English referee Wayne Barnes will set a brand new record for Tests officiated within the clash between France and the Springboks in Marseille on 12 November 2022.
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The match will likely be Barnes’ one hundred and first – breaking the present record of 100 held by now retired Wales referee Nigel Owens.
Barnes, nonetheless solely 43, at the moment sits on 99 Tests.
His a hundredth Test will come within the clash between Wales and the All Blacks in Cardiff on 5 November, earlier than writing his identify within the record books every week later.
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Meanwhile, South Africa’s Jaco Peyper has been appointed as referee for 2 Tests within the conventional November worldwide window after he was given a break in the course of the recently-concluded Rugby Championship.
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World Rugby additionally introduced on Monday the names of the match officers for the Springboks’ six matches on their tour of Europe, which incorporates 4 Tests and two midweek video games for the SA ‘A’ crew.
Jaco Peyper will referee his sixtieth and 61st Tests
Peyper would be the man within the center when France host Australia in Paris on 5 November, and once more every week later when Ireland face Fiji in Dublin on 12 November, which will likely be his 61st Test as a referee.
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AJ Jacobs has been given assistant referee duties in 4 Tests over two weekends in Dubai, when Hong Kong, Kenya, USA and Portugal sq. off within the Final Qualification Tournament for Rugby World Cup 2023 over three match-days consisting of six clashes in whole.
Marius Jonker and Marius van der Westhuizen have been appointed as Television Match Officials in 5 Tests subsequent month.
The referees for the Springboks’ 4 Tests are Nika Amashukeli from Georgia (in opposition to Ireland in Dublin on 5 November), Wayne Barnes of England (in opposition to France in Marseille on 12 November), Mike Adamson of Scotland (in opposition to Italy in Genoa on 19 November) and Angus Gardner of Australia (in opposition to England in London on 26 November).
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Karl Dickson of England will referee the SA ‘A’ midweek match in opposition to Munster in Cork on 10 November, and every week later, on 17 November, Adam Jones of Wales will carry the whistle within the clash in opposition to the Bristol Bears in Bristol.
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