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EPCR announce Champions Cup quarter finals referees
By Ian Cameron
The EPCR have announced the officials that will take charge of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-finals in May.
On Saturday, 7 May, England's Luke Pearce will referee the match between Munster and current Heineken Champions Cup holders, Stade Toulousain, at the Aviva Stadium.
In arguably the most mouthwatering clash of the weekend, France's Mathieu Raynal will referee the match between Leicester Tigers and Leinster Rugby at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.
On Saturday, 7 May, England's Karl Dickson will call the match between last season's finalists, Stade Rochelais, and Montpellier Hérault Rugby at Stade Marcel-Deflandre, and Ireland's Andrew Brace will call the last-eight match between Racing 92 and Sale Sharks at Paris La Défense Arena the following day.
On Friday, May 6th, the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-finals kick off at Kingsholm with the Gloucester Rugby v Saracens match, which will be refereed by Frank Murphy of Ireland, and on Saturday, May 7th, the matches pitting Edinburgh Rugby against Wasps and Lyon against Glasgow Warriors will be refereed by Pierre Brousset of France and Matthew Carley of England, respectively.
Scotland’s Mike Adamson has been appointed for the Anglo-French confrontation between two-time EPCR Challenge Cup finalists, RC Toulon, and London Irish at Stade Félix Mayol on Sunday, 8 May.
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Obviously a convincing win for the Boks, but they will be disappointed with the scoring efficiency. The general stats are off the charts, with plenty of possession and territory, line breaks, running meters, set piece success etc. But there were long periods without scoring. And specifically the outside backs (Kolbe, Arendse and Fassi) were less productive in scoring tries than you would have expected with the comprehensive core dominance that SA had. Also, the SA bench promised to upgrade a third string front row and third string half-back pairing to something closer to first choice selections, which could have triggered a points fest in the fourth quarter, but that did not materilaize. Additionally the Boks will be disappointed that Wales scored any tries at all.
Go to commentsIt didn't work against the Boks in 2 tests this year. They also lost by more points this year than in the final last year. How would they be WC Champions now? Get real please
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