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

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
James Child	Dewsbury & Batley	40 years, 327 days	2009
Greg Dolan	Dewsbury & Batley	38 years, 144 days	2018
Tom Grant	Leeds	29 years, 323 days	2018
Marcus Griffiths	Widnes	30 years, 10 days	2019
Robert Hicks	Oldham	42 years, 285 days	2010
Chris Kendall	Huddersfield	31 years, 358 days	2015
Scott Mikalauskas	Leigh		2016
Liam Moore	Wigan	28 years, 333 days	2017
Ben Thaler	Wakefield	42 years, 270 days	2005
Cameron Worsley	Castleford & Featherstone	24 years, 314 days	2019

Touch Judge
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
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
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

See also

• NRL match officials
• Super League
• Rugby Football League