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2012 Six Nations Referee Appointments

It’s our old mucker George. And yes, we do have Alain Rolland as well…

4th Feb Scotland vs England
Ref: George Clancy (Ire) Assistants: R Poite (Fra) & L Hodges (Wal) TMO: T Redmond (Ire)

12th Feb Wales vs Scotland
Ref: Roman Poite (Fra) Assistants: P Fitzgibbon (Ire) & S McDowell (Ire) TMO:G De Santis (Ita)

26th Feb Scotland vs France
Ref: Wayne Barnes (Eng) Assistants: A Rolland (Ire) & S McDowell (Ire) TMO: G Warren (Eng)

10th Mar Ireland vs Scotland
Ref: C Pollock (NZ) Assistants: R Poite (Fra) & G Garner (Eng) TMO: G De Santis (Ita)

17th Mar Italy vs Scotland
Ref: Alain Rolland (Ire) Assistants: G Clancy (Ire) & P Gauzere (Fra) TMO: N Whitehouse (Wal)

Almost typed in (Fra) after his name in brackets there… also well done to David Changleng, Scotland’s sole representative in the Six Nations officiating who is running the line during the Ireland vs Italy match. For the full list you can go to the IRB website.

Rory is the editor of Scottish Rugby Blog, and has offered a fan's view on Scottish Rugby since founding the blog in 2007.

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Robert Burns says:

November 10, 2011 at 11:36 am

What about Peter Allen & Neil Paterson who are also AR2’s for a game each?

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