World Rugby confirms Emirates Match Official appointments for final round of WXV 2024
World Rugby has confirmed the Emirates Match Official appointments for the final round of WXV 2024 matches in Canada, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates this weekend.
The second edition of WXV has been taking place over the past two weekends with defending champions England top of WXV 1 in Vancouver, Australia leading the way in WXV 2 in Cape Town and Spain setting the pace in WXV 3 in Dubai.
The final weekend of matches will determine the remaining six qualifiers for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 with the six highest non-qualified teams confirming their place in England.
Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand) will take charge of the USA v Ireland match on Friday at BC Place in Vancouver, before Sara Cox (England) oversees New Zealand v France and Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa) the WXV 1 title decider between hosts Canada and England on Saturday.
In Cape Town, Ella Goldsmith (Australia) will referee the WXV 2 match between two sides still seeking a first victory in the tournament – Wales and Japan – on Friday. Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe) then takes charge of South Africa v Italy at Athlone Sports Stadium on Saturday with Clara Munarini (Italy) to referee the title decider between Australia and Scotland.
Finally, in WXV 3, Holly Wood (England) will referee Samoa v Madagascar at The Sevens Stadium on Friday when Manusina know that a win will secure their place at Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. The following day, Tyler Miller (Australia) will oversee the Netherlands v Hong Kong China match before Natarsha Ganley (New Zealand) referees Fiji v Spain with a win confirming Las Leonas’ place at England 2025.
All fixtures are available to watch for free on RugbyPass TV.
