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 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:

NamePosition
Steve GansonHead of Match Officials
Dave ElliottMatch Officials Senior Coach
Julian KingMatch Officials Coach
Steve WilliamsProfessional Game Touch Judge Coach
Chris KendalAcademy & Select Transition Manager
Tom GrantEntry & Emerging Manager
Marcus GriffithsProfessional Pathways Coach
Liam MooreRecruitment and Retention Manager
Mike SmailAcademy Touch Judge Coach
Ryan CoxMatch Officials Administrator
Aaron MooreMatch 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, 286 days 2009
Tom Grant Leeds 27 years, 282 days 2018
Marcus Griffiths Widnes 27 years, 335 days 2019
Chris Kendall Huddersfield 29 years, 317 days 2015
Liam Moore Wigan 26 years, 292 days 2017
Liam Rush Dewsbury & Batley 21 years, 302 days 2022
Jack Smith Wigan 33 years, 59 days 2016
Ben Thaler Wakefield 40 years, 229 days 2005
James Vella 32 years, 314 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 Jamie Barr
G Barrass Dom Breslin Caitlin Beavers Dewsbury & Batley
Elliot Burrow Aaryn Golding-Belafonte Huddersfield Ellis Bywood
Alan Billington Seb Chromiak Paul Clayton
Eoin Bowie J Collins Dean Bowmer Wakefield
R Comp Dom Breslin Freddie Connell
Robbie Burton A Creasey J Butcher
Jamie Butterfield Warrington S Fraser Alex 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 Warrington 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
2003-2006Patrick 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
  1. "Rugby-League.com". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
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