Andrea Piardi becomes first Italian to take charge of URC Final

HISTORY: Andrea Piardi becomes first Italian to take charge of URC Final. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Italy’s Andrea Piardi will take charge of Munster’s BKT URC Grand Final against the Stormers in Cape Town, the first Italian match official to referee a league decider.

Piardi reffed Munster in their away play-off quarter-final victory over Glasgow Warriors on May 6 and sent off home fly-half Tom Jordan for the dangerous tackle which ruled Conor Murray out of the following week’s semi-final against Leinster.