We welcome Nigel Owens, Andrew Brace, Rhys Thomas and Brian MacNeice to the Kingspan Stadium tonight where they will take charge of the Ulster v Benetton Treviso Guinness Pro14 match. Rob Watson, Robbie McGreer and Alan Ward are the 4th, 5th and 6th officials with David Armstrong acting as the official timekeeper. Mark Taylor and Billy Allen will referee the half time mini rugby matches.
The All Ireland Junior Cup final takes place at Edenderry RFC tomorrow between Enniscorthy and Ashbourne. Oisin Quinn has been appointed as referee and he will be assisted by Richard Kerr and Grainne Crabtree.
With the second half of the All Ireland League now in full swing there are some tasty fixtures. Referee and touch judge appointments are:
All Ireland League Division 1A
Terenure College v University College Dublin: Stuart Gaffikin
Young Munster v Cork Constitution: Jonny Erskine
All Ireland League Division 1B
Banbridge v St Marys College: Chris Busby, TJ’s Robbie McGreer & Bill Halliday
Buccaneers v Old Belvedere: Mark Patton
Ballynahinch v Ballymena: Peter Martin, TJ’s Andrew Mitchell & Brian McLawrence
All Ireland League Division 2B
Rainey OB v Sundays Well: TJ’s Keane Davison & Billy Allen
All Ireland League Division 2C
City of Derry v Midleton: Henry Richmond, TJ’s Tim McLennan & Colin McCandless
Bangor v Ballina: TJ’s David Wilson & Kirker Dalton
Domestic league and cup action continues and selected fixtures are:
Crawford Cup
Ballynahinch 4 v Carrickfergus 2: Teddy Sloan
Banbridge 3 v City of Armagh 3: Steven Robb
Clogher Valley 2 v Grosvenor 2: Roger Cleave
Dungannon 3 v Ballymoney 2: Shane Toolan
Crawford Plate
Ballynahinch 3 v Randalstown 2: Vincent Hughes
Dromore 2 v Belfast Harlequins 3: Aaron Fletcher
Enniskillen 2 v Portadown 3: Stephen Crooke
Forster Cup
Academy 2 v Ards 2: Mark Surgenor
Ballyclare 4 v Randalstown 3: Andrew Davis
Cooke 2 v Lurgan 2: Stephen Monaghan
Forster Plate
Instonians 3 v Ballymoney 3: Mat Stone
Lisburn 2 v Ballyclare 3: Gareth Sharkie
PSNI 2 v Clogher Valley 3: Jarvis Traynor
Provincial League Division 1
Portadown 2 v Belfast Harlequins 2: Richard Wiseman
Queens University 2 v Rainey OB 2: Chris Logan
Provincial League Division 4
Ballyclare 3 v Ards 2: Anthony Henry
Danske Bank School Cup
Belfast Royal Academy v Belfast High: Richard Sweeney
Friends School v Ballyclare High: Andrew Mitchell
Regent House v Bangor Grammar: Robbie McGreer
Omagh Academy v Down High: Tim McLennan
Coleraine Grammar v Dalriada: Keane Davison
Lurgan College v Cambridge House: Trevor Bradfield (pictured above)
Rainey Endowed v Portadown College: David Coey
Royal School Dungannon v Larne Grammar: Neil Robertson
Ulster Carpets U16 North
Letterkenny v Coleraine: Paul Clifford
Ulster Carpets U16 South
Dungannon v Cavan: Carl Quinn
Portadown v Enniskillen: Jonathan Murdock
Ulster Carpets U16 Coast
Cooke v Ophir: Judith McDevitt
Ulster Women’s Championship Division 1 (Sunday)
City of Derry v Carrickfergus: Colin McCandless
Malone v Cavan: Chris Elliott
Ulster Women’s Championship Division 2 (Sunday)
Lisburn v Queens University: Eamonn Whelan
Randalstown v Malone 2: Stephen Monaghan
Newry/Virginia v Dungannon: Michael Cairnduff
North Down v Belfast Harlequins: Mat Stone
Portadown v Cooke2: Clive Gardiner
For a full listing of all other domestic fixtures, please follow the link below.
https://www.ulsterrugby.com/fixtures-results/domestic/
Good luck to all those involved in matches this weekend.
Rugby Development
USRFR referees in action this weekend
25th January 2019