Rugby:After taking charge of the match last year, Welsh referee Nigel Owens has again been selected to officiate the game between Ireland and world champions South Africa when the teams meet in the Aviva Stadium on November 6th.
South African referee Marius Jonker has been entrusted to apply the laws when Ireland meet the All Blacks a fortnight later while Keith Brown (New Zealand) and Mark Lawrence (South Africa) will take charge of the matches against Samoa and Argentina.
Alan Rolland will be the man in the middle when the autumn internationals kick off with the high-profile meeting of Australia and New Zealand on October 30th. The former Irish player will also be in charge of the World Cup qualifier between Romania and Uruguay.
Alan Lewis is also in action in November (Wales v New Zealand) and George Glancy has been handed England’s match against the Springboks.
John Lacey’s swift rise through the refereeing ranks continues after the former Munster fullback was selected to ref two games in the autumn window, Russia v Jaguars and Italy ‘A’ v Tonga.