Referee Appointments: Angus Gardner to control Twickenham Clash

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Australian referee Angus Gardner will be in charge of New Zealand's game with England at Twickenham on November 2.

World Rugby has announced appointments for the annual November internationals.

Fellow Australian referee Nic Berry will have control in the Ireland-All Blacks game in Dublin on Friday, November 8.

In the All Blacks game with France, Georgian referee Nika Amashukeli will have the whistle and in their final game of 2024 against Italy in Turin, French referee Pierre Brousset has been appointed.

En route to Europe, Australia's Jordan Way will referee the Japan-New Zealand game at Yokohama on October 26.

The All Blacks XV game against Munster on November 2 will have referee Takehito Namekawa of Japan on the whistle, and Way will referee the Georgia v All Blacks XV game in Montpelier on November 10.

New Zealand referee Ben O'Keeffe will be in control of the England-Australia game on November 9 at Twickenham, with Paul Williams as one of the assistant referees and Glenn Newman as the TMO.

James Doleman will be an assistant referee, and Richard Kelly, the TMO for the France-Japan game at Stade de France on November 9.

Angus Mabey will referee Canada-Chile in Bucharest on November 9.

On November 15, Williams will referee Ireland v Argentina, with Mabey as an assistant referee and Kelly as TMO.


On November 17, James Doleman will referee Wales-Australia in Cardiff with Mabey as an assistant referee and Kelly as FPRO. O'Keeffe will referee Italy-Georgia in Genoa with Williams as one of his assistants and Newman as TMO.

Meanwhile, Ireland faces a potential hooking crisis ahead of next month's Test against the All Blacks in Dublin.

First-choice hooker Dan Sheehan has a long-term knee injury, and he has been joined on the injury list by fellow international Ronan Kelleher.

Kelleher had surgery on an ankle injury and will be unavailable for four to six weeks.

Another hooker Lee Barron is also having an ankle injury assessed after last weekend's rugby.

However, Test centre Robbie Henshaw is expected to return to play on the weekend after recovering from a lower leg injury. He last played Ireland's second Test against South Africa in July.

Leinster backs coach Tyler Bleyendaal said Henshaw attended his first training on Monday and appeared to come through it well.

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