World Rugby has announced the match officials for next month’s Nations Championship Tests.
England’s Luke Pearce will referee the opening match between the All Blacks and France at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch on 4 July.
New Zealand’s James Doleman will be in charge of the clash between the Springboks and England on the same day. Doleman will be assisted by Andrew Brace (Ireland) and Pierre Brousset (France), with Richard Kelly (New Zealand) the TMO.
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Doleman blew the whistle when the Boks beat the Wallabies 30-22 in last year’s Rugby Championship match at Cape Town Stadium.
Brousset will referee the Boks’ second Nations Championship match, against Scotland at Loftus Versfeld on 11 July, with Brace blowing their final fixture of the southern-hemisphere leg of the tournament against Wales at Kings Park on 18 July.
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A total of 18 matches will be played over this first phase, with the second phase in November leading to a finals weekend in London.
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