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