Rugby:George Clancy will take charge of the plum tie between Harlequins and Toulouse when the Heineken Cup resumes next weekend. The Limerick official will officiate at the Stoop when the English and French league leaders meet in Pool Six.
Alain Rolland and John Lacey will also be on European duty, Rolland handling Clermont Auvergne and Leicester Tigers while Lacey will take charge of another Anglo-French clash when Castres meet Northampton. Peter Fitzgibbon will handle the clash of Biarritz Olympique and Benetton Treviso
Munster’s favourite Frenchman, Romain Poite, will be on duty for the first of the province’s double-headers against the Scarlets while Jerome Garces will be the man in the middle when defending champions Leinster travel to Bath.
Heineken Cup fixtures and officials
Friday, December 9th
Pool 2: Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh (8pm, Wayne Barnes)
Pool 4: Ulster v Aironi (7.30pm, Andrew Small)
Pool 6: Harlequins v Toulouse (8pm, George Clancy)
Saturday, December 10th
Pool 1: Scarlets v Munster (3.40pm, Romain Poite)
Pool 1: Castres Olympique v Northampton Saints (1.30pm, John Lacey)
Pool 2: Racing Metro 92 v London Irish (3.40pm, Nigel Owens)
Pool 5: Saracens v Ospreys (6pm, Pascal Gauzere)
Pool 5: Benetton Treviso v Biarritz Olympique (2.30pm, JP Doyle)
Pool 6: Connacht v Gloucester (1.30, Neil Paterson)
Sunday, December 11th
Pool 3: Glasgow Warriors v Montpellier (12.45pm, Greg Garner)
Pool 3: Bath Rugby v Leinster (12.45pm, Jerome Garces)
Pool 4: ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leicester Tigers (3pm, Alain Rolland)
Friday, December 16th
Pool 2: Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues (8pm, Pascal Gauzere)
Pool 5: Ospreys v Saracens (8pm, Jerome Garces)
Pool 5: Biarritz Olympique v Benetton Treviso (8pm, Peter Fitzgibbon)
Saturday, December 17th
Pool 2: London Irish v Racing Metro 92 (3pm, John Lacey)
Pool 3: Montpellier v Glasgow Warriors (3.40pm, Andrew Small)
Pool 3: Leinster v Bath (6pm, Romain Poite)
Pool 4: Aironi v Ulster (1.30pm, Greg Garner)
Pool 4: Leicester v ASM Clermont Auvergne (1.30pm Nigel Owens)
Pool 6: Gloucester v Connacht (3.40pm, Leighton Hodges)
Sunday, December 18th
Pool 1: Munster v Scarlets (12.45pm, Dave Pearson)
Pool 1: Northampton Saints v Castres Olympique (3pm, George Clancy)
Pool 6: Toulouse v Harlequins (3pm, Alain Rolland)
