On 7 May 2019, World Rugby announced a squad of 23 match officials selected to take charge of the matches at Rugby World Cup 2019 (link).
Twelve referees were nominated:
- Wayne Barnes
- Luke Pearce
- Jérôme Garcès
- Romain Poite
- Pascal Gaüzère
- Mathieu Raynal
- Nigel Owens
- Jaco Peyper
- Ben O’Keeffe
- Paul Williams
- Nic Berry
- Angus Gardner
There are forty Group Games (link) and World Rugby has appointed a referee in advance to each of these games. These are by game identifier:
The country of origin of these referees is:
