a) The nominated referees are drawn from the ERC 2010/ 2011 Match Officials' panel.

b) The nominations are proposed by the ERC Match Officials Performance Manager 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.

c) The performance of match officials will be reviewed by the ERC Match Officials Performance Manager (Donal Courtney) and together with a panel of Performance Reviewers (PR).

d) Head Coaches / Directors of Rugby are invited to submit their comments and feedback to the ERC Match Officials Performance Manager on the performances of Match Officials in their games.