RFL Match officials

The RFL Match officials are a select group of train professional and semi professional rugby league match officials who officiate the top three divisions of rugby league in Britain.

Current Officials

Full Time

Name	Home city/ town	Age	Year appointed
Phil Bentham	Leigh, Lancashire	7009144177840000000♠45 years, 251 days	2005
James Child	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire	7009105487920000000♠33 years, 156 days	2009
Joe Cobb	West Yorkshire	7008895708800000000♠28 years, 140 days	2014
Robert Hicks	Oldham, Greater Manchester	7009111436560000000♠35 years, 114 days	2010

Part Time

Part-time match officials referee in the Championship and the League 1 and may Touch Judge in the Super League.

Jamie Bloem

Chris Campbell

Tom Grant

Gareth Hewer

Dave Merrick

Scott Mikalauskas

Jon Roberts

Cadet officials

Cadets primarily referee in the Championship and the League 1 and Touch Judge in the Super League. There are opportunities for cadets to referee in the Super League when games become available.

Tom Crashley
Adam Gill
Chris Kendal
George Stokes
Andy Sweet
Matthew Thomason
Warren Turley
Michael Woodhead

Former Officials

Name	Home county	Year appointed	Year removed
Stuart Cummings		1988	2002
Ashley Klein	Keighley, London, Australia	2003	2008
Steve Ganson	St Helens, Lancashire	1995	2013
Ian Smith	Oldham, Lancashire	1998	2010
Richard Silverwood	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire	2001	2016

References

External links

The Rugby Football League

Chairmen	Rodney Walker Richard Lewis Brian Barwick

Presidents	Les Bettinson Colin Hutton Harry Jepson Maurice Lindsay Gary Hetherington Bev Risman

Founder members	Batley FC Bradford FC Brighouse Rangers RFC Broughton Rangers FC Halifax FC Huddersfield FC Hull FC Hunslet FC Leeds FC Leigh FC Liversedge RFC Manningham FC Oldham FC Rochdale Hornets FC Runcorn RFC Stockport RFC St Helens FC Tyldesley FC Wakefield Trinity FC Warrington FC Widnes FC Wigan FC

Rugby Football League seasons

Rugby Football League era
(1895–1996)

					1895–96	1896–97	1897–98	1898–99	1899–00
1900–01	1901–02	1902–03	1903–04	1904–05	1905–06	1906–07	1907–08	1908–09	1909–10
1910–11	1911–12	1912–13	1913–14	1914–15	1915–16	1916–17	1917–18	1918–19	1919–20
1920–21	1921–22	1922–23	1923–24	1924–25	1925–26	1926–27	1927–28	1928–29	1929–30
1930–31	1931–32	1932–33	1933–34	1934–35	1935–36	1936–37	1937–38	1938–39	1939–40
1940–41	1941–42	1942–43	1943–44	1944–45	1945–46	1946–47	1947–48	1948–49	1949–50
1950–51	1951–52	1952–53	1953–54	1954–55	1955–56	1956–57	1957–58	1958–59	1959–60
1960–61	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70
1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80
1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90
1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96

Super League era
(1996–present)

					1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016

Rugby league in Great Britain and Ireland

Nations and regions	Rugby league in England Rugby league in Ireland Rugby league in Scotland Rugby league in Wales Rugby league in Lancashire Rugby league in Yorkshire

Federations	Rugby Football League BARLA Rugby League Ireland Scotland Rugby League Wales Rugby League

National teams	Great Britain England Ireland Scotland Wales

Women's national teams	Great Britain England Ireland Scotland Wales

Leagues	Super League Championship League 1 National Conference League Conference League South Yorkshire Men's League Pennine League North West Men's League Cumberland League Midlands Rugby League North East Rugby League South West Rugby League West of England Rugby League East Men's League South Premier London & South East Men's League Scottish Conference League North Wales Conference South Wales Premiership Super 8 RFL Women's Rugby League

Cups	Challenge Cup BARLA National Cup Yorkshire County Cup Lancashire County Cup Cumbria County Cup Cumberland County Cup

Former competitions	RFL Championship Premiership Rugby League Conference Lancs/Yorks Cups Lancs/Yorks League League Cup Charity Shield BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Trans-Pennine Cup Championship Cup

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