SUPER RUGBY REFEREE APPOINTMENTS

Jun 15 • General News, Super Rugby • 1771 Views • Comments Off on SUPER RUGBY REFEREE APPOINTMENTS

SANZAR has announced referee appointments for the opening round of the Super Rugby Finals Series.

Appointments are outlined below with the asterisk (*) denoting the match occurs the following day in this territory due to time difference.

Qualifier	Highlanders v Chiefs @ Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Date	Saturday 20 June 2015
Kick-Off	19:35 local, 17:35 AEST, 09:35 SAST
Referee	Chris Pollock
AR1	Nick Briant
AR2	Mike Fraser
TMO	Aaron Paterson

Qualifier	Stormers v Brumbies @ DHL Newlands, Cape Town
Date	Saturday 20 June 2015
Kick-Off	17:05 local, 1:05* AEST, 3:05* NZST
Referee	Jaco Peyper
AR1	Craig Joubert
AR2	Jason Jaftha
TMO	Deon van Blommestein

The structure of the Super Rugby Finals Series is as follows:

Week	Match	Name	Home	v	Away
1	A	Qualifier	Highlanders	v	Chiefs
1	B	Qualifier	Stormers	v	Brumbies
2	C	Semi-Final	Waratahs	v	Higher-ranked winner from A or B
2	D	Semi-Final	Hurricanes	v	Other winner from A or B
3	E	Final	Higher-ranked winner from C or D	v	Other winner from C or D

SANZAR will confirm the Semi-Finals schedule following the completion of the Qualifiers.

Should any Super Rugby Finals Series match end with the scores level, the following will apply until a winner is determined:

a) Extra time played in two periods of 10 minutes
b) Sudden death extra time in a period of up to 10 minutes
c) A kicking competition featuring five players from each team