New Zealand referees' High Performance Referee Team is thrilled to announce the inclusion of six new referees.

The selection panel - Colin Hawke, Glenn Wahlstrom, Errol Brain and Pete Boyden -finalised their selections over the weekend and have confirmed the six referees, who will be joining our team at the July Camp on 10-12 July 2009 in Auckland.

The new referees are:

Matthew Muir (Canterbury)
Richard Kelly (Taranaki)
Grant Stuart (Waikato)
Nick Briant (Bay of Plenty)
Shaun Elliott (Auckland)
Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri (Auckland)

The full high performance team of referees is Nick Briant, Keith Brown, Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri, Shaun Elliott, Mike Fraser, Richard Kelly, Bryce Lawrence, Kane McBride, Shane McDermott, James McPhail, Matthew Muir, Vinny Munro, Glenn Newman, Josh Noonan, Chris Pollock, Ben Skeen, Matthew Stanish, Grant Stuart, Jonathon White, Garratt Williamson.

The review team is Glenn Wahlstrom, Errol Brain, Pete Boyden, Stuart Beissel, Alan Riley, Kim Eichmann.

 The coaching team is Rod Hill, Tony Kelly, Neville McAlister, Harry Quinn, Russell Trotter, Paul Duggan, Stuart Beissel, Alan Riley, Kim Eichmann.
 
 The management team is Lyndon Bray, Colin Hawke and Pam Stobbs, all based at New Zealand Rugby Union.