Hollie Davidson will grow to be the primary feminine official to take cost of a European Skilled Membership Rugby remaining when she referees the Problem Cup showpiece between Bathtub and Lyon on Could 23 in Cardiff.
Georgian Nika Amashukeli, in the meantime, will management the next day’s Investec Champions Cup remaining – additionally on the Principality Stadium – with Northampton going through Bordeaux-Begles.
“European rugby is the head of the skilled sport, and to be named because the Problem Cup remaining referee is one thing that I by no means thought was potential after I was beginning out,” Davidson informed Scottish Rugby.
“It has been a very long time since a Scot has completed a remaining, so I’m simply completely over the moon to be named because the referee for such a giant sport.”
It’s the newest high-profile appointment for Davidson, who was a part of on-pitch officiating groups within the 2024 and 2025 Six Nations and 2024 Rugby Championship.
She is going to grow to be the primary Scottish referee to take cost of an EPCR remaining since Jim Fleming, who officiated Bathtub’s 1998 Heineken Cup victory over Brive in Bordeaux.
Davidson may also take cost of the primary Take a look at between South Africa and Italy in Pretoria on July 5, and the non-cap sport between an England XV and France XV two weeks earlier.
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