Top appointments keep on coming for USRFR referees with several of our referees involved in the Guinness Six Nations this weekend.
Simon McDowell is TMO for the England v Italy game on Saturday whilst Stuart Gaffikin is AR 1 for the Scotland U20 v Wales U20 game on Friday night.
Jonny Erskine will have a busy weekend as he referees an AIL match at Terenure on Saturday before acting as 5th official on Sunday for the Ireland v France match.
All Ireland League appointments
Division 1A
Terenure College v UCC: Jonny Erskine
Young Munster v Dublin University: Mark Patton
Division 1B
Ballymena v Banbridge: Ref Peter Martin; TJ’s Paul Baxter & Jarvis Traynor
City of Armagh v St. Marys College: TJ’s Peter McClure & Vincent Hughes
Division 2A
UL Bohemians v Blackrock College: Dan Carson
Queens University v Nenagh Ormond: TJ’s Roger Cleave & Brian McLawrence
Division 2B
Wanderers v Sligo: Grainne Crabtree
Dungannon v Sundays Well: TJ’s Steven Robb & Adrian Pawlik
Division 2C
Ballina v Bruff: Jonathan Peak
City of Derry v Bangor: Ref Jonny Wilson; TJ’s Peter Doherty & Eamonn McCotter
Thomond v Malahide: Chris Lough
There are many important league and cup matches within Ulster this weekend and selected referee appointments are as follows:
Gordon West Cup
Donaghadee v Cavan: Chris Elliott
Monaghan v Holywood: Joel Stafford-Barton
Premiership 2nd XV league
Ballynahinch 2 v City of Armagh 2: Lee Evans
Banbridge 2 v Ballymena 2: Richard Sweeney
Kukri Championship Division 1
CIYMS v Cooke: Robbie McGreer
Coleraine v Ballyclare: Oisin Quinn
Dromore v Grosvenor: Mark Millar
Instonians v Carrickfergus: Alan Clarke
Portadown v Enniskillen: Henry Richmond
Kukri Championship Division 2
Academy v Lisburn: Garrett Davey
Ballymoney v Lurgan: Tim McLennan
Clogher Valley v Ards: Chris Cahoon
Larne v UUC: Adrian Reavey
Randalstown v Limavady: Colin Stanley
Provincial League Division 1
Ballynahinch 4 v Belfast Harlequins 2: Barry O’Hara
Grosvenor 2 v Ballyclare 2: John Adams
Queens University 2 v Dungannon 2: Neil Stewart
Provincial League Division 2
Ballymoney 2 v Banbridge 3: Colin Millar
Carrickfergus 2 v Omagh 3: Aaron Fletcher
Dromore 2 v City of Armagh 3: Teddy Sloan
Malone 3 v Clogher Valley 2: Norman Gamble
Provincial League Division 3
Portadown 3 v City of Derry 2: Stephen Crooke
Randalstown 2 v CIYMS 2: Andrew Davis
Provincial League Division 4
Ards 2 v Queens University 3: Mark Taylor
Ballyclare 3 v Cooke 2: Mat Stone
Limavady 2 v Instonians 3: Lynsey Davison (pictured above)
Lisburn 2 v Larne 3: Shane Toolan
Provincial League Division 5
Ballyclare 4 v Ballynahinch 6: Nathan Lamont
Ballymoney 3 v Banbridge 4: Aubrey Kerrigan
Provincial League Division 6
Donaghadee 2 v Carrickfergus 3: Alan Wilson
Newry 2 v Randalstown 3: Gary McKelvey
Omagh 4 v Lurgan 2: Billy O’Gorman
Regional Premier
Enniskillen 3 v BHSFP 2: Niall Patterson
Game On Regional West
City of Derry 3 v Cookstown: Gavin McCrossan
Donegal 2 v Strabane 2: Noel Trainor
Game On Regional East
Ballymena 4 v Belfast Harlequins 4: Chris Little
Civil Service 2 v PSNI 3: Chris Logan
Game On Regional North
Academy 3 v Ballymena 5: Jerome McAllister
Rainey OB 3 v Coleraine 3: Gary Milling
Danske Bank Subsidiary Shield
Sullivan Upper v Royal School Dungannon: David Coey
Bangor Grammar v Dalriada: Trevor Bradfield
Danske Bank 2nd XV Cup
Methody v Campbell College: Gareth Dunlop (at RBAI)
Danske Bank 2nd XV Plate
Coleraine Grammar v Portadown College: Vincent Hughes (at BRA)
Danske Bank 3rd XV Plate
Sullivan Upper v Wallace High: Matthew Wickham
Enniskillen Royal Grammar v Rainey Endowed: Kirker Dalton
Ulster Carpets U18 Cup
Carrickfergus v City of Derry: Anthony Henry
Omagh / Dungannon v Banbridge: Michael Brown
Coleraine v Cavan/Monaghan: Harold Faulkner
Ulster Carpets U16 Cup
Carrickfergus v City of Derry: Gavin Walker
Ophir v Virginia: Steven Hayes
Ulster Carpets U14 Cup
Ballymoney v Limavady: Stanley McFaul
Ballynahinch v Donaghadee: Orla McMahon
Dungannon v Malone: Peter O’Hanlon
U18 League play off
Randalstown v City of Armagh: Mark Orr
U16 League play off
Ballymena v Portadown: Paul McAlister
U14 League play off
Banbridge v City of Armagh: Andrew Pyper
Carrickfergus v Virginia: Mark Surgenor
U18 Girls (Sunday)
Larne v TBC: Scott McKnight
Women’s Championship Division 1 (Sunday)
Ballynahinch v Malone: Paul Baxter
Carrickfergus v Cavan: Alan Ward
For all other match official appointments, including mid-week games, please check the Ulster Rugby website or follow the link below:
https://www.ulsterrugby.com/fixtures-results/domestic/
We also wish Andrew Mitchell well as he travels to Ashbourne on Saturday to referee his final IPAS game of the season.
As always, we wish all our referees, assessors and referee coaches well this weekend.
If you are interested in finding out more information about becoming a referee, please contact Richard Kerr on 07493 868388 or richard.kerr@irfu.ie
Rugby Development
McDowell, Gaffikin and Erskine involved in Guinness Six Nations this weekend
8th March 2019