Top French referee Joel Jutge will take charge of the opening match of the 2005 / 2006 Heineken Cup tournament - Sale Sharks against Munster at Edgeley Park on Friday, 21 October.
Jutge, who heads the tournament's referee appearance list, will be taking charge of his 32nd Heineken Cup match when the 11th season of the competition kicks-off next month, one match ahead of Irish referee Alan Lewis and England's Chris White.
Lewis will be on duty at Welford Road when double champions Leicester Tigers clash with ASM Clermont Auvergne while White will travel to France to take charge of the match between reigning champions Toulouse and Llanelli Scarlets.
But while Jutge will stay one match ahead for Round 1, Lewis and White will draw level in Round 2 - Lewis in charge in Perpignan and White in Glasgow - with Jutge having a free weekend.
Heineken Cup 2005 / 2006
(All kick-offs LOCAL times)
ROUND 1
Friday 21 October, 2005
Pool 1 Sale Sharks v Munster Joel Jutge (F) 19.30 Sky Sports
Pool 4 Ulster v Benetton Treviso Jean-Pierre Matheu (F) 19.30
Pool 5 Bourgoin v Glasgow Warriors David Pearson (E) 20.30 Sport+ / Sky Sports*
Saturday 22 October, 2005
Pool 1 Castres Olympique v Newport Gwent Dragons Alain Rolland (I) 18.15 Sport+ / Sky Sports* / S4C **
Pool 2 Cardiff Blues v Leeds Tykes Rob Dickson (S) 13.00 Sky Sports / S4C **
Rugby Calvisano v Perpignan Malcolm Changleng (S) 14.00 Sky Italia / Sport+
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v ASM Clermont Auvergne Alan Lewis (I) 14.45
Pool 5 Leinster v Bath Rugby Nigel Whitehouse (W) 17.15 RTE / Sky Sports
Pool 6 Toulouse v Llanelli Scarlets Chris White (E) 16.00 FR2 / Sky Sports / S4C **
Sunday 23 October, 2005
Pool 3 Ospreys v Stade Français Paris Tony Spreadbury (E) 15.00 Sky Sports / Sport+ / S4C**
Pool 4 Saracens v Biarritz Olympique Nigel Owens (W) 15.00 S4C **
Pool 6 Edinburgh Gunners v London Wasps Christophe Berdos (F) 13.00 Sky Sports
Delayed * Highlights **
ROUND 2
Friday 28 October, 2005
Pool 1 Newport Gwent Dragons v Sale Sharks Christophe Berdos (F) 19.30 Sky Sports / S4C **
Pool 2 Leeds Tykes v Rugby Calvisano Eric Darriere (F) 20.00
Perpignan v Cardiff Blues Alan Lewis (I) 20.30 Sport+ / Sky Sports*
Saturday 29 October, 2005
Pool 1 Munster v Castres Olympique David Pearson (E) 17.15 RTE / Sport+ / Sky Sports
Pool 3 Stade Français Paris v Leicester Tigers Donal Courtney (I) 14.00 Sport+ / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Benetton Treviso v Saracens Malcolm Changleng (S) 14.00 Sky Italia
Biarritz Olympique v Ulster Nigel Whitehouse (W) 16.00 FR2 / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Bath Rugby v Bourgoin Nigel Owens (W) 14.15
Pool 6 Llanelli Scarlets v Edinburgh Gunners Tony Spreadbury (E) 15.00 Sky Sports* / S4C **
Sunday 30 October, 2005
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Ospreys Rob Dickson (S) 16.00 Sky Sports* / S4C **
Pool 5 Glasgow Warriors v Leinster Chris White (E) 13.00 Sky Sports
Pool 6 London Wasps v Toulouse Alain Rolland (I) 15.00 Sky Sports / Sport+
ROUND 3
Friday 9 December, 2005
Pool 1 Castres Olympique v Sale Sharks Nigel Whitehouse (W) 20.30 Sport+ / Sky Sports*
Pool 4 Ulster v Saracens Eric Darriere (F) 19.30 Sky Sports
Saturday 10 December, 2005
Pool 1 Newport Gwent Dragons v Munster Tony Spreadbury (E) 13.00 Sky Sports
Pool 2 Rugby Calvisano v Cardiff Blues Roy Maybank (E) 14.00 Sky Italia / Sky Sports*
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Stade Français Paris Chris White (E) 16.00 FR2 / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Leinster v Bourgoin Rob Dickson (S) 17.15 RTE /Sport+ / Sky Sports
Bath Rugby v Glasgow Warriors Christophe Berdos (F) 14.15
Pool 6 Edinburgh Gunners v Toulouse David Pearson (E) 16.00
Sunday 11 December, 2005
Pool 2 Leeds Tykes v Perpignan Nigel Owens (W) 14.30
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Ospreys Joel Jutge (F) 15.00 Sky Sports
Pool 4 Biarritz Olympique v Benetton Treviso George Clancy (I) 16.00 Sport+
Pool 6 Llanelli Scarlets v London Wasps Donal Courtney (I) 13.00 Sky Sports
* Delayed ** Highlights