RFL match officials
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 take part in a Fitness Test once every year to maintain and or gain their professional status. There are also monthly and weekly training sessions that officials are required to attend.
All officials are managed by the following coaching team:
Name | Position |
---|---|
Steve Ganson | Head of Match Officials |
Steve Presley | Match Officials Coaches Manager & Match Officials Coach (Grade 1 Referees (Championship)) |
Julian King | Match Officials Coach (Grade 1 Referees) |
Phil Bentham | Match Officials Coach (Super League Touch Judges & Video Referees) |
Steve Williams | Match Officials Coach (Academy & Scholarship Touch Judges) |
Ben Thaler | National Match Officials Manager (Grade 2 Referees) |
Chris Campbell | Technical Coach |
Current Graded Match Officials[1]
There are two groups: Graded Referees and Graded Touch Judges. Officials can be graded in one or both of these. Officials usually begin their career as Graded Touch Judges and progress to becoming a Graded Referee.
Within the two groups there are 4 different grades. These grades differentiate the levels of rugby which officials can officiate at. The grades and levels of which they can officiate at is listed below:
Grade | Level of Rugby |
---|---|
Elite | Super League |
1 (Select) | Championship & League 1 |
2 (Emerging) | Academy & Scholarship |
3 (Entry) | National Conference League |
Elite
Name | Society | Age | Year Appointed |
---|---|---|---|
Dewsbury & Batley | 36 years, 350 days | 2009 | |
Dewsbury & Batley | 34 years, 167 days | 2018 | |
Leeds | 25 years, 346 days | 2018 | |
Widnes | 26 years, 33 days | 2019 | |
Oldham | 38 years, 308 days | 2010 | |
Huddersfield | 28 years, 15 days | 2015 | |
Leigh | 2016 | ||
Wigan | 24 years, 356 days | 2017 | |
Wakefield | 38 years, 293 days | 2005 | |
Castleford & Featherstone | 20 years, 337 days | 2019 |
Touch Judge | |||||
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Name | Society | Name | Society | Name | Society |
Denton Arnold | St Helens | Gareth Jones | Warrington | Steve Race | Wakefield |
Tolver Arnold | St Helens | Chris Kendall | Huddersfield | 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 | Tony Martin | Oldham | Liam Rush | Dewsbury & Batley |
Peter Brooke | Manchester | Ellis McCarthey | Castleford & Featherstone | Clint Sharrad | Manchester |
James Child | Dewsbury & Batley | 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 | Jack Smith | Wigan |
Curtly Etchells | Cumbria | Liam Moore | Wigan | Liam Staveley | Bradford |
Tom Grant | Leeds | Kevin Moore | Castleford & Featherstone | Andy Sweet | Castleford & Featherstone |
Marcus Griffiths | Widnes | Harry Neville | London & The South | Richard Thompson | Hull |
Martin Hawkes | Hull | Peter Parker | Hull | J Vella | |
Gareth Hewer | Cumbria | Billy Pearson | Wakefield | Dylan Ward | Widnes |
Robert Hicks | Oldham | Jack Pullein | Huddersfield | Cameron Worsley | Castleford & Featherstone |
Neil Horton | Wakefield | James Jones | Joe Stearne | Castleford & Featherstone |
Grade 1 (Select)
Referee | Touch Judge | ||||
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Name | Society | Name | Society | Name | Society |
Nick Bennett | Wakefield | B Aldridge | A Johnson | ||
Luke Bland | Leeds | I Arnold | Tara Jones | St Helens | |
Tom Crashley | Wakefield | C Astbury | M Maddison | ||
Gareth Hewer | Cumbria | J Barr | O Maddock | ||
N Horton | Caitlin Beavers | Dewsbury & Batley | D Martin | ||
J Jones | A Billington | T Mather | |||
Michael Mannifield | Huddersfield | B Bragg | G Melling | ||
John McMullen | Wigan | R Burton | L O'Brien | ||
Bradley Milligan | Cumbria | J Butcher | J Scaife | ||
Aaron Moore | Wigan | J Butterfield | T Scott | ||
Kevin Moore | Wakefield | A Cameron | L Spears | ||
Billy Pearson | Wakefield | Glenn Carr | Leeds | R Stansfield | |
Steve Race | Wakefield | M Charnock | J Turner | ||
Matt Rossleigh | London & The South | J Collier | A Williams | ||
L Rush | R Cox | J Woodman | |||
Mike Smaill | Leigh | S Daniel | N Yaxley | ||
Craig Smith | St Helens | S Ellis | |||
Jack Smith | Oldham | G Evans | |||
Liam Staveley | Bradford | T Gibbs | |||
J Stearne | A Gill | ||||
Andy Sweet | Castleford & Featherstone | A Golding-Belafonte | |||
J Vella | S Houghton |
Grade 2 (Emerging)
Referee | Touch Judge | ||
---|---|---|---|
Name | Society | Name | Society |
D Arnold | D Barlow | ||
T Arnold | G Barrass | ||
C Astbury | J Bose | ||
J Hooper | Cumbria | A Wilkinson | |
J Barr | E Bowie | ||
G Barrass | D Breslin | ||
Caitlin Beavers | Dewsbury & Batley | E Burrow | |
A Bellifonte | E Bywood | ||
A Billington | S Chromiak | ||
J Bose | P Clayton | ||
E Bowie | J Collins | ||
Dean Bowmer | Wakefield | R Comp | |
D Breslin | F Connell | ||
R Burton | A Creasey | ||
J Butcher | Will Dobson | Leeds | |
J Butterfield | S Fraser | ||
A Cameron | A Giles | ||
Glenn Carr | Leeds | J Goldie | |
M Charnock | C Griffiths | ||
S Chromiak | J Hooper | Cumbria | |
M Clayton | G Houston | North east | |
Will Dobson | Leeds | J Hughes | |
S Ellis | M Hutchinson | ||
C Etchelles | S Jenkinson | ||
S Fernandez | L Jones | ||
T Gibbs | T Mackey | ||
A Gill | A Marsh | ||
S Houghton | R Mitchell | ||
G Houston | North east | Neil Pascall | Leeds |
J Hughes | S Pickering | ||
A Johnson | J Powell | ||
R Johnson | A wilkinson | ||
Tara Jones | St Helens | Aidan Rhodes | Leeds |
M Maddison | P Salisbury | ||
O Maddock | J Seymour | ||
D Martin | P Smith | ||
E McCarthey | |||
H Neville | |||
P Parker | |||
Neil Pascal | Leeds | ||
J Powell | |||
J Pullein | |||
P Salisbury | |||
J Scaife | |||
T Scott | |||
J Seymour | |||
P Smith | |||
L Spears | |||
R Stansfield | |||
J Turner | |||
D Ward | |||
A Williams |
Grade 3 (Entry)
Referee | Touch Judge | ||||
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Name | Society | Name | Society | Name | Society |
B Aldridge | J Archer | R Johnson | |||
T Ambler | O Bowie | F Lincoln | |||
E Burrows | B Brocklehurts | S Lloyd | |||
E Bywood | F Brown | M Lynn | |||
F Connell | C Charnock | B Roberts | |||
R Cox | J Covell-Wood | M Roberts | |||
Harry Dixon | Leeds | M Cromack | J Robinson | ||
R Egan | K Dack | J Sadler | |||
S Fraser | A Donaghy | G Shaw | |||
D Frederick | F Ellis | N Taylor | |||
S Jenkinson | B Fleming | Jake Towler | Leeds | ||
F Lincoln | H Foster | H Truscott | |||
M Lynn | D Frederick | I Williams | |||
T MacKay | J Gibbons | B Worsley | |||
L O'Brian | C Green | K Young | |||
S Pickering | N Hart | ||||
B Worsley | G Hickey | ||||
K Young | J Flood |
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- | Ronseal |
References
- "Rugby-League.com". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.