Asia Rugby Announces Match Officials for the upcoming Asian Games

Asia Rugby is proud to unveil the team of match officials entrusted with upholding the highest standards of rugby during the 19th Asian Games.

The Rugby 7s event will feature 13 men’s teams and 7 women’s teams, and it is scheduled to take place from September 24th to 26th at Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Athletics Field.

The following match officials have been appointed:

Referee/ Assistant Referee

Qu Sheng Gang               CRFA
Craig Chan                       HKCR
Morgan White                 HKCR
Ano Kuwai (F)                  JRFU
Eri Kamimura (F)              JRFU
Ibuki Tetsuka                   JRFU
Ryoji Hirose                      JRFU
Hibiki Ikeda                      JRFU
Jefri Mustafa                    MR
Leow Wei Liang               SRU
Christobelle Lim (F)         SRU
Just Wang                         SRU
James Fairbourn             UAERF

TMO (Television Match Official)
Shane Barr                       SRU
Matt Rodden                    HKCR

PR/CMO (Performance Reviewer/Coach of Match Official)
Taku Otsuki        JRFU
Greg Hinton       MRU

Referee Manager
George Danapal Asia Rugby

Citing Commissioner
Chris Galea        SRU
Rizwan Malik     PRU

Judicial Officer
Ramesh Lachmanan       MR
Hiroyuki Komyo                JRFU

Asia Rugby is confident that this distinguished group of officials will contribute to the success and fair play of the Rugby 7s event at the 19th Asian Games. 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 Interim CEO.

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Asia Rugby Announces Virtual Draw for the 19th Asian Games Rugby Sevens Event.

Union Abbreviations
CRFA China Rugby Football Association / HKCU Hong Kong China Rugby / JRFU Japan Rugby Football Union /PRU Pakistan Rugby Union / SRU Singapore Rugby Union / MR Malaysia Rugby / MRU Mongolia Rugby Union / UAERF  United Arab Emirates Rugby Federation.