{"id":161412,"date":"2025-06-05T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161412\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T23:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:00:11","slug":"5-10-june-play-offs-weekend-match-official-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161412\/","title":{"rendered":"5-10 June play offs \u2013 weekend match official appointments &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/5-June-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11356\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992888417882142;width:357px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>This week sees the final of the ProD2, and semi-finals or qualifying play offs across the Super Rugby Pacific and Americas, Premiership and the URC. Nic Berry (pictured top left) becomes member 7 of the Super Rugby 100 Club, as he referees his hundredth match in the play-off match between the Brumbies and the Hurricanes. Luc Ramos (bottom left) will referee the match which determines whether Grenoble or Montalbanaise will play in the Top14 next season. In South Americas, Damian Schneider has one of the semi finals there with Pablo Deluca the other. In the URC and Premiership, the familiar names of Andrea Piardi, Andrew Brace, Christophe Ridley and Matthew Carley will have the whistles in those semi-finals. In Suva, the Oceania Women\u2019s Champs kick off with Hibiki Ikeda from Japan (bottom right) refereeing the hosts against Tonga. Meresiana Savenaca from Fiji refs match two on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, it\u2019s heading towards the climax of the MLR and WER. Good to see Marquise Goodwin back in the middle in New Orleans, and Sybil Levine (top right) has the Breakers v Tempest tie in the WER. <strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>Enjoy your weekend wherever you are.<br \/>Keith<\/p>\n<p>Oceania Women\u2019s Championships<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiji v Tonga <\/strong>(Fri 6 Jun)<br \/>Referee: Hibiki Ikeda (Jpn)<br \/>ARs: Hani Samaeli &amp; Vika Erenavula<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samoa v Tonga <\/strong>(Tues 10 Jun)<br \/>Referee: Meresiana Savenaca (Fij)<br \/>ARs: Hani Samaeli &amp; Katarina Tawa<\/p>\n<p>Oceania u20s Championships (men\u2019s)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonga u20s v\u00a0 Canada u20s <br \/><\/strong>Referee: Apisai Sigalau (Fij)<br \/>ARs: Shone Semeli &amp; Watisoni Naqau <\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiji u20s v Samoa u20s <br \/><\/strong>Referee: Luke Rogan (USA)<br \/>ARs: Toutouofa Vea\u00a0 &amp; Usa Bainivalu<\/p>\n<p>Super Rugby Pacific \u2013 play offs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crusaders v Queensland Reds<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Paul Williams<br \/>ARs: Angus Mabey &amp; Mike Winter<br \/>TMO: Richard Kelly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chiefs v Blues<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Angus Gardner<br \/>ARs: Damon Murphy &amp; Matt Kellahan<br \/>TMO: James Leckie<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT Brumbies v Hurricanes<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Nic Berry<br \/>ARs: Jordan Way &amp; Jeremy Markey<br \/>TMO: Brett Cronan<\/p>\n<p>BKT United Rugby Championship \u2013 Semi-Finals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leinster v Glasgow Warriors<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita, 54th league game)<br \/>ARs: Craig Evans (Wal) &amp; Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)<br \/>TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vodacom Bulls v Hollywoodbets Sharks<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 107th league game)<br \/>ARs: Sam Grove-White (Sco) &amp; Adam Jones (Wal)<br \/>TMO: Mike Adamson (Sco)<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher Premiership \u2013 Semi-finals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bath Rugby v Bristol Bears<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Christophe Ridley (87th game)<br \/>ARs: Luke Pearce &amp; Anthony Woodthorpe<br \/>TMO: Andrew Jackson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Matthew Carley (151st game)<br \/>ARs: Adam Leal &amp; Craig Maxwell-Keys<br \/>TMO: Stuart Terheege<\/p>\n<p>PAX Super Rugby Americas \u2013 Semi-finals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pampas v Dogos XV<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Pablo Deluca<br \/>ARs: Francisco Gonz\u00e1lez &amp; Frank Mendez<br \/>TMO: Francisco Pesce<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pe\u00f1arol Rugby v Selknam<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Damian Schneider<br \/>ARs: Caua Ricardo &amp; Esteban Filipanics<br \/>TMO: Maximiliano Miranda<\/p>\n<p>France: ProD2 \u2013 Final<\/p>\n<p><strong>FC Grenoble Rugby v US Montalbanaise<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Luc Ramos<br \/>ARs: Vincent Blasco Baque &amp; Thomas Charabas<br \/>TMO: Julien Castaignede<\/p>\n<p>France: Top 14 \u2013 round 26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aviron Bayonnais v RC Toulon<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Kevin Bralley<br \/>ARs: Pierre Bru &amp; Thierry Mallet<br \/>TMO: Philippe Bonhoure<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOU Rugby v Racing 92<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Benoit Rousselet<br \/>ARs: Anthony Lac &amp; Laurent Millotte<br \/>TMO: Cedric Marchat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Montpellier H\u00e9rault Rugby v ASM Clermont<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Jonathan Gasnier<br \/>ARs: Nicolas Bridoux &amp; Flavien Hourquet<br \/>TMO: Mourad Zitouni<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section Paloise v Stade Rochelais<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Adrien Marbot<br \/>ARs: Ghyslain Elias &amp; Benjamin Hernandez<br \/>TMO: Eric Gauzins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stade Fran\u00e7ais Paris v Castres Olympique<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Pierre Brousset<br \/>ARs: Stephane Boyer &amp; Jonathan Dufort<br \/>TMO: Denis Grenouillet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Union Bordeaux-B\u00e8gles v RC Vannes<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Tual Trainini<br \/>ARs: Sylvain Jaymes &amp; Evan Urruzmendi<br \/>TMO: Jean Luc Rebollal<\/p>\n<p><strong>USA Perpignan v Stade Toulousain<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Ludovic Cayre<br \/>ARs: Benoit Albert Bonnafous &amp; Thibault Santamaria<br \/>TMO: Patrick Dellac<\/p>\n<p>USA: Major League Rugby \u2013 round 17<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOLA Gold v New England Free Jacks<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Marquise Goodwin<br \/>ARs:Kahlil Harrison &amp; Morris Fuller<br \/>TMO: Cam Russell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Utah Warriors v RFC Los Angeles<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Mike Lawrenson<br \/>ARs:Alex Nunnally &amp; Kage Green<br \/>TMO: Amanda Cox<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Diego Legion v Old Glory DC<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Derek Summers<br \/>ARs:Will Nelson &amp; Fernando Garcia<br \/>TMO: Mike Kelly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston Sabercats v Anthem Rugby Carolina<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Federico Anselmi<br \/>ARs:Chris Assmus &amp; Blair McClure<br \/>TMO: Austin Reed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle Seawolves v Miami Sharks<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Geo)<br \/>ARs:Jacob Gonzales &amp; Juan Parra<br \/>TMO: Mike Kelly<\/p>\n<p>USA: Women\u2019s Elite Rugby \u2013 round 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breakers v Tempest<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Sybil Levine<br \/>ARs:Jen Tetler &amp; Piper Zaben<\/p>\n<p><strong>Onyx v Gemini<br \/><\/strong>Referee: Tara Roberts<br \/>ARs: Chris Huff &amp; Pearce Mara<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week sees the final of the ProD2, and semi-finals or qualifying play offs across the Super Rugby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-161412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114633246670515358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}