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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 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
[ 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
James Child
Dewsbury & Batley
2009
Leeds
2018
Widnes
2019
Oldham
2010
Huddersfield
2015
Leigh
2016
Wigan
2017
Ben Thaler
Wakefield
2005
Castleford & Featherstone
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
James 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
Referee
Touch Judge
Name
Society
Name
Society
Name
Society
Nick Bennett
Wakefield
Ben Aldridge
Adam Johnson
Luke Bland
Leeds
Innes Arnold
Tara Jones
St Helens
Tom Crashley
Wakefield
Connor Astbury
Mackenzie Maddison
Gareth Hewer
Cumbria
Jamie Barr
Ollie Maddock
Neil Horton
Caitlin Beavers
Dewsbury & Batley
Dougie Martin
James Jones
Alan Billington
T Mather
Michael Mannifield
Huddersfield
Ben Bragg
Gary Melling
John McMullen
Wigan
Robbie Burton
Lewis O'Brien
Bradley Milligan
Cumbria
Jake Butcher
Josh Scaife
Aaron Moore
Wigan
Jamie Butterfield
Tom Scott
Kevin Moore
Wakefield
Alex Cameron
Lewis Spears
Billy Pearson
Wakefield
Glenn Carr
Leeds
Ryan Stansfield
Steve Race
Wakefield
Matt Charnock
Joe Turner
Matt Rossleigh
London & The South
James Collier
Adam Williams
Liam Rush
Ryan Cox
Jason Woodman
Mike Smaill
Leigh
Shane Daniel
Nick Yaxley
Craig Smith
St Helens
Simon Ellis
Jack Smith
Oldham
Garry Evans
Liam Staveley
Bradford
Tommy Gibbs
Joe Stearne
Aaron Gill
Andy Sweet
Castleford & Featherstone
Aaryn Golding-Belafonte
James Vella
Sam Houghton
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
St.Helens
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
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
J 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'Brien
C Green
K Young
S Pickering
St.Helens
N Hart
B Worsley
G Hickey
K Young
J Flood
See also
References
External links
Rugby league in Great Britain
Nations and regions Federations National teams Women's national teams Leagues Cups Former
James Child