Piardi has come on well this season. Seen him ref a good few games were at the final whistle the ref had hardly been mentioned on the match thread. Exactly what most of us want. One must give credit where it's due.
Let's hope he doesn't betray us like that woman that shall no longer be named.
Note how the full compliment of refs are Italians. Is this a thing? I mean, it does make sense from a communication point of view.
Bulls v Munster
(Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria – Kick-off: 13.00 SAST; 11.00 GMT; 12.00 UK & Ireland)
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Federico Vedovelli (Italy), Fillipo Russo (Italy)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)