The International Rugby Board has announced the referees for the 2005 RBS 6 Nations Championship and the forthcoming November Test matches.
2005 RBS 6 Nations Championship referees:
February 5 - France v Scotland (Nigel Williams), Wales v England (Steve Walsh); 6 - Italy v Ireland (Paddy OBrien); 12 - Italy v Wales (Andrew Cole), Scotland v Ireland (Joel Jutge, France); 13 - England v France (Paddy OBrien); 26 - France v Wales (Paul Honiss), Scotland v Italy (Stuart Dickinson); 27 - Ireland v England (Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa).
March 12 - England v Italy (Mark Lawrence, South Africa); Ireland v France (Tony Spreadbury); 13 - Scotland v Wales (Jonathan Kaplan); 19 - England v Scotland (Alain Rolland), Italy v France (Donal Courtney, Ireland), Wales v Ireland (Chris White, England).
November Test match referees:
November 6 - Wales v South Africa (Paddy OBrien, New Zealand); Scotland v Australia (Steve Walsh, New Zealand); 12 - Wales v Romania (Kelvin Deaker, New Zealand); 13 - England v Canada (Scott Young, Australia); Scotland v Japan (Andrew Cole, Australia); Ireland v South Africa (Stuart Dickinson, Australia); 20 - England v South Africa (Alain Rolland, Ireland); Wales v New Zealand (Tony Spreadbury, England); Scotland v Australia (Alan Lewis, Ireland); Ireland v USA (Rob Dickson, Scotland); 26 - Wales v Japan (Tappe Henning, South Africa); 27 - England v Australia (Paul Honiss, New Zealand); Scotland v South Africa (Nigel Williams, Wales); Ireland v Argentina (Tony Spreadbury).