Stuart Berry to referee Guinness PRO14 Final
South African referee Stuart Berry will lead a team of neutral match officials for the Guinness PRO14 Final this Saturday when Leinster Rugby take on Scarlets at Aviva Stadium (see www.ticketmaster.ie).
Having joined the Guinness PRO14 Elite Referee Squad from Super Rugby after the tournament expanded into South Africa this season, Berry took charge of the Semi-Final fixture between Leinster Rugby and Munster Rugby last weekend. Berry, who has refereed 11 international games, will be assisted by Marius Mitrea (FIR) as Assistant Referee 1 and Mike Adamson (SRU) as Assistant Referee 2. Neil Paterson of the SRU will serve as the Television Match Official. The appointments for the Guinness PRO14 Final also ensure the criteria of capability and neutrality have been achieved across all six games in this season’s Final Series where the match official teams (Referee, AR1, AR2 & TMO) have included the best from all five participating unions throughout the knock-out stages. International referees Nigel Owens (WRU), George Clancy (IRFU), John Lacey (IRFU), Stuart Berry (SARU) and Marius Mitrea (FIR) have all been in charge of Guinness PRO14 Final Series games while the SRU’s Mike Adamson has been an assistant referee in each round.
Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby, said: “We are immensely proud of Stuart and we know he will represent South Africa with aplomb in Dublin on Saturday. His appointment to the final of the Guinness PRO14 is well-deserved and we believe it underlines the fact that our entry into this exciting competition in the Northern Hemisphere had been a great success. “We made many new rugby friends from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy, and I believe we also made our presence felt in this tough competition, in many ways. We’d like to wish Stuart and his colleagues well for Saturday’s game, as well as Leinster Rugby and Scarlets, in what promises to be a great showcase and wonderful end to the Guinness PRO14 season.”
Stuart Berry (SARU) Profile: The South African runs his own music promotion business and made his Championship debut this season in Round 3 for Ospreys v Munster Rugby. On Saturday, Marius Mitrea will serve as AR1, the Italian-based international referee has made 80 appearances in the Championship and Mike Adamson will serve as AR2, having made 21 appearances in the tournament.
Please note: Since 2010 all referee appointments for the Championship Final have been neutral bar one. Championship Final Referees: · 2010: Chris White, RFU (Leinster Rugby v Ospreys Rugby) · 2011: Nigel Owens, WRU (Munster Rugby v Leinster Rugby) · 2012: Romain Poite, FFR (Leinster Rugby v Ospreys Rugby) · 2013: John Lacey, IRFU (Leinster Rugby v Ulster Rugby) · 2014: Nigel Owens, WRU (Leinster Rugby v Glasgow Warriors) · 2015: Nigel Owens, WRU (Munster Rugby v Glasgow Warriors) · 2016: Nigel Owens, WRU (Connacht Rugby v Leinster Rugby) · 2017: Nigel Owens, WRU (Scarlets v Munster Rugby) |
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