SANZAAR has announced the referee appointments for Week 2 of the 2018 Super Rugby season.
It is another full round this week with seven matches with Ben O'Keeffe taking charge of the Friday night Kiwi derby between the Blues and Chiefs in Auckland. Nic Berry gets his first match and will referee the Crusaders versus Stormers in Christchurch, while Egon Seconds also gets his first start taking charge of the Sunwolves versus Rebels match in Tokyo. Angus Gardner has the whistle for the Aussie derby in Brisbane as Reds host Brumbies and Marius van der Westhuizen takes charge of the derby in Pretoria between the Bulls and Lions.
Match | Blues v Chiefs @ Eden Park, Auckland |
Date | Friday 2 March |
Kick-off | 19:35 local |
Referee | Ben O'Keeffe |
AR1 | Brendan Pickerill |
AR2 | Angus Mabey |
TMO | Ben Skeen |
Match | Reds v Brumbies @ Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
Date | Friday 2 March |
Kick-off | 19:00 local |
Referee | Angus Gardner |
AR1 | Will Houston |
AR2 | James Leckie |
TMO | George Ayoub |
Match | Crusaders v Stormers @ AMI Stadium, Christchurch |
Date | Saturday 3 March |
Kick-off | 19:35 local |
Referee | Nic Berry |
AR1 | Jamie Nutbrown |
AR2 | Cam Stone |
TMO | Shane McDermott |
Match | Sunwolves v Rebels@ Prince Chichibu Stadium, Tokyo |
Date | Saturday 3 March |
Kick-off | 13:15 local |
Referee | Egon Seconds |
AR1 | Paul Williams |
AR2 | Shuhei Kubo |
TMO | Minoru Fuji |
Match | Sharks v Waratahs @ Kings Park Stadium, Durban |
Date | Saturday 3 March |
Kick-off | 15:05 local |
Referee | Jaco Peyper |
AR1 | AJ Jacobs |
AR2 | Archie Sehlako |
TMO | Marius Jonker |
Match | Bulls v Lions @ Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
Date | Saturday 3 March |
Kick-off | 17:15 local |
Referee | Marius van der Westhuizen |
AR1 | Rasta Rasivhenge |
AR2 | Stephan Geldenhuys |
TMO | Christie du Preez |
Match | Jaguares v Hurricanes @ Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Buenos Aires |
Date | Saturday 3 March |
Kick-off | 18:40 local |
Referee | Nick Briant |
AR1 | Mike Fraser |
AR2 | Jose Covassi |
TMO | Santiago Borsani |
Bye: Highlanders