Leinster Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors

FINAL EIGHT
LEINSTER VS GLASGOW WARRIORS
ANDREA PIARDI
MAN IN THE
MIDDLE
I
taly’s Andrea Piardi
will be the man with
the whistle for this
afternoon’s Final
Eight clash with
Glasgow Warriors.
Having made his debut in 2019,
Piardi has 22 league matches
under his belt, although he has not
overseen a match involving either
of these sides in the competition
this season.
Piardi, who was in charge for
Leinster’s Heineken Champions
Cup win at Bath in January, will be
assisted by compatriot Gianluca
Gnecchi and Wales’ Craig Evans,
while Matteo Lipperini - another
Italian - will serve as TMO.
Gnecchi runs the line today but
was the man in the middle for
Leinster’s home clash with the
Ospreys earlier in the season and
has refereed two Glasgow fixtures
in the URC this term.
Evans, meanwhile, has overseen
three Leinster fixtures as referee
in 2021-22, including the sole
meeting between these sides
during the regular season - a
31-15 win for Leo Cullen’s men at
Scotstoun in October.
EXTRA TIME
PROTOCOL
If the score is tied at the end of
a Knock-Out Match, then extra
time will be played, consisting
of two periods, each of ten
minutes plus any stoppage time
in each period.
At the final whistle signalling the
end of normal time in the Match,
there will be a five minute break.
Neither the teams nor the Match
officials may leave the Playing
Enclosure during this break, save
for exceptional reasons. The
coaching/management/medical
staff of each Club shall be
permitted onto the Playing Area
during this break to bring water,
nourishment and treatment to
their Players, but they must leave
the Playing Area before the end
of the break.
After the five-minute break,
the teams will swap ends and the
Club that kicked off the first half
of the Match will kick off the first
period of extra time. After ten
minutes the referee will stop the
Match and the teams will swap
ends again while there is a break
of one minute. Neither the teams
nor the Match officials may leave
the Playing Enclosure during
this break, save for exceptional
reasons. The coaching/
management/medical staff of
each Club shall be permitted onto
the Playing Area during the break
to bring water, nourishment and
treatment to their Players, but
they must leave the Playing Area
before the end of the break.
After the one-minute break, the
Club that kicked off the second
half of the Match will kick off
the second period of extra time.
After ten minutes the referee will
stop the Match. If at that point
there is no winner of the Match
according to the criteria set out
in the Tournament Rules, then
the referee will conduct a placekick
competition to determine
the winner.
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