Rugby World Cup 2023: who is the referee, TMO for South Africa vs Scotland?

The Rugby World Cup's 'Group of Death' will present the toughest challenge for Scotland to overcome this weekend.

On Sunday afternoon (10 September), Gregor Townsend's team will head to Marseille to take on the reigning champions South Africa. The fifth-ranked Scots, who faced two stern tests against France in the warm-up matches - winning one and narrowly losing the other - have recently showed glimmers of their potential.

But the real work starts this weekend when they play South Africa, who recently defeated New Zealand at Twickenham. Scotland will have to overcome many obstacles to advance from Pool B, which has been dubbed the 'Group of Death' and also includes Ireland.

South Africa lifted the trophy in Japan in 2019 after outclassing England in the final. The Springboks are looking to make it back-to-back wins - and win the tournament for a fourth time in total.

For both teams the journey will begin at the Stade de Marseille on Sunday, 10 September at 4.45pm GMT. But who will be the match officials?

Here's all you need to know:

Who is the referee for South Africa vs Scotland?

Australia's Angus Gardner will be the man in the middle for Sunday's clash at Stade de Marseille. The Pool B game promises to be a tasty encounter and the former World Rugby Referee of the Year has the experience to handle it.

Gardner took up the whistle in 1999, aged 15, and became a full time referee in 2015. He took charge of his first test match in 2011 between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and has since gone on to take charge of matches at the 2019 - and soon then 2023 - world cup.

He was also an assistant at the 2015 - meaning this tournament is his third one so far in his career.

Who are the assistants and the TMO?

Gardner will be joined by a team of match officials including Georgia's Nika Amashukeli and his countryman Jordan Way as his assistant referees. Amashukeli will also be refereeing a round one fixture on Saturday, 9 September.

The TMO will be Welsh referee Ben Whitehouse.

How can you watch the game?

For fans in Scotland, the match will be broadcast live on STV - and ITV will be showing it in the rest of the UK. The game will also be streamed on ITVX - but a TV licence is required.