SANZAAR has announced the referee appointments for the quarter-finals of Super Rugby.
The referee appointments for the Super Rugby quarter-finals are merit-based and their selection has included direct input from the Super Rugby coaches.
The Friday night quarter-final is in Wellington where the Hurricanes, the best wild card team after the regular season which gave them a ranking of four, will host the Chiefs who beat them last weekend in Hamilton. The all Kiwi affair will be refereed by Glen Jackson.
On Saturday Mike Fraser will be in charge of the Crusaders versus Sharks match in Christchurch. The Crusaders won the New Zealand conference and were seeded one for the finals series after the regular season, while the Sharks earned their place after beating the Jaguares in the last match of the regular season to edge out the Rebels as eighth seed.
Australian Conference winners the Waratahs host the Highlanders in Sydney where Angus Gardner will be the referee. The last quarter-final is in Johannesburg where Jaco Peyper will referee the Lions, Super Rugby runners-up the last two years, versus the Jaguares who make their Super Rugby quarter-final debut.
Match | Quarter-Final 2 Hurricanes [4] v Chiefs [5]@ Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Date | Friday 20 July |
Kick-off | 19:35 local |
Referee | Glen Jackson |
AR1 | Nick Briant |
AR2 | Paul Williams |
TMO | Glenn Newman |
Match | Quarter-Final 1 Crusaders [1] v Sharks [8] @ AMI Stadium, Christchurch |
Date | Saturday 21 July |
Kick-off | 19:35 local |
Referee | Mike Fraser |
AR1 | Ben O'Keeffe |
AR2 | Brendon Pickerill |
TMO | Shane McDermott |
Match | Quarter-Final 4 Waratahs [3] v Highlanders [6] @ Allianz Stadium, Sydney |
Date | Saturday 21 July |
Kick-off | 20:05 local |
Referee | Angus Gardner |
AR1 | Nic Berry |
AR2 | Will Houston |
TMO | George Ayoub |
Match | Quarter-Final 3 Lions [2] v Jaguares [7] @ Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg |
Date | Saturday 21 July |
Kick-off | 15:05 local |
Referee | Jaco Peyper |
AR1 | Marius van der Westhuizen |
AR2 | Egon Seconds |
TMO | Marius Jonker |
Semi-Final 1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
Semi-Final 2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4