World Rugby has declared the list of match officials for the upcoming world cup 2019 in Japan. Welsh rugby union referee Nigel Owens who officiated 2015 RWC final, will be the main refereeing the opening match of this year’s championship between Japan and Russia at Tokyo Stadium on 20th September.

Proudly Welsh’s Nigel Owens and England’s Wayne Barnes will be officiating Rugby World Cup for the fourth time in their careers. Meanwhile it will be mater of pride for South African referee Jaco Peyper who will be standing in his 50th international match on 5th October when Japan to play Samoa.
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Checkout: Rugby world cup 2019 schedule

The match referees announced today will be officiating the pool stage matches in the tournament. Governing council will name the officials for knockout games later to the competition. At least three group matches have been allotted to all match officials with games are scheduled to play across 12 venues in the country.

RWC 2019 Referees, Officials List

No.	REFREE	COUNTRY
1	Nigel Owens	Wales
2	Ben O’Keeffe	New Zealand
3	Angus Gardner	Australia
4	Jerome Garces	France
5	Nic Berry	Australia
6	Wayne Barnes	England
7	Paul Williams	New Zealand
8	Luke Pearce	England
9	Romain Poite	France
10	Pascal Gauzere	France
11	Jaco Peyper	South Africa
12	Mathieu Raynal	France
13	Matthew Carley	England
14	Ben Skeen	New Zealand
15	Andrew Brace	Ireland
16	Rowan Kitt	England
17	Brendon Pickerill	New Zealand
18	Marius Jonker	South Africa
19	Karl Dickson	England
20	Graham Hughes	England
21	Federico Anselmi	Argentina
22	Alexandre Ruiz	France
23	Shuhei Kubo	Japan

Japan is hosting the Rugby World Cup for the first time and eventually it is Asia’s maiden occasion when a world cup will take place in the continent. Hence World Rugby match officials selection committee chairman Anthony Buchanan hailed the delight of competition and appointments of the referees.

“We are building strong momentum towards Rugby World Cup 2019 and I am delighted to say that there is a very strong team ethic across the match officials group, a superb culture and a determination to perform at their best at Asia’s first Rugby World Cup,” Buchanan said.

RWC 2019 is the ninth edition of Rugby World Cup and it will be contested between 20 September and 2 November among 20 teams.