Round 4 of the European competitions take place this weekend with some exciting fixtures on offer. We welcome Luke Pearce and his team of officials from the RFU to the Kingspan Stadium this evening for the Ulster v Scarlets game.
Jonathan Peak and Grainne Crabtree are 4th and 5th officials respectively with David Armstrong acting as timekeeper.
Other USRFR referees in European action are:
Timisoara Saracens v Northampton Saints: AR 1 Jonny Erskine / AR 2 Richard Kerr
Sale Sharks v Bordeaux Begles: AR 2 Chris Busby
La Rochelle v Bristol: AR 2 Oisin Quinn
Leicester Tigers v Racing Metro: AR 1 Stuart Gaffikin
Montpellier v Toulon: AR 1 Mark Patton (pictured above) / TMO Simon McDowell / Citing Commissioner Tim Lowry
There is a full list of AIL fixtures this weekend and USRFR referees are as follows:
Division 1A
Terenure College v Cork Constitution: Jonathan Peak
Division 1B
Banbridge v Armagh: Peter Martin
Division 2A
Galwegians v Nenagh Ormond: Rob Watson
Dolphin v Queens University: Chris Lough
Division 2B
Rainey Old Boys v Dungannon: Henry Richmond
Division 2C
Bangor v Omagh: Grainne Crabtree
Tullamore v Midleton: Lee Evans
The two All Ireland Junior Cup semi-finals also take place and will be refereed by:
Enniscorthy v Wicklow: Keane Davison
Ashbourne v Clonmel: Robbie McGreer
Closer to home, there is a full programme of domestic fixtures and refereeing appointments can be found by clicking on the following link:
https://www.ulsterrugby.com/fixtures-results/domestic/
As always we wish all our match officials, assessors and referee coaches well this weekend.
Rugby Development
USRFR referees in action across Europe again this weekend
14th December 2018