Referees are named for 2010 Six Nations

Published on Friday 11 December 2009 22:08

THE refereeing appointments for the 2010 Six Nations have been announced, with Welshman Nigel Owens in charge of Scotland's opener against France.

Six Nations appointments: 6 February: Ireland v Italy (Romain Poite, France); England v Wales (Alain Rolland, Ireland). 7 February – Scotland v France (Nigel Owens, Wales); 13 February – Wales v Scotland (George Clancy, Ireland); France v Ireland (Wayne Barnes, England). 14 February – Italy v England (Christophe Berdos, France); 26 February – Wales v France (Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa); 27 February – Italy v Scotland (Dave Pearson, England); England v Ireland (Mark Lawrence, South Africa); 13 March – Ireland v Wales (Craig Joubert, South Africa); Scotland v England (Marius Jonker, South Africa); 14 March – France v Italy (Alan Lewis, Ireland); 20 March – Wales v Italy (Wayne Barnes, England); Ireland v Scotland (Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa); France v England (Bryce Lawrence, New Zealand).