Referee's for Round 2 of the Autumn Nations Cup

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 at 16:04

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bySteven Smith

Referee's for Round 2 of the Autumn Nations Cup have been confirmed.

Romain Poite will get things under way on the second weekend of the Autumn Nations Cup as he takes charge of Italy vs wales in Ancona at 12:45pm on Saturday.

Read on for the full list of referee's for Round 2 of the Autumn Nations Cup

Referee's for Round 2 of the Autumn Nations Cup

Italy v Fiji

Venue: Stadio del Conero, Ancona
Saturday, 21 November, 2020. Kick-off at 12:45pm.

Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referee one: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant Referee two: Karl Dickson (England)
TMO: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Live on Amazon Prime (UK) & Premier Sports (Republic of Ireland)

England v Ireland

Twickenham, London.
Saturday, 21 November, 2020. Kick-off at 3pm.

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant Referee one: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant Referee two: Alex Ruiz (France)
TMO: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Live on Amazon Prime, Channel 4 & RTE

Wales v Georgia

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli.
Saturday, 21 November, 2020. Kick-off at 5:15pm.

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant Referee one: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant Referee two: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
TMO: Joy Neville (Ireland)

Live on Amazon Prime (UK), Premier Sports (Republic of Ireland) & S4C

Scotland v France

Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
Sunday, 22 November, 2020. Kick-off at 3pm.

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referee one: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant Referee two: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Live on Amazon Prime (UK) & Premier Sports (Republic of Ireland)

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Here, we take a look at the players who represented England at age grade or counties who went onto represent other countries at Test level...

1. Will Addison (Ireland)

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Addison was part of the England U20 side which won the Junior Six Nations.^[He also featured at the 2012 Junior World Cup.

In March 2018 it was announced that Addison would be joining Pro14 side Ulster with the centre being an Ireland-qualified player.

On 24 October 2018, Addison was named in the Ireland squad for the November Internationals, making his debut for Ireland against Italy.

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2. Chris Harris (Scotland)

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The Cumbrian centre had a long road from the National League to International rugby. One of those stop-offs was representing England counties. He's now a regular Scotland international!

3. Ross Moriarty (Wales)

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Moriarty made his international debut with England Under-18 against France in February 2012. He went on to score tries against Scotland and Wales in his first four appearances and helped England to become European champions in Spain.

He started the first two games for England in the 2013 under-20 Six Nations but was unavailable for the final three matches after being red carded in the match against Ireland in Athlone. He played in every match of the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship and scored three tries against the USA in a pool game.

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In the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship Moriarty won the tournament with England with impressive performances throughout the whole tournament.

However, Moriarty made his full international debut in the starting line up for Wales versus Ireland on 8 August 2015 and then went onto play for the British & Irish Lions during their 2017 tour of New Zealand.

4. Jack Cobden (Romania)

The winger started his career at Leicester Tigers. He played for England U16, U18 and U20.

In 2009, he moved to Nottingham RFC, in RFU Championship before joining Romanian SuperLiga side CSM Olimpia Bucureşti in 2013.

Cobden now plays for Romania's national team, the Oaks, after qualifying through residency, making his international debut at the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against Belgium where he scored two tries with his first two touches.

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5. Dave Sisi (Italy)

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Germany-born Sisi, 25, who moved from English club Bath to Italian Pro 14 side Zebre in 2017, made 14 appearances for England's youth side between 2012 and 2013.

He then was called up and made his international debut during the 2019 Six Nations. The lock is of Italian descent and qualifies to play for Italy through his grandparents.

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6. Kieran Treadwell (Ireland)

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Before joining Irish province Ulster ahead of the 2016–17 Pro12 season, Treadwell played for English side Harlequins, having come through their Academy as a youth.

He qualifies for Ireland through his Irish mother and represented the country at Under-18 level, before representing England at Under-20 level.

On 16 May 2017, when Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt named his squad for the 2017 Summer Tour, he gave Treadwell his first senior international call-up.

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7. Billy Burns (Ireland)

The Bath-born fly-half, who played eight times for England U20, replaced Johnny Sexont to make his debut from the bench against Wales last Friday

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8. Callum Braley (Italy)

Braley, who was also born in Bristol, was an England age group international from U16 level upwards where, selected for England U20s, his team won the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship with a 23-15 win over Wales in the final held at Vannes, France.

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He also skippered the successful defence of England U20s Junior World Championship at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship. However, after being approached by Conor O'Shea he switched his allegiance to Italy and went onto represent them at the Rugby World Cup.

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9. Johnny Williams (Wales)

The 23-year-old made an appearance with the red rose on his chest only last year, starting inside-centre for an England XV against the Barbarians. And with a father from north Wales, Williams also qualifies to pull on the red jersey – with that sole appearance at Twickenham not committing him to England as it was an uncapped match.

10. Sam Skinner (Scotland)

Despite playing for England U20, Qualifying through this father, in October 2018 Skinner was called up to the senior Scotland squad for the Autumn Internationals. On 10 November 2018 he was given his Scotland international debut, starting at lock against Fiji at Murrayfield Stadium. Skinner received the Man of the Match award; making 7 tackles and 44 metres in the game.