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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.

## Contents

* 1 Match Official Department Staff
* 2 Graded Match Officials[1]
* 3 Elite Referees (RFL Full Time Match Officials)[2]
* 4 Elite Touch Judges (Super League)
* 5 Grade 1 Match Officials
* 5.1 Select Referees
* 5.2 Select Touch Judges
* 6 Grade 2 Match Officials
* 6.1 Emerging Referees
* 6.2 Emerging Touch Judges
* 7 Grade 3 Match Officials
* 7.1 Entry Referees
* 7.2 Entry Touch Judges
* 8 Kit suppliers and sponsors
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links

## Match Official Department Staff[edit]

Name | Position

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Steve Ganson | Head of Match Officials
Dave Elliott | Match Officials Senior Coach
Julian King | Match Officials Coach
Steve Williams | Professional Game Touch Judge Manager
Chris Kendall | Academy & Select Transition Manager
Tom Grant | Entry & Emerging Manager
Marcus Griffiths | Professional Pathways Coach
Liam Moore | Recruitment and Development Manager
Mike Smaill | Match Officials Business Manager
Ryan Cox | Match Officials Administrator
Aaron Moore | Match Officials Appointment Officer

## Graded Match Officials[1][edit]

To become an Elite match official, Grade 1 officials must have an interview with the Head of Match Officials.

Grading  | Referee  | Touch Judge

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Elite  | Super League  | Super League
1 (Select)  | Championship & League 1  | Championship & League 1
2 (Emerging)  | Academy/Reserves & Women's Super League  | Reserves & Women's Super League
3 (Entry)  | National Conference League & Scholarship  | Academy & Scholarship

## Elite Referees (RFL Full Time Match Officials)[2][edit]

Since the 2007 season, the Rugby Football League have employed a panel of full-time officials. That panel currently has nine members.

Name | Society | Age | Year Appointed

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James Child | Dewsbury & Batley  | 39 years, 117 days  | 2009
Tom Grant  | Leeds  | 28 years, 113 days  | 2018
Marcus Griffiths  | Widnes  | 28 years, 166 days  | 2019
Chris Kendall | Huddersfield  | 30 years, 148 days  | 2015
Liam Moore  | Wigan  | 27 years, 123 days  | 2017
Liam Rush  | Dewsbury & Batley  | 22 years, 133 days  | 2022
Jack Smith  | Wigan  | 33 years, 255 days  | 2016
Ben Thaler | Wakefield  | 41 years, 60 days  | 2005
James Vella  | St George Referees (Sydney, Australia)  | 33 years, 145 days  | 2022

## Elite Touch Judges (Super League)[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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Nick Bennett | Wakefield  | Chris Kendall | Huddersfield  | Ben Thaler | Wakefield
Dean Bowmer | Wakefield  | Paul Marklove | Warrington  | Richard Thompson | Hull
Peter Brooke | Manchester  | Ellis McCarthy | Castleford & Featherstone  | Warren Turley | Leigh
James Child | Dewsbury & Batley  | Scott Mikalauskas | Leigh  | James Vella | St George Referees (Sydney, Australia)
Mark Craven | Leeds  | Aaron Moore | Wigan  | Cameron Worsley | Castleford & Featherstone
Tom Grant | Leeds  | Liam Moore | Wigan  |  |
Marcus Griffiths | Widnes  | Jonathon Roberts | Leeds  |  |
Robert Hicks | Oldham  | Liam Rush | Dewsbury & Batley  |  |
Neil Horton | Wakefield  | Andrew Smith | Manchester  |  |
Gareth Jones | Warrington  | Jack Smith | Wigan  |  |
Count = 25

## Grade 1 Match Officials[edit]

### Select Referees[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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Nick Bennett | Wakefield  | Kevin Moore | Castleford & Featherstone
Luke Bland | Leeds  | Matthew Rossleigh | South
Tom Crashley |  | Michael Smaill | Midlands
Robert Hicks | Oldham  | Craig Smith | St Helens
James Jones | Wales  | Liam Staveley |
Michael Mannifield | Huddersfield  | Andy Sweet | Castleford & Featherstone
John McMullen | Wigan  | Cameron Worsley | Castleford & Featherstone
Scott Mikalauskas | Leigh  |  |
Bradley Milligan | Cumbria  |  |
Aaron Moore | Wigan  |  |
Count = 17

### Select Touch Judges[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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Denton Arnold | St Helens  | Ryan Cox | Midlands  | Ollie Maddock | Warrington  | Peter Parker | Hull  | N Yaxley |
Tolver Arnold | St Helens  | Simon Ellis |  | Michael Mannifield | Huddersfield  | Matt Rossleigh | South  |  |
Connor Astbury |  | Curtley Etchells | Cumbria  | Andrew Marsh | Wigan  | Clint Sharrad |  |  |
Caitlin Beevers | Dewsbury & Batley  | Thomas Gibbs |  | Dougie Martin | Castleford & Featherstone  | Michael Smaill |  |  |
Alan Billington | Widnes  | Aaron Gill |  | Tom Mather |  | Craig Smith | St Helens  |  |
Luke Bland | Leeds  | Aaryn Golding Belafonte |  | John McMullen | Wigan  | Ryan Stansfield | Wigan  |  |
Jake Butcher |  | Sam Houghton | Manchester  | Bradley Milligan | Cumbria  | Jamie Hooper | Castleford & Featherstone  |  |
Jamie Butterfield | Warrington  | Adam Johnson |  | Kevin Moore | Castleford & Featherstone  | Joe Stearne | Castleford & Featherstone  |  |
Matt Charnock | Warrington  | James Jones | Wales  | Harry Neville |  | Andy Sweet | Castleford & Featherstone  |  |
J Collier |  | Tara Jones | Warrington  | Lewis Obrien | Widnes  | Adam Williams | Wigan  |  |
Count = 41

## Grade 2 Match Officials[edit]

### Emerging Referees[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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Caitlin Beevers | Dewsbury & Batley  | Freddie Lincoln | Huddersfield
Alan Billington | Widnes  | Matty Lynn |
Elliot Burrow | Cumbria  | Ryan Stansfield | Wigan
Matt Charnock | Warrington  | K Young |
Matty Clayton |  |  |
Ryan Cox | Midlands  |  |
W Gilder |  |  |
Sam Houghton | Manchester  |  |
Jordan Hughes | Cumbria  |  |
Adam Johnson |  |  |
Count = 14

### Emerging Touch Judges[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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Innes Arnold | St Helens  | Jayden Covell-Wood | Huddersfield  | A Giles |  | Matty Lynn |  | Gary Shaw | Wigan
Dylan Barlow | Wigan  | M Cowan |  | Connor Griffiths | Warrington  | R Mitchell |  | Pete Smith |
Aaryn Golding Belafonte |  | A Creasey |  | N Pascall |  | Craig Swanson |
Ben Brocklehurst |  | M Cromack |  | C Hughes |  | J Powell |  | G Winnard |
Elliot Burrow | Cumbria  | I Curzon |  | Jordan Hughes |  | Craig Regan | Cumbria  | H Winnard |
Cameron Charnock | Wigan  | G Evans |  | Sam Jenkinson |  | Aidan Rhodes | Leeds  | Brandon Worsley |
Matty Clayton |  | Scott Fernandez | Bradford  | Rooss Johnson |  | J Robinson |  | P Wroe |
Paul Clayton |  | Stuart Fraser |  | Louie Jones |  | J Ruckledge |  | K Young |
J Collins |  | D Fredderick |  | Feddie Lincoln | Huddersfield  | Phil Salisbury | Widnes  |  |
F Connell |  | W Gilder |  | Phil Loeb | Warrington  | L Seal |  |  |
Count = 48

## Grade 3 Match Officials[edit]

### Entry Referees[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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M Apsee |  | Ben Brocklehurst |  | A Creasey |  | Stuart Fraser |  | P Johnson |  | Jamie Hooper | Castleford & Featherstone  | Ben Roberts | St Helens  | P Sugden |
R Apsee |  | F Brown |  | M Cromack |  | D Frederick |  | Ross Johnson |  | M Mckelvey |  | J Robinson |  | A Tallon |
Denton Arnold | St Helens  | Jake Butcher |  | J Crossland |  | Tommy Gibbs |  | Louie Jones |  | R Mitchell |  | J Ruckledge |  | H Truscott |
Tolver Arnold | St Helens  | Jamie Butterfield | Warrington  | C Curran |  | S Gilder |  | Tara Jones | Warrington  | Tyler Moses | Widnes  | Phil Salisbury | Widnes  | K Walker |
Dylan Barlow | Wigan  | Cameron Charnock | Wigan  | C Davies |  | A Giles |  | C Jurado |  | Lewis Obrien | Widnes  | O Salmon |  | Adam Williams | Wigan
Aaryn Golding Belafonte |  | D Clark |  | Simon Ellis |  | Nick Gott | Leeds  | J Kinsley |  | G Pallet |  | R Schofield |  | G Winnard |
A Beth-Allen |  | K Cobain |  | Curtly Etchells | Cumbria  | Connor Griffiths | Warrington  | D Krout |  | Peter Parker | Hull  | L Seal |  | H Winnard |
Ronan Bird | Wigan  | J Collins |  | Scott Fernandez | Bradford  | C Hughes |  | K Lewis |  | Jordan Powell |  | Gary Shaw | Wigan  | E Wisnieski |
P Bolger |  | Jayden Covell-Wood | Huddersfield  | Luke Flavell | Wigan  | S Jenkinson |  | Phil Loeb | Warrington  | Craig Regan | Cumbria  | Kristian Silcock | St Helens  | Brandon Worsley |
Dean Bowmer | Wakefield  | M Cowan |  | James Flood | Wigan  | M Johnson |  | Paul Marklove | Warrington  | Aidan Rhodes | Leeds  | Joe Stearne | Castleford & Featherstone  | N Yaxley |
Count = 80

### Entry Touch Judges[edit]

Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society  | Name  | Society

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A Allen |  | J Crossland |  | J Kinsley |  | Ben Roberts | St Helens
M Apsee |  | C Curran |  | D Krout |  | O Salmon |
R Apsee |  | C Davies |  | K Lewis |  | R Schofield |
Ronan Bird | Wigan  | Luke Flavell | Wigan  | V Mansell |  | Kristian Silcock | St Helens
P Bolger |  | James Flood | Wigan  | A McDonald |  | P Sugden |
O Bowie |  | H Forster |  | M Mckelvey |  | A Tallon |
M Brighton |  | Jordan Gibbons |  | Tyler Moses | Widnes  | H Truscott |
F Brown |  | Nick Gott | Leeds  | E Nixon |  | K Walker |
D Clark |  | P Johnson |  | M Overson |  | C Williams |
K Cobain |  | C Jurado |  | G Pallet |  | E Wisniewski |
Count = 40

## Kit suppliers and sponsors[edit]

Period  | Manufacturers  | Sponsors

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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[edit]

* NRL match officials
* Super League
* Rugby Football League

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rugby-League.com". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
2. ^ "Full Time Match Officials | RFL". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.

## External links[edit]

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