Asia Rugby Announces Match Officials for the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2023 in Qatar

The Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy is set to commence on Friday, November 3rd, at the Onazia Training Pitch in Doha, Qatar. With 22 teams from 17 countries with a total of 264 men and women participating, it is the biggest 7s event of the year and promises to be an event not to be missed.

This trophy serves as a qualification tournament for the 2024 Asia Rugby Seven Series, providing an opportunity for one men’s and one women’s team to advance to the prestigious Asia Top Sevens event.

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The match official’s appointments are:

Referee
Tetsuya Hirakawa JRFU
Hibiki Ikeda JRFU
Koki Yamauchi JRFU
James Fairbourn UAERF
Lee Chui Yan HKCR
Brayden John Hudson QRF
Fareez Ashraf Bin Mahzan MRU
Sourojit Ghosh RI
Palak Poddar (F) RI
Lin Wei Ming CTRFU
James Grant Perry SRU
JP Clemens UAERF

Referee Manager
Dilroy Fernando AR

Coach of Match official
Taku Otsuki JRFU
Anil Jayasinghe AR
Peter Hudson QRF

Citing Commissioners
Norman Drake AR
Watkin Emyr AR

Judicial officer
Jagath Aruna Jayasekera AR

The match officials have been carefully selected by Asia Rugby’s Selections and Appointments Panel and ratified by both the Asia Rugby Referees Committee and the Asia Rugby Chief Executive Officer.

All matches will be live-streamed and accessible free-to-air on Asia Rugby’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

Abbreviations:

JRFU Japan Rugby Football Union
UAERF UAE Rugby Federation
HKCR Hong Kong China Rugby
QRF Qatar Rugby Federation
MRU Malaysia Rugby Union
RI Rugby India
CTRFU Chinese Taipei Rugby Union
SRU Singapore Rugby Union
AR Asia Rugby