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