Peyper and Jonker to officiate at Rugby World Cup: As expected, Jaco Peyper and Marius Jonker were the only South Africans included as match officials for this year's Rugby World Cup (RWC) in France.
Twenty-six match officials representing nine nations with more than 630 Test appearances between them, will take charge of the 48 tournament matches.The 42-year-old Peyper, who has refereed 61 Tests and was appointed to handle the Champions Cup final in Dublin on May 20, will referee at his third consecutive RWC.
Jonker, 54, who has 30 Tests and 53 Test TMO appointments to his name, will be involved in his third RWC, one as referee and one as a TMO.Joy Neville, the first woman named on the match official panel for a men’s RWC. She refereed the RWC 2017 final. In an experienced referee group, Wayne Barnes , holder of the most Test appearances , will officiate in a fifth-straight RWC in the country in which he debuted in 2007, while Nika Amashukeli will make history as the first Georgian to officiate at a RWC.will follow in the footsteps of his father Nigel, who was an assistant referee and TMO at RWC 2003.
The appointments for the pool phase will be announced after the completion of the Rugby Championship and RWC preparation matches.Nika Amashukeli , Wayne Barnes , Nic Berry , Andrew Brace , Matthew Carley , Karl Dickson , Angus Gardner , Ben O’Keeffe , Luke Pearce , Jaco Peyper , Mathieu Raynal , Paul Williams .Chris Busby , Pierre Brousset , James Doleman , Craig Evans , Andrea Piardi , Christophe Ridley , Jordan Way .
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