RFL match officials
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The RFL Match Officials are a select group of professional Rugby League match officials who officiate the top divisions of Rugby League in Britain.
Officials are required to take part in a Fitness Test to maintain and or gain their status.
All officials are managed by the following coaching team:
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Ganson | Head of Match Officials |
| Dave Elliott | Match Officials Senior Coach |
| Julian King | Match Officials Coach |
| Steve Williams | Professional Game Touch Judge Coach |
| Academy & Select Transition Manager | |
| Tom Grant | Entry & Emerging Manager |
| Professional Pathways Coach | |
| Liam Moore | Recruitment and Retention Manager |
| Academy Touch Judge Coach | |
| Ryan Cox | Match Officials Administrator |
| Match Officials Appointment Officer |
Current Graded Match Officials[1][]
Officials enter the graded system at Grade 3 as touch judges for Academy and League 1 games.
They can then progress to Grade 2 to become graded referees, officiating National Conference League and Scholarship games as well as touch judging in the Super League and Championship.
Grade 1 is the highest level beneath the Elite. These officials referee in the Championship, League 1 as well as Academy games.
To become an Elite match official, Grade 1 officials must have an interview with the Head of Match Officials.
| Grade | Level of Rugby |
|---|---|
| Elite | Super League |
| 1 (Select) | Championship, League 1 & Academy referee |
| 2 (Emerging) | National Conference League & Scholarship referee Championship & Super League touch judge |
| 3 (Entry) | Academy & League 1 touch judge |
Elite[]
| Name | Society | Age | Year Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
 James Child
|
Dewsbury & Batley | 38 years, 226 days | 2009 |
| Tom Grant
|
Leeds | 27 years, 222 days | 2018 |
| Marcus Griffiths
|
Widnes | 27 years, 275 days | 2019 |
| Chris Kendall
|
Huddersfield | 29 years, 257 days | 2015 |
| Liam Moore
|
Wigan | 26 years, 232 days | 2017 |
| Liam Rush
|
Dewsbury & Batley | 21 years, 242 days | 2022 |
| Jack Smith
|
Wigan | 32 years, 364 days | 2016 |
| Ben Thaler
|
Wakefield | 40 years, 169 days | 2005 |
 James Vella
|
32 years, 254 days | 2022 |
Grade 1 (Select)[]
| Grade 1 referee | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Society | Name | Society | Name | Society |
| Denton Arnold | St Helens | Gareth Jones | Warrington | Steve Race | Wakefield |
| Tolver Arnold | St Helens | Johnny Roberts | Leeds | Nick Bennett | Wakefield |
| Michael Mannifield | Huddersfield | Brandon Robinson | Dewsbury & Batley | Luke Bland | Leeds |
| Paul Marklove | Warrington | Matt Rossleigh | London & The South | Dean Bowmer | Wakefield |
| Robert Hicks | Oldham | Peter Brooke | Manchester | Ellis McCarthey | Castleford & Featherstone |
| Clint Sharrad | Manchester | John McMullen | Wigan | Mike Smail | Leigh |
| Tom Crashley | Wakefield | Scott Mikalauskas | Leigh | Andy Smith | Salford |
| Mark Craven | Leeds | Brad Milligan | Cumbria | Craig Smith | St Helens |
| Greg Dolan | Dewsbury & Batley | Aaron Moore | Wigan | Curtly Etchells | Cumbria |
| Liam Staveley | Bradford | Kevin Moore | Castleford & Featherstone | Andy Sweet | Castleford & Featherstone |
| Scott Mikalauskas | Leigh | Harry Neville | London & The South | Richard Thompson | Hull |
| Martin Hawkes | Hull | Peter Parker | Hull | Billy Pearson | Wakefield |
| Dylan Ward | Widnes | Jack Pullein | Huddersfield | Cameron Worsley | Castleford & Featherstone |
| Neil Horton | Wakefield | James Jones | Joe Stearne | Castleford & Featherstone | |
Grade 2 (Emerging)[]
| Grade 2 Official | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Society | Name | Society | Name | Society |
| G Barrass | Connor Astbury | Jay Bose | |||
| Jamie Hooper | Castleford & Featherstone | A Wilkinson | J Barr | ||
| G Barrass | D Breslin | Caitlin Beavers | Dewsbury & Batley | ||
| E Burrow | Aarayn Golding-Belafonte | Huddersfield | E Bywood | ||
| A Billington | S Chromiak | Paul Clayton | |||
| Eoin Bowie | J Collins | Dean Bowmer | Wakefield | ||
| R Comp | D Breslin | F Connell | |||
| R Burton | A Creasey | J Butcher | |||
| J Butterfield | Warrington | S Fraser | A Cameron | ||
| A Giles | Glenn Carr | Leeds | J Goldie | ||
| M Charnock | Warrington | C Griffiths | Warrington | S Chromiak | |
| J Hooper | Castleford & Featherstone | Mark Clayton | G Houston | North east | |
| J Hughes | Harry Dixon | Leeds | S Ellis | ||
| M Hutchinson | C Etchelles | S Jenkinson | |||
| Scott Fernandez | Bradford | L Jones | St Helens | T Gibbs | |
| T Mackey | A Gill | A Marsh | Wigan | ||
| S Houghton | R Mitchell | G Houston | North East | ||
| Neil Pascall | Leeds | J Hughes | S Pickering | St Helens | |
| A Johnson | Jordan Powell | R Johnson | |||
| A wilkinson | Tara Jones | St Helens | M Maddison | ||
| P Salisbury | O Maddock | Warrington | J Seymour | ||
| Douglas Martin | Castleford & Featherstone | Peter Smith | Paul Strafford | Leeds | |
| Jayden Covell Wood | Huddersfield | Jack Pullein | P Salisbury | ||
| J Scaife | Tom Scott | John Seymour | |||
| Peter Smith | North Yorkshire | L Spears | R Stansfield | ||
| J Turner | David Ward | A Williams | Wigan | ||
Grade 3 (Entry)[]
| Referee | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Society | Name | Society | Name | Society |
| B Aldridge | J Archer | R Johnson | |||
| T Ambler | Oliver Bowie | F Lincoln | |||
| E Burrows | B Brocklehurts | S Lloyd | St Helens | ||
| E Bywood | F Brown | M Lynn | |||
| F Connell | C Charnock | B Roberts | St Helens | ||
| Ryan Cox | Midlands | Nick Gott | Leeds | M Roberts | |
| Harry Dixon | Leeds | M Cromack | J Robinson | ||
| J Egan | K Dack | J Sadler | |||
| S Fraser | A Donaghy | G Shaw | |||
| D Frederick | F Ellis | N Taylor | |||
| S Jenkinson | B Fleming | Aidan Rhodes | Leeds | ||
| F Lincoln | H Foster | H Truscott | |||
| M Lynn | D Frederick | I Williams | |||
| T MacKay | J Gibbons | B Worsley | |||
| L O'Brien | C Green | K Young | |||
| S Pickering | St Helens | N Hart | |||
| G Hickey | J Flood | R Bird | |||
Kit suppliers and sponsors[]
| Period | Manufacturers | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-2006 | Patrick | Powergen |
| 2007 | Engage | |
| 2008-2009 | Puma | |
| 2010-2012 | ISC | |
| 2013 | none | |
| 2014 | Specsavers | |
| 2015-2017 | BLK | |
| 2018 | Hummel | |
| 2019-2020 | Ronseal | |
| 2021-2026 | Oxen |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Rugby-League.com". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
External links[]
Categories:
- Rugby league in England
- Rugby league referees