Your country-by-country Rugby World Cup pool match referee list

World Rugby have appointed the referees for the 40 pool matches at the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France. It was May when the dozen referees were originally named and with just over two weeks now remaining before the tournament gets underway, the list of what matches each of the officials will be in charge of has been confirmed.

The schedule kicks off with South Africa’s Jaco Peyper taking charge of the opening night blockbuster fixture featuring host nation France versus New Zealand in Paris on September 8. England’s Luke Pearce will be in the middle for the final match of the pool stage, the Pool C meeting between Fiji and Portugal in Toulouse on October 8.

Here, RugbyPass gives a country-by-country list of which referees have been appointed:

POOL A
New Zealand: Jaco Peyper, SARU (vs France, Sept 8); Luke Pearce, RFU (vs Namibia, Sept 15); Matthew Carley, RFU (vs Italy, Sept 29); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Uruguay, Oct 5).

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France: Jaco Peyper, SARU (vs New Zealand, Sept 8); Ben O’Keeffe, NZR (vs Uruguay, Sept 14); Matthew Carley, RFU (vs Namibia, Sept 21); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Italy, Oct 6).

Italy: Andrew Brace, IRFU (vs Namibia, Sept 9); Angus Gardner, RA (vs Uruguay, Sept 20); Matthew Carley, RFU (vs New Zealand, Sept 29); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs France, Oct 6).

Namibia: Andrew Brace, IRFU (vs Italy, Sept 9); Luke Pearce, RFU (vs New Zealand, Sept 15); Matthew Carley, RFU (vs France, Sept 21); Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs Uruguay, Sept 27).

Uruguay: Ben O’Keeffe, NZR (vs France, Sept 14); Angus Gardner, RA (vs Italy, Sept 20); Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs Namibia, Sept 27); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs New Zealand, Oct 5).

POOL B
South Africa: Angus Gardner, RA (vs Scotland, Sept 10); Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs Romania, Sept 17); Ben O’Keeffe, NZR (vs Ireland, Sept 23); Luke Pearce, RFU (vs Tonga, Oct 1).

Ireland: Nika Amashukeli, GRU (vs Romania, Sept 9); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Tonga, Sept 16); Ben O’Keeffe, NZR (vs South Africa, Sept 23); Nic Berry, RA (vs Scotland, Oct 7).

Scotland: Angus Gardner, RA (vs South Africa, Sept 10); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Tonga, Sept 24); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Romania, Sept 30); Nic Berry, RA (vs Ireland, Oct 7).

Tonga: Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Ireland, Sept 16); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Scotland, Sept 24); Luke Pearce, RFU (vs South Africa, Oct 1); Angus Gardner, RA (vs Romania, Oct 8).

Romania: Nika Amashukeli, GRU (vs Ireland, Sept 9); Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs South Africa, Sept 17); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Scotland, Sept 30); Angus Gardner, RA (vs Tonga, Oct 8).

POOL C
Wales: Matthew Carley, RFU (vs Fiji, Sept 10); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Portugal, Sept 16); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Australia, Sept 24); Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs Georgia, Oct 7).

Australia: Luke Pearce, RFU (vs Georgia, Sept 9); Andrew Brace, IRFU (vs Fiji, Sept 17); Wayne Barnes, RFU (vs Wales, Sept 24); Nika Amashukeli, GRU (vs Portugal, Oct 1);

Fiji: Matthew Carley, RFU (vs Wales, Sept 10); Andrew Brace, IRFU (vs Australia, Sept 17); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Georgia, Sept 30); Luke Pearce, RFU (vs Portugal, Oct 8).

Georgia: Luke Pearce, RFU (vs Australia, Sept 9); Paul Williams, NZR (vs Portugal, Sept 23); Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Fiji, Sept 30); Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs Wales, Oct 7).

Portugal: Karl Dickson, RFU (vs Wales, Sept 16); Paul Williams, NZR (vs Georgia, Sept 23); Nika Amashukeli, GRU (vs Australia, Oct 1); Luke Pearce, RFU (vs Fiji, Oct 8).

POOL D
England: Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs Argentina, Sept 9); Nika Amashukeli, GEO (vs Japan, Sept 17); Jaco Peyper, RSA (vs Chile, Sept 23); Andrew Brace, RFU (vs Samoa, Oct 7).

Japan: Nic Berry, RA (vs Chile, Sept 10); Nika Amashukeli, GEO (vs England, Sept 17); Jaco Peyper, RSA (vs Samoa, Sept 28); Ben O’Keeffe, NZR (vs Argentina, Oct 8).

Argentina: Mathieu Raynal, FFR (vs England, Sept 9); Nic Berry, RA (vs Samoa, Sept 21); Paul Williams, NZR (vs Chile, Sept 30); Ben O’Keeffe, NZR (vs Japan, Oct 8).

Samoa: Paul Williams, NZR (vs Chile, Sept 16); Nic Berry, RA (vs Argentina, Sept 21); Jaco Peyper, RSA (vs Japan, Sept 28); Andrew Brace, IRFU (vs England, Oct 7).

Chile: Nic Berry, RA (vs Japan, Sept 10); Paul Williams, NZR (vs Samoa, Sept 16); Jaco Peyper, RSA (vs England, Sept 23); Paul Williams, NZR (vs Argentina, Sept 30).

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