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World Rugby Announced Officials For Springbok’s End-of-year Tests in November. Massive

World Rugby has announced the match officials for the November Test window, including the Springboks Tests in Edinburgh, London and Cardiff.

World Rugby announced the match officials for the November Test window on Friday, which includes the Springboks’ three Tests, in Edinburgh, London and Cardiff.

The Springbok Tests will be refereed by Christophe Ridley of England (vs Scotland), Andrew Brace of Ireland (vs England) and Karl Dickson of England (vs Wales).

TMO panel

Meanwhile, South African match official Morne Ferreira will referee his first Test abroad next month after he was appointed by World Rugby to take charge of the match between Spain and Fiji in Valladolid.

Apart from the Test in Spain on 16 November, Ferreira – who refereed his first Tests in the Stellenbosch Challenge in 2021, where Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Brazil played – has also been appointed as an assistant referee in four Tests, including France v Argentina in Paris.

Aimee Barrett-Theron, who recently became the first women’s match official to referee 40 Tests, has been appointed as an assistant referee in three matches, including the Valladolid Test with Ferreira.

Three more South African match officials, Quinton Immelman, Marius Jonker and Marius van der Westhuizen, will appear on the TMO panel for the Test window.

For the full match official appointments, click here

Springboks’ match officials:

Scotland v South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Sunday, 10 November
Referee: Christophe Ridley (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Craig Evans (WRU)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)
FPRO: Tual Trainini (FFR)
England v South Africa
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Saturday, 16 November
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Chris Busby (IRFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)
Wales v South Africa
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Saturday, 23 November
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Christophe Ridley (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Damian Schneider (UAR)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)
FPRO: Stuart Terheege (RFU)

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