Simon McDowell on Six Nations duty this weekend

As the much anticipated Guinness Six Nations series kicks off this weekend, the USRFR will be represented in the Scotland v Italy match. Simon McDowell will be the TMO in the game which will be refereed by Luke Pearce (RFU). The All Ireland League takes a break this weekend but there is plenty of league and cup action at all levels. The River Rock Towns Cup continues tonight with Ballymena 2 playing Coleraine.  The match will be refereed by Gareth Dunlop. Other selected refereeing appointments this weekend are: River Rock Towns Cup Ballynahinch 2 v Ballyclare:  Sam Holt (IPAS) Carrickfergus v Randalstown:  Alan Clarke Clogher Valley v Limavady:  Chris Elliott Dromore v Banbridge 2:  Dan Carson Dungannon 2 v Enniskillen:  Joel Stafford-Barton Portadown v Larne:  Tim McLennan Kukri Championship Division 1 Grosvenor v Cooke:  Jamie Pedlow Provincial League Division 1 Bangor 2 v Grosvenor 2:  Garrett Davey Provincial League Division 2 Omagh 3 v Clogher Valley 2:  Stephen Crooke Ballymoney 2 v Instonians 2:  Teddy Sloan Dromore 2 v Malone 3:  Clive Gardiner Provincial League Division 3 Ballymena 3 v Portadown 3:  Andrew Davis Randalstown 2 v Ballynahinch 5:  Vincent Hughes Regional Premier Ballymoney 4 v BHSFP 2:  Stephen Monaghan Enniskillen 3 v Lisburn 3:  Teddy Hall Game On Regional West City of Derry 3 v Cookstown:  Paul Clifford Inishowen v Strabane 2:  Paul McAlister Game On Regional East Holywood 2 v Belfast Harlequins 4:  Gavin Walker Ards 3 v Ballymena 4:  Terry Cooke Game On Regional South Ballynahinch 7 v Dromore 3:  Scott McKnight Game On Regional North Coleraine 3 v Ballymena 5:  Andrew Pyper Larne 3 v Academy 3:  Mark Taylor Danske Bank 2nd XV Schools Cup Ballymena Academy v RBAI:  Neil Robertson Royal School Armagh v Sullivan Upper:  Trevor Bradfield Danske Bank Medallion Shield: BRA v Campbell College:  Aaron Fletcher Dromore HS v Royal School Dungannon:  Mark Orr Grosvenor Grammar v Ballymena Academy:  Adrian Reavey Methody v Bangor Grammar:  David Coey RBAI v Ballyclare High:  John Adams Royal School Armagh v Rainey Endowed:  Eamonn Whelan Wallace High v Coleraine Grammar:  Jarvis Traynor Craigavon SHS v Sullivan Upper:  Matthew Wickham (pictured above) Ulster Carpets U18 South Cavan v City of Armagh:  Adrian Pawlik Ulster Carpets U18 East Instonians v Banbridge:  David Wilson Ulster Carpets U16 North Ballymoney v City of Derry:  Kirker Dalton Inishowen v Limavady:  Carl Quinn Rainey OB v Donegal/Ballyshannon:  Gareth Sharkie Ulster Carpets U16 South Cavan v City of Armagh:  Jim Kathro Portadown v Dungannon:  Peter McCluggage Virginia v Omagh:  Niall Patterson Ulster Carpets U16 East Ballyclare v Ballynahinch:  Mat Stone Ulster Carpets U14 North Ballymoney v City of Derry:  Stephanie Lyndsay Davidson Rainey OB v Donegal/Ballyshannon:  Nathan Lamont Ulster Carpets U14 South Cavan v City of Armagh:  Billy O’Gorman Monaghan v Clogher Valley:  Peter O’Hanlon Virginia v Omagh:  Noel Treanor Ulster Carpets U14 East Ballyclare/Larne v Ballynahinch:  Steven Hayes Instonians v Banbridge:  Gary McKelvey Ulster Carpets U14 Coast Banbridge v Donaghadee:  Andrew Raffan Lisburn v Ards:  Jonathan Wilson For a full listing of all other domestic fixtures, please follow the link below. https://www.ulsterrugby.com/fixtures-results/domestic/ As always, we wish all our referees, assessors and referee coaches well this weekend. With the ongoing cold weather, it may be worth contacting the home club if you have any doubt about your fixture going ahead.  For those of you heading to Dublin to watch the Ireland v England match, enjoy and let’s hope that there are no controversial refereeing decisions. For our members, please feel free to discuss on the closed Facebook forum.  From Monday, there will be an opportunity to discuss a clip from a recent match so you can all look forward to that!