Penultimate round.

The match officials have been confirmed for this weekend’s Six Nations Round 4 fixtures, with Pascal Gaüzère set to take charge of the opening game of the weekend between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield.

England will take on Italy shortly after that game at Twickenham with Australia’s Nic Berry tasked with refereeing that game. Ireland’s Andrew Brace will be one of his assistants.

And finally Ireland’s clash with France on Sunday will be refereed by New Zealand’s Ben O’Keefe with World Referee of the Year Angus Gardner one of the assistants on the day.

Scotland vs Wales, Saturday 9th, 2.30pm
@ Murrayfield
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England), Alexandre Ruiz (France)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

England vs Italy, Saturday 9th, 4.45pm
@ Twickenham
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Andrew Brace (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Ireland vs France, Sunday 10th, 3.00pm
@ Aviva Stadium
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Karl Dickson (England)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)