New Zealanders ref for international matches

Four New Zealanders have been appointed to control international matches next month.

Kelvin Deaker will be in charge of the match between Australia and South Africa in Sydney on July 9, with Paul Honiss and Steve Walsh as touch judges. Bryce Lawrence will be the television match official.

Lyndon Bray will officiate the match between Samoa and Fiji in Apia on the same day.

Walsh will be in charge of the test between South Africa and Australia in Johannesburg on July 23, with Honiss as one of the touch judges.

The test between the same teams one week later in Pretoria will see Honiss as referee with Walsh as a touch judge.