Dixon the Englishman for Toulouse, Brace the Irishman for La Rochelle

EPCR has announced the names of the referees who will act as referees for the Champions Cup quarter-finals. Toulouse will be coached by Carl Dixon and La Rochelle by Andrew Brace.

We know the names of the referees for this weekend’s Champions Cup quarter-final: Saturday, State Toulouse take on Durban Sharks (4pm). At the whistle, Ugo Mola’s men will again find an Englishman: after Matthew Carly against the Bulls this weekend, this time Carl Dixon. This season, Dixon refereed the last group game against Munster (20-16). He will be assisted by Christophe Ridley and Jonathon Healy.

Exeter-Montpellier referee at La Rochelle match whistle

The following day, Irishman Andrew Brace will officiate the match between Stade Rochelais and English Saracens at the Marcel Deflandre Stadium. He had already presided over this weekend’s Round of 16 clash between Exeter and Montpellier (33-33 after extra-time, MHR cleared the number of attempts), Jack Mercer’s red card, which caused a lot of talk. Brace refereed the Maritimes’ first team game this season, during a win over Northampton (46-12).

Other Frenchmen will also be on the Champions Cup pitches: Mathieu Reynal on the sidelines alongside Ludovic Keir and Jonathan Gasnier and Thomas Sarabas on video will be in charge of the meeting between Exeter and the Stormers (Saturday, 6). :30 hrs). In addition, Pierre Brousset, Tual Trainini (main) and Eric Gauzins (video) will line up for Leinster-Leicester on Friday (9pm) alongside Georgian referee Nika Amashukeli.

Finally, in the Challenge Cup, Scotland’s Mike Adamson will referee Toulon-Lyon (Saturday, 1:30pm) and England’s Wayne Barnes against the Scarlets in Clermont (Friday, 9pm).