Meanwhile, in the All Blacks v Wallabies clash at the Optus Stadium in Perth, South Africa's Jaco Peyper will run the line as one the assistants while another South African Marius Jonker will be Television Match Official (TMO) for the crunch fixture.

Another Frenchman, Jerome Garces, will blow the whistle for this encounter.

Garces has refereed at international level since 2010 and was in charge for the famous Japan victory over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. 

He has refereed numerous international matches with his last match - the South Africa v Australia clash at Port Elizabeth last year.

Poite started his senior refereeing career as an assistant referee at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

 Saturday's list of officials:

Australia v New Zealand, Optus Stadium, Perth

Referee: Jerome Garces (France)

AR1: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

AR2: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Argentina v South Africa, Estadio Ernesto Martearena, Salta                

Referee: Romain Poite (France)

AR1: Matthew Carley (England)

AR2: Karl Dickson (England)

TMO: Rowan Kitt (England) 

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