Two SA Match Official Appointed to Official World Cup Panel

South African local match officials Jaco Peyper and Marius Jonker have been appointed to the official panel for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

World Rugby announced the squad of 23 match officials this week, they will be selected to take charge of the 48 matches in japan later this year between September 20th to November 2nd.

"The Rugby World Cup is the pinnacle event of our sport and to have two of our officials on the refereeing panel is a very good achievement. They both deserve this and on behalf of South African rugby I want to congratulate Jaco and Marius on their inclusion, and wish them well for the tournament in Japan," said SA Rugby president Mark Alexander.

This will be the second Rugby World Cup appearance for Peyper, who made his debut appearance at the 2015 edition in the United Kingdom.

He recently became only the fourth referee in history to officiate in 100 Super Rugby matches when he was in charge of the trans-Tasman clash between the Crusaders and Brumbies in Christchurch.

The 2019 RWC match officials: Referees (12)

Wayne Barnes (England), Luke Pearce (England), Jérôme Garcès (France), Romain Poite (France), Pascal Gaüzère (France), Mathieu Raynal (France), Nigel Owens (Wales), Jaco Peyper (South Africa) , Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Paul Williams (New Zealand), Nic Berry (Australia), Angus Gardner (Australia)

Assistant referees (7)

Matthew Carley (England, reserve referee), Karl Dickson (England), Andrew Brace (Ireland), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand), Federico Anselmi (Argentina), Shuhei Kubo (Japan), Alex Ruiz (France)

TMOs (4)

Graham Hughes (England), Rowan Kitt (England), Ben Skeen (New Zealand), Marius Jonker (South Africa)