Referee Chris White is injured and has been replaced by Jonathan Kaplan for the opening match of the 2008 Six Nations. But White will still officiate that weekend, as the television match official in the place of Rob Debney when Scotland play France at Murrayfield. Kaplan will referee two matches in this season's Six Nations as he will later referee the Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield.
 

Paul Honiss, appointed to referee the Six Nations match between Scotland and France at Murrayfield on Sunday, has had to withdraw because of a serious family illness. He has had to return to New Zealand. Alain Rolland of Ireland, the referee for the World Cup Final in 2007, will take Honiss's place.

*Changes to officials in italics

February 2

Ireland v Italy, at Croke Park
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch Judges: Wayne Barnes (England), David Changleng (Scotland)
Television Match Official: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (South Africa)

England v Wales, at Twickenham
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Touch Judges: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Romain Poite (France)
Television Match Official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Assessor: Douglas Kerr (Scotland)

February 3

Scotland v France, at Murrayfield
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch Judges: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Television Match Official: Chris White (England)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)

February 9

Wales v Scotland, at the Millennium Stadium
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) , Christophe Berdos (France)
Television Match Official: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Assessor: Jim Bailey (Wales)

France v Ireland, at Stade de France
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch Judges: Wayne Barnes (England), Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television Match Official: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (South Africa)

February 10

Italy v England, at Stadio Flaminio
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch Judges: Joël Jutge (France), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Television Match Official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)

February 23

Wales v Italy, at the Millennium Stadium
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Touch Judges: Wayne Barnes (England), David Changleng (Scotland)
Television Match Official: Rob Debney (England)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (South Africa)

Ireland v Scotland, at Croke Park
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Touch Judges: Joël Jutge (France), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Television Match Official: Romain Poite (France)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)

France v England, at the Stade de France
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Television Match Official: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)

March 8

Ireland v Wales, at Croke Park
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch Judges: Christophe Berdos (France), Peter Allan (Scotland)
Television Match Official: David Changleng (Scotland)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)

Scotland v England, at Murrayfield
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch Judges: Marius Jonker (South Africa), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Television Match Official: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Assessor: Patrick Robin (France)

March 9

France v Italy, at the Stade de France
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch Judges: Stuart Dickinson (Australia), Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Television Match Official: Dave Pearson (England)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)

March 15

Italy v Scotland, at Stadio Flaminio
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
Touch Judges: Chris White (England), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television Match Official: Romain Poite (France)
Assessor: Douglas Kerr (Scotland)

England v Ireland, at Twickenham
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch Judges: Nigel Owens (Wales), Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television Match Official: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)

Wales v France, at the Millenium Stadium
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Touch Judges: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Television Match Official: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Assessor: Paul Bridgman (England)