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England Men

23 Aug 2023 | 2 min |

Match officials for RWC group games confirmed

Match officials for England’s Rugby World Cup group games have been confirmed.

ENGLAND v ARGENTINA

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

  • Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Ben O'Keeffe (NZR)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Pierre Brousset (FFR)
  • TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

ENGLAND v JAPAN

Stade de Nice, Nice

  • Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Nic Berry (RA)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
  • TMO: Joy Neville (IRFU)

ENGLAND v CHILE

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille

  • Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Pierre Brousset (FFR)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
  • TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

ENGLAND v SAMOA

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille

  • Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Chris Busby (IRFU)
  • TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)

Elsewhere, Wayne Barnes - the most-capped referee in test history - is set to take part in a record fifth Rugby World Cup. Barnes has refereed 21 matches on the Rugby World Cup stage, the other 11 officials have 24 matches between them.

He is joined at the tournament by RFU match officials: Luke Pearce, Karl Dickson, Matthew Carley, Christophe Ridley and Tom Foley.