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Match officials to October 5
September 29 2008
This weekend sees the opening round of EDF Energy Cup action with holders the Ospreys setting about defending their crown.
Guinness Premiership rugby is subsequently shifted forward to midweek due to the Anglo-Welsh competition while in the southern hemisphere the Currie Cup and Air New Zealand Cup enter their final regular season games.
Magners League
Ulster vs Edinburgh at Ravenhill
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Touch judges: John Carvill (Ireland), Trevor Collins (Ireland)
Assessor: Brian Stirling (Ireland)
Television match official: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Munster vs Glasgow Warriors at Thomond Park
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: David Keane (Ireland), Richard Kerr (Ireland)
Assessor: Bertie Smith (Ireland)
Television match official: Brian Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Connacht vs Leinster at Sportsground
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Touch judges: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official: Dermot Moloney (Ireland)
EDF Energy Cup
Dragons vs Newcastle at Rodney Parade
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
Touch judges: David Kurk (England), Martin Buck (England)
Television match official: Neil Ballard (Wales)
Gloucester vs London Wasps at Kingsholm
Referee: Martin Fox (England)
Touch judges: Andrew Pearce (England) , Kevin Stewart (England)
Assessor: Bob Ockenden (England) , Graham Hughes (England)
Bath vs Leicester Tigers at Recreation Ground
Referee: Dean Richards (England)
Touch judges: Stuart Terheege (England), Roger Baileff (England)
Assessor: Clive Leeke (England)
Sale Sharks vs Cardiff Blues at Edgeley Park
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Touch judges: Huw David (Wales), Sean Brickell (Wales)
Television match official: David Hudson (England)
Assessor: Brian Leigh (England)
Northampton vs Bristol at Franklin's Gardens
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), Scott Fleming (Wales)
Television match official: Brian Abrahams (England)
Ospreys vs Harlequins at Liberty Stadium
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (England)
Touch judges: David Rose (England), Bob Mullis (England)
Television match official: Tony Rowlands (Wales)
Worcester Warriors vs London Irish at Sixways
Referee: Roy Maybank (England)
Touch judges: Paul Emerson, Andy Watson
Assessor: Brian Abrahams
Saracens vs Scarlets at Vicarage Road
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Phil Connett (Wales), Mike Bethell (Wales)
Television match official: Roy Marfleet (England)
England
Premiership
Gloucester vs Newcastle at Kingsholm
Referee: David Rose
Touch judges: Stuart Terheege, Roger Baileff
Assessor: Tony Spreadbury
Television match official: Brian Abrahams
London Wasps vs Bath
Referee: Sean Davey
Touch judges: Paul Emerson, Andy Watson
Assessor: Brian Campsall
Television match official: John Burtenshaw
Bristol vs Saracens
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Touch judges: Paul Dix, Bob Mullis
Assessor: Ed Morrison
Television match official: Laurie Bryant
Leicester Tigers vs Northampton
Referee: Chris White
Touch judges: Alan Hughes, Don Helme
Assessor: Brian Leigh
Television match official: Trevor Parlett
London Irish vs Sale Sharks
Referee: Ashley Rowden
Touch judges: Bruce Robertson, Kevin Stewart
Assessor: Tony Spreadbury
Television match official: Roy Marfleet
Worcester vs Harlequins
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe, Alan Biggs
Assessor: Ed Morrison
Television match official: Matt Peters, Graham Hughes
France
Top 14 - Round 7
Biarritz vs Montpellier
Referee: Eric Gauzins
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Olivier Migne
Assessor: Jean-Marie Peyramaure, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas
Brive vs Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
Touch judges: Fernand Pereira, Eric Briquet Campin
Assessor: Pierre Beneuf, Joël Dumé
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier
Bourgoin vs Clermont Ferrand
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Touch judges: Didier Dussaut, Alain Moretto
Assessor: Michel Kazmierczak, Marc Daroque
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat
Paris vs Montauban
Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Touch judges: Régis Gabard, Alain Rongier
Assessor: Pierre Guichard, Patrick Thomas
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Perpignan vs Toulon
Referee: Akim Hadj Bachir
Touch judges: Jean-Christophe Clot, Patrick Dellac
Assessor: Bernard Gabriel, Michel Debet
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Dax vs Bayonne
Referee: Hervé Dubes
Touch judges: Frédéric Ducatez, Denis Grenouillet
Assessor: Francis Bourgade, Alain Fernandez
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
Castres vs Toulouse
Referee: Romain Poite
Touch judges: Jacques Laplace, Gilbert Darrieutort
Assessor: Daniel Pascal, Michel Lamoulie
Television match official: Vincent Azoulay
New Zealand
Air New Zealand Cup - Week 10
Waikato vs Taranaki at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Chris Pollock
Television match official: Steve Walsh
Assessor: Errol Brain, Stuart Beissel
Southland vs Canterbury at Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Referee: Josh Noonan
Television match official: Garratt Williamson
Assessor: Colin Hawke
Hawke's Bay vs Bay of Plenty at McLean Park, Napier
Referee: Steve Walsh
Television match official: Bryce Lawrence
Assessor: Peter Boyden
Manawatu vs Tasman at FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
Referee: Keith Brown
Television match official: Chris Pollock
Assessor: Lyndon Bray
Counties Manukau vs North Harbour at Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Referee: Kelvin Deaker
Television match official: Vinny Munro
Assessor: Phil Young
Otago vs Wellington at Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Garratt Williamson
Television match official: Josh Noonan
Assessor: Glenn Moore
Auckland vs Northland at Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Vinny Munro
Television match official: Jonathon White
Assessor: Russell Hilton-Jones, Stuart Beissel
South Africa
Currie Cup
Blue Bulls vs Valke in Pretoria
Referee: JC Fortuin
Touch judges: François Veldsman, Cobus Wessels
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen
Assessor: Tappe Henning
Cheetahs vs Boland in Bloemfontein
Referee: Marius Jonker
Touch judges: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Peet Badenhorst
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen
Assessor: Eugene Daniel
Sharks vs Griquas in Durban
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Touch judges: Jaco Peyper, Reuben Rossouw
Television match official: Michael Cupido
Assessor: Andrew O'Connell
Western Province vs Lions at Newlands
Referee: Craig Joubert
Touch judges: Sindile Mayende, Marc van Zyl
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman
Assessor: Thuso Mngqibisa