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Referees to May 25
May 19 2008
As the season draws to a close the action keeps coming. This weekend sees two semi-finals in the Southern Hemisphere and two finals in the Northern Hemisphere.
Munster and Toulouse will go head-to-head in the Heineken Cup Final on Saturday, followed by Bath and Worcester in the European Challenge Cup Final on Sunday.
In the Super 14 the Crusaders face up to the Hurricanes for a place in the final, where the winners will take on either the Waratahs or the Sharks.
Here are the men charged with fluting the whistles this weekend.
Heineken Cup Final
Munster v Toulouse
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch Judges: Nigel Whitehouse, Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Fourth Official: Wayne Barnes (England)
TMO: Derek Bevan (Wales)
European Challenge Cup Final
Bath v Worcester
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Touch Judges: Jerom Garces, Patrick Bellet (France)
TMO: Daniel Dartigeas (France)
Super 14 Semi-finals
Crusaders v Hurricanes
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch Judges: Matt Goddard, Paul Marks (Australia)
TMO: Geoff Acton (Australia)
Waratahs v Sharks
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Lyndon Bray, Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Top 14 - Round 23
Biarritz vs Montpellier
Referee: Eric Gauzins
Touch judges: Bruno Fiche, Claude Tajan
Assessor: Pascal Bouchet, Roger Duhau
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
Bourgoin vs Albi
Referee: Pascale Gauzere
Touch judges: Frédéric Gourgues, Eric Briquet Campin
Assessor: Jean Izquierdo, Yves Bressy
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Castres vs Dax
Referee: Didier Mene
Touch judges: Gines Cerezuela, Bernard Vals
Assessor: Jean-Claude Legendre, Marc Daroque
Television match official: Serge Marzullo
Auch vs Stade Français
Referee: Akim Hadj Bachir
Touch judges: Gérard Gacon, Régis Gabard
Assessor: Patrick Costa, Henri Lalanne
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Montauban vs Bayonne
Referee: Bruno Bessot
Touch judges: Jean-Claude Bes, Didier Martinaud
Assessor: Daniel Pascal, Alain Fernandez
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat
Clermont Auvergne vs Brive
Referee: Hervé Dubes
Touch judges: Jean-Christophe Clot, Christophe Malterre
Assessor: Claude Rouve, Michel Debet
Television match official: Vincent Azoulay