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South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will referee the Rugby World Cup 2023 opening match between hosts France and New Zealand at Stade de France on 8 September.
On a big opening weekend that will see four referees make their Rugby World Cup debuts in the middle, France’s Mathieu Raynal will take charge of England versus Argentina in Pool D, while Australia’s Angus Gardner will referee world champions South Africa against Scotland in Pool B.
England’s Luke Pearce, meanwhile, will be in the middle for the final match of the pool stage, the Pool C meeting between Fiji and Portugal in Toulouse on 8 October.
Emirates Match Official appointments highlights
South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will referee the Rugby World Cup 2023 opening match between hosts France and New Zealand at Stade de France on 8 September.
On a big opening weekend that will see four referees make their Rugby World Cup debuts in the middle, France’s Mathieu Raynal will take charge of England versus Argentina in Pool D, while Australia’s Angus Gardner will referee world champions South Africa against Scotland in Pool B.
England’s Luke Pearce, meanwhile, will be in the middle for the final match of the pool stage, the Pool C meeting between Fiji and Portugal in Toulouse on 8 October.
Emirates Match Official appointments highlights
- Jaco Peyper (South Africa) will be assisted in the opening match by Karl Dickson (England) and Christophe Ridley (England) with Tom Foley (England) as the Television Match Official.
- Wayne Barnes (England) set to take part in a record fifth Rugby World Cup with New Zealand v Uruguay on 5 October to be his 25th match as a referee in the tournament.
- Barnes has refereed 21 matches on the Rugby World Cup stage, the other 11 officials have 24 matches between them.
- The most-capped referee in test history, Barnes is one of four officials who will referee four matches in the pool stage, the others being compatriots Luke Pearce and Karl Dickson along with Mathieu Raynal (France).
- Four referees will make their Rugby World Cup debuts in the middle in Andrew Brace (Ireland), Nika Amashukeli (Georgia), Matthew Carley (England) and Karl Dickson (England).
- Amashukeli, the first Georgian official in Rugby World Cup history, will take charge of Ireland v Romania in Bordeaux on 9 September – 16 years after watching Ireland defeat Georgia at France 2007 on television as his introduction to rugby.
- Joy Neville (Ireland), the first female match official in men’s Rugby World Cup history, will be a TMO for five matches, starting with Italy v Namibia in Saint-Étienne on 9 September.
- Nic Berry (Australia) will be in the middle for Chile’s Rugby World Cup debut against Japan in Toulouse on 10 September.
- Angus Gardner (Australia) will take charge of South Africa’s opening match of their title defence, against Scotland in Marseille on 10 September.
- Portugal’s return after a 16-year absence against Wales in Nice on 16 September will be Karl Dickson’s first RWC match as a referee.
- Paul Williams (New Zealand) will referee the first all-South American match in Rugby World Cup history, Argentina v Chile in Nantes on 30 September.
Jaco Peyper to referee opening match of Rugby World Cup 2023 | World Rugby
South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will referee the Rugby World Cup 2023 opening match between hosts France and New Zealand at Stade de France on 8 September.
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