World Rugby Match Officials Selection Committee Chairman, Graham Mourie said, “We have a group of very committed match officials who, like players, continually work on their game through a robust, team-driven 360 degree review process. They probably also don’t need the run out as much as the new names. There’s a game for most of the usual suspects as well.įor those looking for missing names – Wayne Barnes, Matthew Carley and Jaco Peyper all miss out, maybe managing workload with all three being on long distance travels in recent weeks.

Mathieu Raynal returns to TRC action for the first time since 2018. Once again, there’s valuable big-match game time for some of the newer referees at this level – Mike Adamson, Nika Amashukeli, James Doleman and Damon Murphy picking up games.Īdamson becomes the first Scottish ref since Jim Fleming in 1999 to oversee a Rugby Championship/Tri Nations match, and in line with his other ‘firsts’, Amashukeli becomes the first Georgian to do the same. World Rugby have unveiled the referees, ARs and TMOs for the upcoming 2022 The Rugby Championship.Ĭoming soon after the close of the summer international window, there’s many familiar faces in the list. 26 officials from 10 unions involved in the 12 matches.

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