South African referee Andre Watson will control his second consecutive RWC final after being handed the whistle for Saturday’s battle between Australia and England.
Watson who controlled the 1999 RWC Final will be assisted by Paddy O’Brien and Paul Honiss who have been selected as his touch judges. Countryman Jonathan Kaplan will be in the booth as the Television Match Official.
The play off for third and fourth will be in the hands of Englishman Chris White. Australia’s Peter Marshall and Ireland’s Dave McHugh will run the lines. Stuart Dickinson is the TMO.