Hollie Davidson back to officiate Springboks

The Springboks shall be officiated by six completely different referees of their Rugby Championship matches within the southern hemisphere spectacle over the subsequent two months.

Luke Pearce of England is about to take cost of their opening match of the 2024 marketing campaign in opposition to Australia on the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday, 10 August.

World Rugby introduced the match officers for the event – which runs from 10 August to 28 September – on Friday, with the panel that includes 12 referees from seven nations, whereas Scotland’s Hollie Davidson makes historical past as the primary feminine match official to seem within the competitors since its inception having been handed the assistant referee duties for the Springboks’ first two matches in opposition to the Wallabies in Brisbane and Perth.

Pearce shall be assisted by Paul Williams (New Zealand) and Davidson – who was the primary feminine referee to take cost of a Springbok Test in opposition to Portugal in Bloemfontein two weeks in the past –  within the crew’s opening match in opposition to the Wallabies.

Paul Williams will maintain the whistle within the second encounter between the edges on the Optus Stadium in Perth week later, the place Pearce and Davidson shall be on assistant referee obligation.

Andrew Brace (Ireland) and Matt Carley (England) will take cost of the Springboks’ back-to-back house Test matches in opposition to New Zealand in Johannesburg (31 August) and Cape Town (7 September).

England’s Christophe Ridley, who makes his debut within the competitors this season, will officiate the match between the Sringboks and Argentina in Santiago (21 September), whereas Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) would be the man within the center within the crew’s closing match of the event in opposition to Los Pumas on the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit (on 28 September).

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