The appointments for the Heineken Cup final were announced by ERC the tournament organisers. The 42-year-old former junior school teacher from Cheltenham has the honour of doing back-to-back Heineken Cup finals – he was in the middle at Murrayfield last year when Toulouse beat Stade Francais Paris in extra time – and also refereed the previous all-French final between Toulouse and Perpignan in Dublin in 2003.
White has refereed 36 Heineken Cup games and 35 full internationals – most recently France’s Grand Slam clinching win over Wales at the Millennium Stadium in March.
The match officials for the 11th Heineken Cup final will be:
Referee: Chris White (England)
Touch Judges: Dave Pearson, Tony Spreadbury (England)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
