The French national stadium will be the 84th venue to stage Heineken Cup action when the leading Irish referee controls the Round 3 clash between the 2007 French champions and the London club riding high in second place in the Guinness Premiership. The clubs - among the seven teams still able to boast two from two so far - are deadlocked on nine match points apiece and with 50,000 tickets already sold the match looks set to smash the current Heineken Cup Pool record attendance of 44,112.
Lewis is the only official to have refereed a half century of Heineken Cup matches and when he takes charge of Perpignan's Round 4 match against Leicester Tigers on Sunday, 14 December it will be his 56th tournament appointment.
Rob Debney (England) will get the third Round of European club rugby action underway when he takes charge of the European Challenge Cup Pool 2 match between Montpellier and Toulon at Stade Yves du Manoir on Thursday, 4 December.
HEINEKEN CUP
(All kick-offs LOCAL times)
ROUND 3
FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 Sale Sharks v Montauban 19.45 Peter Fitzgibbon (I)
Pool 2 Edinburgh v London Wasps 19.30 Christophe Berdos (F)
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Scarlets 20.00 Andrew Small (E) Sky Sports
Pool 6 Cardiff Blues v Biarritz Olympique 20.00 George Clancy (I) S4C* /Sky Sports**/Canal+ Sport/Sky Italia
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 2 Leinster v Castres Olympique 13.35 Peter Allan (S) Sky Sports / Sport+*** / RTE*
Pool 3 Ospreys v Benetton Treviso 15.00 Jerome Garces (F)
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Perpignan 17.30 Nigel Owens (W) Sky Sports / Canal+ Sport
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Harlequins 16.30 Alan Lewis (I) France 2 / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Toulouse v Newport Gwent Dragons 14.35 Dave Pearson (E) Canal+ / Sky Sports** / Sky Italia
Pool 6 Rugby Calvisano v Gloucester Rugby 14.35 James Jones (W) Sky Italia / Sky Sports**
SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Munster 16.00 Wayne Barnes (E) France 2 / Sky Sports / RTE* / Sky Italia
Pool 5 Bath Rugby v Glasgow Warriors 13.00 Alain Rolland (I) Sky Sports
* Delayed highlights ** Red button *** Delayed
ROUND 4
FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 2 Castres Olympique v Leinster 21.00 Dave Pearson (E) Canal+ Sport/ Sky Sports / Sky Italia /RTE*
Pool 4 Scarlets v Ulster Rugby 20.00 Romain Poite (F) S4C* / Sky Sports** / Sport+***
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 Munster v ASM Clermont Auvergne 15.30 Chris White (E) Sky Sports / France 2 / RTE*
Pool 1 Montauban v Sale Sharks 19.00 Peter Allan (S)
Pool 3 Benetton Treviso v Ospreys 14.35 Rob Debney (E) Sky Italia / Sky Sports**
Pool 4 Harlequins v Stade Français Paris 17.30 Nigel Owens (W) Sky Sports / Canal+Sport
Pool 5 Newport Gwent Dragons v Toulouse 14.30 Alain Rolland (I)
Pool 6 Biarritz Olympique v Cardiff Blues 14.35 Peter Fitzgibbon (I) Canal+ Sport / Sky Sports
Pool 6 Gloucester Rugby v Rugby Calvisano 15.00 Tim Hayes (W)
SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 2 London Wasps v Edinburgh 13.00 George Clancy (I) Sky Sports / Sky Italia
Pool 3 Perpignan v Leicester Tigers 16.00 Alan Lewis (I) France 2 / Sky Sports / Sky Italia
Pool 5 Glasgow Warriors v Bath Rugby 14.00 Christophe Berdos (F)
* Delayed highlights ** Red button *** Delayed
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP
(All kick-offs LOCAL times)
ROUND 3
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 2 Montpellier v Toulon 20.45 Rob Debney (E)
France 4
FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 Dax v London Irish 19.00 Alan Falzone (It)
Pool 3 Bourgoin v Worcester Warriors 20.30 Colin Stanley (I)
Pool 4 Brive v Cetransa El Salvador 19.30 Claudio Passacantando (It)
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 Rugby Rovigo v Connacht Rugby 15.00 John Paul Doyle (E)
Pool 2 Northampton Saints v Bristol Rugby 15.00 Romain Poite (F)
Pool 4 Overmach Parma v Newcastle Falcons 14.30 Stefan Pomarede (F)
Pool 5 Bayonne v Saracens 20.45 Andrew McPherson (S) Eurosport France / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Mont de Marsan v Viadana 15.30 Gwyn Morris (W)
SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 3 Bucuresti Oaks v Petrarca Rugby 16.30 Patrick Pechambert (F)
ROUND 4
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 London Irish v Dax 19.45 James Jones (W) Sky Sports / France 4
FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 1 Connacht Rugby v Rugby Rovigo 18.30 David Rosich (F)
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 2 Toulon v Montpellier 20.45 Andrew Small (E)
Eurosport France
Pool 3 Petrarca Rugby v Bucuresti Oaks 15.00 John Lacey (I)
Pool 3 Worcester Warriors v Bourgoin 15.00 Andy McPherson (S)
Pool 5 Viadana v Mont de Marsan 19.00 Greg Garner (E)
SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER, 2008
Pool 2 Bristol Rugby v Northampton Saints 15.00 Carlo Damasco (It)
Pool 4 Newcastle Falcons v Overmach Parma 15.00 Pascal Gauzere (F)
Pool 4 Cetransa El Salvador v Brive 12.30 Paolo Ventura (It)
Pool 5 Saracens v Bayonne 15.00 Neil Paterson (S)
Notes:
(a) Match Officials for Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup matches are nominated by an ERC Selection Panel made up of Rob Yeman (WRU), Joel Dume (FFR) and Roy McCombe (SRU).
(b) The nominated referees are drawn from the European 2008/09 referees' panel.
(c) The nominations are submitted to the ERC Match Officials Sub Committee made up of Referee Managers from the six Unions of the participating teams, who review and confirm the final appointments.
d) The performance of match officials are reviewed by Performance Reviewers ((PR) at ERC games.
e) Head Coaches / Directors of Rugby are invited to submit their comments and feedback to the ERC Match Officials Sub Committee on the performances of Match Officials in their games.
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