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Match officials to June 1
May 27 2008
It's Finals weekend in the northern and southern hemispheres with the Guinness Premiership and Super 14 winners set to be decided on Super Saturday.
Mark Lawrence will blow his first Super 14 Final when the Crusaders host the Waratahs in Christchurch, while Wayne Barnes stays far away from New Zealand shores when he controls play between Wasps and Leicester at Twickenham in the Guinness Premiership.
Friendly
Ireland XV vs Barbarians in Gloucester
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: Chris White (England), Tony Spreadbury (England)
Television match official: Matt Peters (England), Geoff Warren (England)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
England vs Barbarians at Twickenham
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Touch judges: Alan Lewis. (Ireland), Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Television match official: John Burtenshaw (England), Brendan Fitzgerald (England)
Super 14 Final
Crusaders vs Waratahs
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Touch judges: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Assessor: Stuart Beissel (New Zealand)
Guinness Premiership Final
London Wasps vs Leicester Tigers at Twickenham
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Touch judges: Peter Huckle, Paul Dix
Television match official: Laurie Bryant, Geoff Warren
France
Top 14
Biarritz vs Bourgoin
Referee: Cédric Marchat
Touch judges: Jean-Paul Vermande, Denis Grenouillet
Assessor: Michel Roger
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas
Albi vs Bayonne
Referee: Akim Hadj Bachir
Touch judges: Gérard Gacon, Jean-Luc Gonzalez
Assessor: Hubert Dubes
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Stade Français vs Castres
Referee: Eric Darrière
Touch judges: Didier Dussaut, Pierre Marie Masson
Assessor: Jean-Louis Lamy
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Dax vs Montpellier
Referee: Hervé Dubes
Touch judges: Frédéric Ducatez, Christophe Malterre
Assessor: Christian Zidel
Television match official: Serge Marzullo
Montauban vs Clermont Auvergne
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
Touch judges: Fernand Pereira, René Bordeneuve
Assessor: Jean-Paul Grellety
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Brive vs Toulouse
Referee: David Rosich
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Daniel Jeanguiot
Assessor: Daniel Irazoqui
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier
Auch vs Perpignan
Referee: Romain Poite
Touch judges: Patrick Dellac, Jacques Laplace
Assessor: Richard Senssac
Television match official: Daniel Gillet