{"id":26930,"date":"2012-05-08T13:22:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=26930"},"modified":"2012-05-08T13:22:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T13:22:16","slug":"heineken-cup-newswire-issue-17-erc-finals-referee-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/heineken-cup-newswire-issue-17-erc-finals-referee-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"HEINEKEN CUP NEWSWIRE ISSUE 17: ERC FINALS REFEREE APPOINTMENTS: Includes 22 Page Pullout Supplement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigel Owens will referee his third Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of this season\u2019s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May.<br \/>\nCLICK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HEINEKEN_CUP_NEWSWIRE_17.pdf\">HERE<\/a> FOR 22 PAGE PULLOUT SUPPLEMENT Jamed With Stats<br \/>\nThe experienced Welsh official refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals won by Munster Rugby and Leinster Rugby respectively, and the eagerly anticipated all-Irish clash will be his 70th game in European club tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>40-year-old Owens has officiated at seven of the eight European weekends so far this season and was on duty at last month\u2019s Heineken Cup quarter-final between Edinburgh Rugby and Toulouse at Murrayfield.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Wayne Barnes will take charge of his first Amlin Challenge Cup final when ERC\u2019s London finals weekend gets under way with the meeting of French rivals Biarritz Olympique and RC Toulon at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday, 18 May. <\/p>\n<p>The leading English official has been on duty in seven of the eight European weekends to date, most recently when he officiated at the Heineken Cup semi-final between ASM Clermont Auvergne and Leinster Rugby in Bordeaux. Barnes also refereed the 2010 Heineken Cup final when Toulouse defeated Biarritz at the Stade de France.<\/p>\n<p>The ERC finals referee and assistant referee appointments were made by the ERC Match Officials Sub-Committee taking into consideration a comprehensive ongoing review of performances across all relevant tournaments in conjunction with the referee managers in each Union. Throughout both competitions, ERC also provides an opportunity for coaches to share their feedback on the performance of match officials and that feedback is considered in the review process.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 18 May<br \/>\nAmlin Challenge Cup final<br \/>\nBiarritz Olympique v RC Toulon \u2013 Twickenham Stoop (20.00)<br \/>\nReferee: Wayne Barnes (Eng); Assistant referee 1: Dave Pearson (Eng); Assistant referee 2: JP Doyle (Eng)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 19 May<br \/>\nHeineken Cup final<br \/>\nLeinster Rugby v Ulster Rugby \u2013 Twickenham Stadium (17.00)<br \/>\nReferee: Nigel Owens (Wales); Assistant referee 1: Romain Poite (Fra); Assistant referee 2: Jerome Garces (Fra)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigel Owens will referee his third Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of this season\u2019s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May. CLICK HERE FOR 22 PAGE PULLOUT SUPPLEMENT Jamed With Stats The experienced Welsh official refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5714,5559,5519,2209,4933,2994,7632,7631,4419],"class_list":["post-26930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby","tag-5714","tag-appointments","tag-cup","tag-erc","tag-finals","tag-heineken","tag-issue","tag-newswire","tag-referee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26932,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26930\/revisions\/26932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}