Asia Rugby Emirates Referee Panels 2026 Asia Rugby Emirates Elite Panel - 2026 Expand Asia Rugby Emirates Elite Panel - 2026 The Elite Panel includes the region’s top referees selected for their outstanding performance and expertise. The members for 2026 are: Name Sex Union Ano Kuwai M Japan Aymen Jriji M Saudi Arabia Christabelle Lim Mee F Singapore Craig Chan M Hong Kong China Dechdanai Wangyuen (Top) M Thailand Francesco Cammisa M Hong Kong China Hibiki Ikeda F Japan Ibuki Tetsuka M Japan Ishanka Abeykoon M Sri Lanka J.P. Clement M UAE Jaco De Wit M UAE James Fairbourn M UAE Joanna Bezuidenhout F Qatar Katsuki Furuse M Japan Koki Yamamuchi M Japan Leow Wei Liang M Singapore Matthew Rodden M Hong Kong China Morgan White M Hong Kong China Qu Shenggang M China Sunny Lee Chui F Hong Kong China Takehito Namekawa M Japan Tetsuya Hirakawa M Japan Wei Ming Lin (Sonny) M Chinese Taipei Asia Rugby Emirates Talent Identification Panel - 2026 Expand Asia Rugby Emirates Talent Identification Panel - 2026 The Talent Identification Panel focuses on scouting and nurturing emerging referees across Asia. The selected members for 2026 are: Name Sex Union M Ayman Adeeb Bin Afendy M Malaysia Miku Tashiro F Japan Niu Yuru F China Ivy Kwong F Hong Kong China Lorence Ishuga M UAE Rikito Nobuhara M Japan Thomas Ngan Chun M Hong Kong China Teruki Inanishi M Japan Alice Chenzhuo F China Raveen Alexander M Sri Lanka Adeline Chew F Singapore Jack Taylor M UAE Yuen Yee Jan Tang F Hong Kong China Yusaku Murata M Japan Asia Rugby Emirates TMO Panel - 2026 Expand Asia Rugby Emirates TMO Panel - 2026 The Television Match Officials Panel is responsible for ensuring accurate decision-making through video technology. The members for 2026 are: Name Sex Union Tasuku Kawahara M Japan Simon Dodds M UAE Taku Otsuki M Japan Shane Barr M Hong Kong China Matthew Rodden M Hong Kong China Wang Zheng Just M Singapore Christabelle Lim Mee F Singapore Stephen Copeman M Hong Kong China Sam Brown M Hong Kong China Patrick Kwok M Hong Kong China James Perry M Singapore Shuhei Kubo M Japan Asia Rugby Emirates Development Panel Expand Asia Rugby Emirates Development Panel Name Sex Union Muhammad Amirul Alrashid M Malaysia Dollayakon Phooknoy F Thailand Merida Gongwenwen F China Harshal Shrimant Dolas M India Pankajkumar Avdheshkumar Singh M India Xueshuai Tan M China Zahang Xin M China Muhammad Ghalib Javed M Pakistan Prem Bahadur Koirala M Nepal Taha Mahmood Shihab M Iraq Thanawat Sitthiasenarak M Shane O'Hehir M Singapore Asia Rugby Emirates CMO / PR Panel Expand Asia Rugby Emirates CMO / PR Panel Name Sex Union Anil Jayasinghe M Sri Lanka Bandit Panjangampatana M Thailand Dewi Rowlands M Hong Kong China Dilroy Fernando M ASIA RUGBY Gabriel Lee F Hong Kong China George Danapal M Singapore Jason Broderick M Hong Kong China Liu Hao M China Mukesh Kumar M India Nizam Nazarudin M Malaysia Peter Hudson M Qatar Richard Benson M Hong Kong China Shane Barr M Hong Kong China Shuhei Kubo M Japan Simon Dodd M UAE Sufian Ahmad M Singapore Taku Otsuki M Japan Tasuku Kawahara M Japan Match Official's Page NEWS Asia Rugby Announces Emirates Match Officials Panels for 2026 Asia Rugby Announces its Emirates Match Officials Panels for 2025 Asia Rugby Announces Match Officials for First Leg of 2024 Sevens Series Asia Rugby Announces Appointment of Dilroy Fernando as Match Official Manager Match Officials Announced for Asia Rugby U20 Men’s and Women’s Sevens in Nepal Concussion education driving surge in World Rugby course completions to 1.8m Pioneering Olympic female referee Alhambra Nievas excited by the next generation Big year for player welfare law trials kicks off #Playerwelfare Rodden and Kawasaki appointed for another year on the WR 7s Series Match Officials Panels Asia Rugby Championship Match Officials Camp in Hong Kong. #ARC2018
