SANZAAR have released the officials for the first part of the sixteenth round in the 2017 Super Rugby tournament and Nick Briant starts the action this weekend in Wellington when the Hurricanes host the Chiefs.
This is the only match this weekend as the other New Zealand teams have a bye and the rest of the teams are not playing.
The other non-New Zealand teams (AC, SA1 and SA 2 only) play their Round 16 matches early in July.
The Blues, Crusaders, Highlanders have the bye.
Match : Hurricanes v Chiefs
Date : Friday 9 June 2017
Venue : Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick Off local: 19:35
Referee: Nick Briant
Assistant Ref 1:Richard Kelly
Assistant Ref 2:Cam Stone
TMO : Shane McDermott