World Rugby has confirmed changes to the match official appointments for England v New Zealand and Romania v Samoa on 19 November and France v Japan on 20 November.
World Rugby has confirmed changes to the match officials for the England v New Zealand, Romania v Samoa and France v Japan test matches this weekend.
Mathieu Raynal (France) will now referee the England v New Zealand match at Twickenham in the Autumn Nations Series on 19 November.
Raynal replaces Nic Berry (Australia), who has returned home for personal reasons.
Two further amendments come as a result of this change.
Christophe Ridley (England) will replace Raynal as referee for the Romania v Samoa match in Bucharest on 19 November, while Chris Busby (Ireland) replaces Ridley as assistant referee for the France v Japan match in Toulouse in the Autumn Nations Series on 20 November.
There has also been a change of referee for the Bristol Bears v South Africa A match in Bristol on 17 November. Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) will now take charge of the match instead of Adam Jones (Wales).
The updated appointments are:
England v New Zealand
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant referee 1: Damon Murphy (Australia)
Assistant referee 2: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Romania v Samoa
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant referee 1: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referee 2: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
TMO: Thomas Charabas (France)
France v Japan
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referee 1: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Assistant referee 2: Chris Busby (Ireland)
TMO: Joy Neville (Ireland)
