Referee appointments - Amlin Challenge Cup Rounds 5 and 6

Following a meeting of the ERC Match Officials Committee, the referees for Rounds 5 and 6 of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup were announced on Thursday, 20 December 2012.

The meeting reviewed match official performances in Rounds 3 and 4 of both tournaments and also took into account feedback from club coaching staff when considering the appointments for the vital concluding pool stage matches.

Referee appointments - Amlin Challenge Cup Rounds 5 and 6
(All kick-offs local time)

ROUND 5
THURSDAY, 10 JANUARY 2013
Pool 1 Mont-de-Marsan v London Irish 19.00 Marius Mitrea (Ita)
Pool 3 Bayonne v Newport Gwent Dragons 20.45 Andrew Small (Eng)

FRIDAY, 11 JANUARY
Pool 1 Bordeaux-Bègles v Gloucester Rugby 20.00 Andrew McMenemy (Sco)

SATURDAY, 12 JANUARY
Pool 5 London Welsh v I Cavalieri Prato 14.00 David Wilkinson (Ire)
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Agen 14.15 Dudley Phillips (Ire)
Pool 4 Cammi Calvisano v Bucharest Wolves 14.30 Leo Colgan (Ire)
Pool 3 London Wasps v Rugby Mogliano 15.00 Cedric Marchat (Fra)
Pool 2 Femi-CZ Rovigo v Worcester Warriors 15.00 Ian Davies (Wal)
Pool 2 Bizkaia Gernika RT v Perpignan 16.00 Ian Tempest (Eng)
Pool 5 Grenoble v Stade Francais Paris 21.00 Luke Pearce (Eng)

ROUND 6
THURSDAY, 17 JANUARY
Pool 3 Newport Gwent Dragons v London Wasps 19.45 Marius Mitrea (Ita)
Pool 2 Perpignan v VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo 20.45 Neil Hennessy (Wal)

FRIDAY, 18 JANUARY
Pool 4 Agen v Cammi Rugby Calvisano 19.00 Ian Tempest (Eng)

SATURDAY, 19 JANUARY
Pool 3 Rugby Mogliano v Bayonne 14.00 Ian Davies (Wal)
Pool 5 I Cavalieri Prato v Grenoble 14.00 Leo Colgan (Ire)
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Bucharest Wolves 14.15 Laurent Cardona (Fra)
Pool 1 London Irish v Bordeaux-Bègles 15.00 David Wilkinson (Ire)
Pool 1 Gloucester Rugby v Mont-de-Marsan 15.00 Dudley Phillips (Ire)
Pool 2 Worcester Warriors v Bizkaia Gernika RT 15.00 Cedric Marchat (Fra)
Pool 5 Stade Francais Paris v London Welsh 21.00 Andrew McMenemy (Sco)