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MATCH OFFICIALS
MAORI ALL BLACKS V
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS ROTORUA Meet tonight’s match o o cials
REFEREE
JACO PEYPER IS one of world rugby’s foremost whistlers The trained lawyer cut his his teeth at Investec Super Rugby level in in 2008 and and in in 2010 and 2011 refereed at the IRB Junior World Championships including the JWC 2011 Final He made his Test debut in in in 2011 and the following year he he he was promoted to the IRB’s elite panel and he he has not looked back ASSISTANT REFEREE
PAU NATIVE JEROME
Garces rst took up refereeing back in in 1993 and graduated from what was then the the Junior World Championship at which
he rst appeared in 2009 A seasoned French Top 14 referee who has also taken control of many European Cup matches Garces was introduced to to top international rugby as an an Assistant Referee in in 2010-2011 After appearing as as an AR at RWC 2011 he he was one of the top referees at RWC 2015 JACO PEYPER JEROME
GARCES
(SOUTH AFRICA)
ROMAIN POITE COMES
from Toulouse and played
at No 8 for Castres Olympique and and and SC Graulhet and and and started refereeing in in in 1994 He handled his rst match in in in in the French top division in in 2004 and worked as a a a a police investigator before becoming
a a a a a full-time referee in in in in 2007 He made his international refereeing debut with a a a a RWC 2007 quali er er between Morocco and and Namibia in in Casablanca in in in 2006 and and joined the World Rugby High Performance Panel in in 2009 (FRANCE)
IAN SMITH
(AUSTRALIA)
IAN SMITH
MADE HIS
Super Rugby refereeing debut debut and his Test debut debut the same year He oversaw more than 50 rst-class games before retiring while also building up a a a a a a a a private accountancy practice In 2017 he has been part of SANZAAR’s TMO panel regularly
appearing in in in in the the box in in in in Canberra This is is is is is his his second outing on on on the the British & Irish Lions tour ASSISTANT REFEREE
TMO ROMAIN POITE (FRANCE)
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