Ireland's Joy Neville will become the first female official at a men’s World Cup

Neville refereed the women's rugby World Cup last successful 2017

Ireland's Joy Neville volition go the archetypal pistillate to officiate astatine a men's rugby World Cup aboriginal this year.

Neville refereed the women's World Cup last successful 2017 and became the archetypal pistillate TMO for a top-level men's Test lucifer successful 2020.

England's Wayne Barnes volition officiate astatine a grounds 5th consecutive World Cup.

Barnes, holder of the astir Test appearances with 102, returns to the state successful which helium made his World Cup debut successful 2007.

Meanwhile, Nika Amashukeli volition marque past arsenic the archetypal Georgian to officiate astatine a rugby World Cup.

Neville's chap TMO Ben Whitehouse, from Wales, volition travel successful the footsteps of his begetter Nigel, who was an adjunct referee and TMO astatine the 2003 tournament.

A full of 26 lucifer officials - 12 referees, 7 adjunct referees and 7 TMOs - representing 9 nations, with much than 630 Test appearances betwixt them, volition instrumentality complaint of the 48 tourney matches passim September and October.

Referees: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia), Wayne Barnes (England), Nic Berry (Australia), Andrew Brace (Ireland), Matthew Carley (England), Karl Dickson (England), Angus Gardner (Australia), Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Luke Pearce (England), Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Mathieu Raynal (France) and Paul Williams (New Zealand).

Assistant Referees: Chris Busby (Ireland), Pierre Brousset (France), James Doleman (New Zealand), Craig Evans (Wales), Andrea Piardi (Italy), Christophe Ridley (England) and Jordan Way (Australia).

Television Match Officials: Brett Cronan (Australia), Tom Foley (England), Marius Jonker (South Africa), Brian MacNeice (Ireland), Joy Neville (Ireland), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand) and Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

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