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No Lawrence for Bok match

Cape Town - The International Rugby Board has confirmed that Bryce Lawrence has withdrawn from refereeing the Tri-Nations match between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane on July 24.

The experienced New Zealander has sustained a knee injury and will be replaced by Ireland's George Clancy who will take charge of his first Tri Nations match.

Clancy, who refereed the first Test between New Zealand and Wales last month, has taken charge of 11 Tests since making his IRB panel debut in 2006.

Tri-Nations Match Official Appointments

10 July
New Zealand v South Africa
Auckland
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ire)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ire), Stuart Dickinson (Aus)

17 July
New Zealand v South Africa
Wellington
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ire)
Assistant referees: Alan Lewis (Ire), Stuart Dickinson (Aus)

24 July
Australia v South Africa
Brisbane
Referee: George Clancy (Ire)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (NZ), Vinny Munro (NZ)

31 July
Australia v New Zealand
Melbourne
Referee: Craig Joubert (SA)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (SA), Cobus Wessels (SA)

7 August
New Zealand v Australia
Christchurch
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (SA)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (SA), Cobus Wessels (SA)

21 August
South Africa v New Zealand
Johannesburg
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wal)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ire), Simon McDowell (Ire)

28 August
South Africa v Australia
Pretoria
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ire)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wal), Simon McDowell (Ire)

4 September
South Africa v Australia
Bloemfontein
Referee: Wayne Barnes (Eng)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wal), Simon McDowell (Ire)

11 September
Australia v New Zealand
Sydney
Referee: Mark Lawrence (SA)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (SA), Christie du Preez (SA)

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