales because for him the goal is right there in the competitions name. EBEN ETZEBETH POPS THE QUESTION AND SHE SAID YES! Fijian Referee MISAELE VAKADRANU Attached To United Nations Looks To Set Up Rugby League In Austria Full Story: | 14 comments on LinkedIn All the referees are buying into this process to make the decisions more consistent, and to create understanding and respect for the culture theyre dealing with the culture of the club and how to deliver a better performance to how the teams want to play. Following a busy schedule of men's Test matches across June and July, 12 referees. Zebre will hope the new season signals a change of fortunes for . Theres a double header in Auckland as the Black Ferns have their final run out before RWC21, hosting Japan Women. The Scarlets' unbeaten start to 2023 came to an end as they fell agonisingly short of a last-gasp draw against Munster following a stunning second-half comeback in Cork. South Africas Jaco Peyper was one of a small group of experienced referees who were given a break for the Rugby Championship. I would offer my own assessment of the match officials, but I dont want to be invited to referee half a dozen under-10s games. It has been a challenging and exhausting week for the Lions players, as the Ellis Park-based franchise looks to end a five-match United Rugby Championship losing streak. On his appointment, he exclaimed eagerness to spearhead a 'collaborative approach' between referees and coaches to encourage positive play. Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland) Assistant referees: Jonny Perriam (Scotland), Sam O'Neil (Scotland) TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland) Munster v Scarlets ( Musgrave Park, Cork - Kick-off: 19.35 ; 19.35 GMT) Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland) Assistant referees: Andrew Cole (Ireland), Sam Holt (Ireland) TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland) SATURDAY, MARCH 4 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Not just a particular team. EURO REFEREE NEWS: The return of EPCR's tournaments will see history made when an all-women's team of match officials takes charge of a Challenge Cup Round Three fixture. The United Rugby Championship is a professional club rugby competition with 16 clubs from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa & Wales participating. Apart from Gardner, the Springboks will also have as referees Luke Pearce of England (New Zealand in Johannesburg on 13 August); a trio of New Zealanders in Paul Williams (against Australia in Adelaide on 27 August), Ben OKeeffe (against Australia in Sydney on 3 September), and James Doleman (against Argentina in Buenos Aires on 17 September); and Damon Murphy of Australia (against Argentina in Durban on 24 September). NEWS: The match officials appointments of the United Rugby Championship Round 13 fixtures have been confirmed. And hes prepared to join them in working tirelessly to reach this objective. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images 0. He is an international and Heineken Cup referee and was the only Welsh referee at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, the 2011 . The pair missed the brief when it came to keeping the game moving and given Jonkers record as a TMO, Keohane questioned how he continues to earn appointments of this nature. 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Henning has tremendous respect for the United Rugby Championship as a product and says his fellow match officials share this. After working alongside Wayne Barnes during the Autumn Nations Cup in 2020, Nika rated Wayne Barnes as the number 1 referee in the world at the moment. Copyright Blue Sky Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Referees are under more scrutiny now than ever before. Mike Adamson (Scotland), Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) and James Doleman (New Zealand) will make their Rugby Championship debuts, while Mathieu Raynal (France) will referee in the Rugby Championship for first time since 2018. [1][15], As of February 2023, Nika Amashukeli is included in World Rugby's list of candidates to be a referee at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[16]. United Rugby Championship 2022/2023 Fixtures and Results. No Rasta as SA Rugby reveals match official panels for 2023. Address: Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Approach, London, SW6 4TJ. It will just bring us closer and closer to a greater alignment for a quality rugby product.. Take part in our quiz and WIN R1 000 in cash! The selection was made after a review of match official team performances across recent Tests and represents another milestone on the road to Rugby World Cup 2023 in France. Munster (27) 58. New Head of Match Officials for the United Rugby Championship, Tappe Henning, has outlined his vision for the tournaments referees. By Hamid Shalizi and James MackenzieKABUL (Reuters) - Political horsetrading over appointments to Afghan police and army commands has created chaos for security forces fighting the Taliban in strategic areas such as Helmand province, a leading opposition politician said.Umer Daudzai, a former interior minister, now part of a new opposition group, said the power-sharing arrangement at the heart . EBEN ETZEBETHS FIANCEE SIGNS NATIONAL ANTHEM IN HIS 100TH TEST, JACQUES NIENABER ADMITS BOMB SQUAD COMES AT A RISK, BREYTON PAULSE HONOURED WITH FLAG BEARER ROLE FOR SPRINGBOKS V WALES TEST, EISH WENA: Inappropriate things caught on live TV [viral video]. He has been on the IRB Elite panel (the highest level in the world) since 2009. Their decisions are reviewed and if its wrong its corrected. [6] Nika was among the first young referees recruited through this program in 2013. It aims to provide non-formal education for young people on a wide range of political . They cant have differences in refereeing. South Africa Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. His job is to help get the referees, coaches and players all on the same page of a United Rugby Championship that is redefining world rugby with its melting pot of different cultures and different playing styles between the teams of the north and the south. For those looking for missing names Wayne Barnes, Matthew Carley and Jaco Peyper all miss out, maybe managing workload with all three being on long distance travels in recent weeks. In 2013 she was also a member of the first Ireland women's team to win the Six Nations, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles. How do these people still have a job a week later?. The 'United Rugby Championship will kick off in September 2021 as the top clubs from South Africa (Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers, Emirates Lions and Vodacom Bulls) combine with the Guinness PRO14 to create a world-class 16-team league. Category:United Rugby Championship referees Pages in category "United Rugby Championship referees" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. Scottish Inter-District Championship referees, Ireland international women's rugby union players, People educated at Christian Brothers College, Cork, Scotland Club XV international rugby union players.

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