QF Appointments

[Dixpat]

England v Australia
Referee Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant 1 Romain Poite (France)
Assistant 2 Mathieu Raynal (France)
TMO Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

New Zealand v Ireland
Referee Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant 1 Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant 2 Angus Gardner (Australia)
TMO Graham Hughes (England)

Wales v France
Referee Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant 1 Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant 2 Paul Williams (New Zealand)
TMO Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Japan v South Africa
Referee Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant 1 Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant 2 Luke Pearce (England)
TMO Rowan Kitt (England)

 

[TigerCraig]

Congrats England, good luck in the semi

 

[didds]

Congrats England, good luck in the semi

dunno TC... i think it could "work" either way!

didds

 

[crossref]

Hard to discern any heirarchy in that list , bit perhaps it signifies that WB is #1 and JP #4

Jaco is a dark horse for this RWC as his showcase game was cancelled .. (eng v Fra)

 

[Dickie E]

Congrats England, good luck in the semi

I reckon you could have blind Freddy reffing the Eng v Oz game and the Poms will still win by 30

 

[Toby Warren]

Australia deploying the old reverse psychology.

 

[Rich_NL]

From what I've seen, I'd rate Pearce, Berry and Williams above Garcès, and I find Skeen tends to overstep his mark. Given the Australian strength at the breakdown, it'll be interesting to see what effect Garcès carefree approach to managing that area has on the game.

 

[TigerCraig]

Australia deploying the old reverse psychology.

Happy with where Australia are. For a 6th ranked team playing its countries number 4 winter sport making the quarters is meeting expectations. To be honest I think another Australian WC win is a long way off, if ever

Just hope New Zealand win the whole thing
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[menace]

I reckon you could have blind Freddy reffing the Eng v Oz game and the Poms will still win by 30

amazing...that's precisely Garces nickname!!!!

 

[L'irlandais]

amazing...that's precisely Garces nickname!!!!

Perhaps down under, but not in this country it’s not. Jérôme Garcès has said he is retiring after the RWC in Japan, because he will be too old to continue to RWC 2023.