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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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.