Jaco Peyper, referee for the opening game of the Rugby World Cup

Jaco Peyper, referee for the opening game of the Rugby World Cup

 

South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will have the honour of refereeing the opening match at Rugby World Cup 2015 in England as the hosts take on Fiji at Twickenham to kick off 44 days of unmissable rugby action.

Peyper, who is 35 and has refereed 20 internationals to date, has been appointed to the game on 18 September and he will be joined by assistant referees John Lacey of Ireland and Stuart Berry of South Africa while another South African, Shaun Veldsman, will be television match official.

With a further 7 matches taking place over the subsequent 2 days, there is no time for the match officials to ease their way into the tournament gently with no fewer than 22 of the 23 officials involved in some capacity that 1st weekend.

Chairman of the World Rugby Match Officials Selection Committee, John Jeffrey, said: “With just 79 days to go, the eyes of the sports-loving world are now turning towards Rugby World Cup and as the players look forward to taking to the field in September, the same is true for the team of match officials. This is what they have been building up to over the past 4 years and their preparation has been excellent.

“Refereeing is a very demanding discipline, both physically and mentally, so just like the teams, they will have to be at the very top of their game if they are to feature in the closing stages of the tournament.

“Rugby World Cup is the biggest stage of all in our game so for these match officials to have been selected in the 1st place is a great honour and a recognition of their talent, their hard work and their commitment. As such, they can all be very proud of their achievements and I wish them all every success during the tournament.”

The appointments for the knock-out stages will be made after the pool stage.

 

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 MATCH OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Date Match No Match Venue Location Kick-Off (BST) Referee Assistant Referee 1 Assistant Referee 2 TMO
Fri 18 Sep 1 England vs Fiji Twickenham Stadium London 20:00 Jaco Peyper (SARU) John Lacey (IRFU) Stuart Berry (SARU) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Sat 19 Sep 2 Tonga vs Georgia Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester 12:00 Nigel Owens (WRU) Chris Pollock (NZR) Leighton Hodges (WRU) George Ayoub (ARU)
Sat 19 Sep 3 Ireland vs Canada Millennium Stadium Cardiff 14:30 Glen Jackson(NZR) Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Mike Fraser (NZR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sat 19 Sep 4 South Africa vs Japan Brighton Community Stadium Brighton 16:45 Jérôme Garcès (FFR) JP Doyle (RFU) Federico Anselmi (UAR) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Sat 19 Sep 5 France vs Italy Twickenham Stadium London 20:00 Craig Joubert (SARU) John Lacey (IRFU) Stuart Berry (SARU) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Sun 20 Sep 6 Samoa vs USA Brighton Community Stadium Brighton 12:00 George Clancy (IRFU) Jaco Peyper (SARU) Federico Anselmi (UAR) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Sun 20 Sep 7 Wales vs Uruguay Millennium Stadium Cardiff 14:30 Romain Poite (FFR) Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Mathieu Raynal (FFR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sun20 Sep 8 New Zealand vs Argentina Wembley Stadium London 16:45 Wayne Barnes (RFU) JP Doyle (RFU) Angus Gardner (ARU) George Ayoub (ARU)
Wed 23 Sep 9 Scotland vs Japan Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester 14:30 John Lacey (IRFU) George Clancy (IRFU) Marius Mitrea (FIR) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Wed 23 Sep 10 Australia vs Fiji Millennium Stadium Cardiff 16:45 Chris Pollock (NZR) Nigel Owens (WRU) Leighton Hodges (WRU) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Wed 23 Sep 11 France vs Romania The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London 20:00 Jaco Peyper (SARU) Craig Joubert (SARU) Federico Anselmi (UAR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Thu 24 Sep 12 New Zealand vs Namibia The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London 20:00 Romain Poite (FFR) Craig Joubert (SARU) Mathieu Raynal (FFR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Fri 25 Sep 13 Argentina vs Georgia Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester 16:45 JP Doyle (RFU) Nigel Owens (WRU) Stuart Berry (SARU) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sat 26 Sep 14 Italy vs Canada Elland Road Leeds 14:30 George Clancy (IRFU) Glen Jackson(NZR) Mike Fraser (NZR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Sat 26 Sep 15 South Africa vs Samoa Villa Park Birmingham 16:45 Wayne Barnes (RFU) JP Doyle (RFU) Angus Gardner (ARU) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Sat 26 Sep 16 England vs Wales Twickenham Stadium London 20:00 Jérôme Garcès (FFR) Romain Poite (FFR) Mathieu Raynal (FFR) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Sun 27 Sep 17 Australia vs Uruguay Villa Park Birmingham 12:00 Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Jaco Peyper (SARU) Marius Mitrea (FIR) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Sun 27 Sep 18 Scotland vs USA Elland Road Leeds 14:30 Chris Pollock (NZR) John Lacey (IRFU) Mike Fraser (NZR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sun 27 Sep 19 Ireland vs Romania Wembley Stadium London 16:45 Craig Joubert (SARU) Romain Poite (FFR) Leighton Hodges (WRU) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Tue 29 Sep 20 Tonga vs Namibia Sandy Park Exeter 16:45 Glen Jackson(NZR) Chris Pollock (NZR) Federico Anselmi (UAR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Thu 1 Oct 21 Wales vs Fiji Millennium Stadium Cardiff 16:45 John Lacey (IRFU) Jérôme Garcès (FFR) Mathieu Raynal (FFR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Thu 1 Oct 22 France vs Canada Stadium MK Milton Keynes 20:00 JP Doyle (RFU) Wayne Barnes (RFU) Angus Gardner (ARU) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Fri 2 Oct 23 New Zealand vs Georgia Millennium Stadium Cardiff 20:00 Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Angus Gardner (ARU) Mathieu Raynal (FFR) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Sat 3 Oct 24 Samoa vs Japan Stadium MK Milton Keynes 14:30 Craig Joubert (SARU) Wayne Barnes (RFU) Stuart Berry (SARU) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sat 3 Oct 25 South Africa vs Scotland St. James’ Park Newcastle 16:45 Nigel Owens (WRU) Chris Pollock (NZR) Leighton Hodges (WRU) George Ayoub (ARU)
Sat 3 Oct 26 England vs Australia TwickenhamStadium London 20:00 RomainPoite (FFR) GeorgeClancy (IRFU) Marius Mitrea (FIR) ShaunVeldsman(SARU)
Sun 4 Oct 27 Argentina vs Tonga Leicester City Stadium Leicester 14:30 Jaco Peyper (SARU) Glen Jackson(NZR) Mike Fraser (NZR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sun 4 Oct 28 Ireland vs Italy The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London 16:45 Jérôme Garcès (FFR) Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Angus Gardner (ARU) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Tue 6 Oct 29 Canada vs Romania Leicester City Stadium Leicester 16:45 Wayne Barnes (RFU) Glen Jackson(NZR) Marius Mitrea (FIR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Tue 6 Oct 30 Fiji vs Uruguay Stadium MK Milton Keynes 20:00 JP Doyle (RFU) Jaco Peyper (SARU) Leighton Hodges (WRU) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Wed 7 Oct 31 South Africa vs USA The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London 16:45 Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Nigel Owens (WRU) Mike Fraser (NZR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Wed 7 Oct 32 Namibia vs Georgia Sandy Park Exeter 20:00 George Clancy (IRFU) Romain Poite (FFR) Stuart Berry (SARU) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Fri 9 Oct 33 New Zealand vs Tonga St. James’ Park Newcastle 20:00 John Lacey (IRFU) JP Doyle (RFU) Marius Mitrea (FIR) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Sat 10 Oct 34 Samoa vs Scotland St. James’ Park Newcastle 14:30 Jaco Peyper (SARU) JP Doyle (RFU) Marius Mitrea (FIR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sat 10 Oct 35 Australia vs Wales Twickenham Stadium London 16:45 Craig Joubert (SARU) Jérôme Garcès (FFR) Stuart Berry (SARU) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Sat 10 Oct 36 England vs Uruguay Manchester City Stadium Manchester 20:00 Chris Pollock (NZR) Angus Gardner (ARU) Federico Anselmi (UAR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Sun 11 Oct 37 Argentina vs Namibia Leicester City Stadium Leicester 12:00 Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Jérôme Garcès (FFR) Mike Fraser (NZR) George Ayoub (ARU)
Sun 11 Oct 38 Italy vs Romania Sandy Park Exeter 14:30 Romain Poite (FFR) George Clancy (IRFU) Mathieu Raynal (FFR) Ben Skeen(NZR)
Sun 11 Oct 39 France v  Ireland Millennium Stadium Cardiff 16:45 Nigel Owens (WRU) Wayne Barnes (RFU) Leighton Hodges (WRU) Graham Hughes (RFU)
Sun 11 Oct 40 USA vs Japan Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester 20:00 Glen Jackson(NZR) John Lacey (IRFU) Federico Anselmi (UAR) Shaun Veldsman(SARU)
Sat 17 Oct 41 Quarter-final 1 Twickenham Stadium London 16:00
Sat 17 Oct 42 Quarter-final 2 Millennium Stadium Cardiff 20:00
Sun 18 Oct 43 Quarter-final 3 Millennium Stadium Cardiff 16:00
Sun 18 Oct 44 Quarter-final 4 Twickenham Stadium London 20:00
Sat 24 Oct 45 Semi-final 1 Twickenham Stadium London 16:00
Sun 25 Oct 46 Semi-final 2 Twickenham Stadium London 16:00
Fri 30 Oct 47 Bronze final The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London 20:00
Sat 31 Oct 48 Final Twickenham Stadium London 16:00

One Response to Rugby World Cup: Match Officials appointed for Pool Stages

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    Joubert for our first match…
    a whistling and booing exercise for the French Crowd…
    on this at least we will respect our reputation…

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