Irish in knockout rounds

Match officials: The elimination of Ireland from the Rugby World Cup should mean more work for referee's Alain Rolland and Alan…

Match officials:The elimination of Ireland from the Rugby World Cup should mean more work for referee's Alain Rolland and Alan Lewis.

The former international scrumhalf, Rolland, takes charge of the Australia and England quarter-final in Marseille on Saturday while Lewis is the middleman for South Africa versus Fiji, also at the Velodrome, on Sunday.

England's Wayne Barnes has been awarded the plum tie of the last eight clash between France and New Zealand in Cardiff on Saturday with Frenchman Joel Jutge in Paris for Argentina versus Scotland on Sunday evening.

Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey is The Irish Times' Soccer Correspondent