List of National Rugby League referees

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The following is a list of rugby league referees who have appeared in Australian top-level rugby league, that is the NRL and its predecessors, the NSWRL, ARL and SL premierships.

Referees still currently active are listed in bold.

## Referees

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NOTES:

* Referees are listed in the order of their debut game.
* Referees who debuted in the same day are listed in order alphabetically.
* The statistics in this table are correct as of round 16 of the 2024 NRL season.
* References:[1]

#  | Name  | Premiership Career  | Premiership Games  | First Premiership Match  | Representative Games  | Internationals  | Grand Finals

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1  | George Boss  | 1908  | 3  | South Sydney v North Sydney (20 April 1908)  | 0  | 0  | 0
2  | Tom Costello  | 1908  | 5  | Glebe v Newcastle (20 April 1908)  | 0  | 2  | 0
3  | Edward Hooper | 1908–09  | 17  | Eastern Suburbs v Newtown (20 April 1908)  | 0  | 0  | 0
4  | George Seabrook  | 1908–11  | 25  | Balmain v Western Suburbs (20 April 1908)  | 0  | 0  | 0
5  | Fred Henlen  | 1908  | 4  | Balmain v North Sydney (25 April 1908)  | 1  | 0  | 0
6  | Charlie Hutchison  | 1908–09  | 15  | Newcastle v Cumberland (16 May 1908)  | 0  | 2  | 1
7  | Arthur Welch  | 1908–11  | 6  | Western Suburbs v Newcastle (23 May 1908)  | 0  | 0  | 0
8  | Tom McMahon Snr  | 1908–26  | 220  | Balmain v South Sydney (25 July 1908)  | 12  | 10  | 3
9  | M McDermott  | 1908  | 1  | Glebe v Balmain (8 August 1908)  | 0  | 0  | 0
10  | Bill Finegan  | 1909–12, 1919–20  | 26  | Newcastle v North Sydney (24 April 1909)  | 1  | 0  | 1
11  | H Poulton  | 1909–10  | 14  | Western Suburbs v North Sydney (29 May 1909)  | 0  | 0  | 0
12  | A Ballerum  | 1909–15  | 33  | South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs (10 July 1909)  | 0  | 0  | 0
13  | Arthur Farrow  | 1909–21  | 115  | Balmain v Glebe (7 August 1909)  | 1  | 0  | 1
14  | Lance Hansen  | 1910–11, 1913, 1915  | 4  | Glebe v Annandale (21 May 1910)  | 0  | 0  | 0
15  | Laurie Kearney  | 1910–13  | 37  | Annandale v Glebe (30 July 1910)  | 3  | 1  | 0
16  | E Shaw  | 1910–14  | 20  | Glebe v North Sydney (20 August 1910)  | 0  | 0  | 0
17  | A Norton  | 1911–13  | 4  | Annandale v North Sydney (29 July 1911)  | 0  | 0  | 0
18  | Edward Larkin | 1912  | 1  | Eastern Suburbs v Western Suburbs (11 May 1912)  | 0  | 0  | 0
19  | Charles Hedley | 1912–15, 1918–20  | 37  | Newtown v Western Suburbs (6 July 1912)  | 0  | 0  | 0
20  | Horrie Millington  | 1913, 1915–16, 1918, 1921–22  | 14  | Western Suburbs v Annandale (14 June 1913)  | 0  | 0  | 0
21  | Tom Dickenson  | 1913–17, 1919–20  | 55  | Newtown v Annandale (28 June 1913)  | 0  | 0  | 0
22  | A Bolton  | 1913  | 2  | South Sydney v Annandale (12 July 1913)  | 0  | 0  | 0
23  | S Brown  | 1913–15  | 3  | Annandale v Newtown (16 August 1913)  | 0  | 0  | 0
24  | T McIntosh  | 1913  | 1  | Balmain v Western Suburbs (16 August 1913)  | 0  | 0  | 0
25  | Joe Black  | 1914–19  | 38  | Western Suburbs v Annandale (30 May 1914)  | 1  | 0  | 0
26  | G Boyd  | 1915  | 1  | Newtown v Western Suburbs (22 May 1915)  | 0  | 0  | 0
27  | W Iredale  | 1915  | 2  | Western Suburbs v Eastern Suburbs (12 June 1915)  | 0  | 0  | 0
28  | T Phelan  | 1915  | 1  | North Sydney v Western Suburbs (3 July 1915)  | 0  | 0  | 0
29  | Arthur Thornton  | 1915, 1917, 1919–26  | 54  | Western Suburbs v South Sydney (31 July 1915)  | 0  | 0  | 0
30  | J Buchanan  | 1915  | 1  | North Sydney v Balmain (14 August 1915)  | 0  | 0  | 0
31  | Charlie Russell | 1916–18, 1920  | 45  | Western Suburbs v Balmain (13 May 1916)  | 0  | 0  | 0
32  | Larry O'Malley | 1916, 1919–21  | 15  | Western Suburbs v Annandale (1 July 1916)  | 0  | 0  | 0
33  | William Neill | 1916–32  | 192  | Western Suburbs v Newtown (15 July 1916)  | 12  | 1  | 3
34  | E Norman  | 1919  | 1  | Newtown v South Sydney (16 August 1919)  | 0  | 0  | 0
35  | Frank Delaney  | 1920, 1922, 1924–26, 1929  | 17  | Eastern Suburbs v Sydney University (15 May 1920)  | 0  | 0  | 0
36  | O Harding  | 1921  | 2  | South Sydney v Sydney University (14 May 1921)  | 0  | 0  | 0
37  | Vic Dickenson  | 1921–22  | 15  | Glebe v St George (23 April 1921)  | 0  | 0  | 0
38  | Joe Murray | 1921–31  | 77  | Newtown v Sydney University (25 June 1921)  | 0  | 0  | 0
39  | C Shirley  | 1922–23, 1925  | 3  | Balmain v Sydney University (29 July 1922)  | 0  | 0  | 0
40  | S Jackson  | 1922–26  | 31  | South Sydney v Sydney University (2 September 1922)  | 0  | 0  | 0
41  | Mick Brannaghan  | 1926–28  | 16  | Balmain v North Sydney (1 May 1926)  | 0  | 0  | 0
42  | Ted Kerr  | 1926–29  | 30  | Western Suburbs v Balmain (12 June 1926)  | 0  | 0  | 0
43  | Lal Deane  | 1927–37  | 159  | Balmain v Glebe (23 April 1927)  | 21  | 5  | 6
44  | J Miller  | 1927–30  | 34  | Eastern Suburbs v Sydney University (30 April 1927)  | 0  | 0  | 0
45  | Baden Wales Snr  | 1927–30  | 27  | Balmain v Sydney University (7 May 1927)  | 0  | 0  | 0
46  | W Long  | 1927  | 2  | St George v North Sydney (21 May 1927)  | 0  | 0  | 0
47  | H Mills  | 1927  | 2  | Western Suburbs v St George (11 June 1927)  | 0  | 0  | 0
48  | Reg Drake  | 1927  | 4  | North Sydney v Sydney University (16 July 1927)  | 0  | 0  | 0
49  | W Wall  | 1927  | 1  | Western Suburbs v Newtown (23 July 1927)  | 0  | 0  | 0
50  | Eric Buckley  | 1928, 1930  | 3  | St George v Sydney University (28 July 1928)  | 0  | 0  | 0
51  | Bill Fry  | 1929–34  | 56  | Balmain v Glebe (20 July 1929)  | 2  | 0  | 1
52  | S Jolly  | 1929  | 2  | North Sydney v Sydney University (3 August 1929)  | 0  | 0  | 0
53  | G Robinson  | 1929  | 4  | St George v Glebe (10 August 1929)  | 0  | 0  | 0
54  | E Fletcher  | 1930, 1932  | 4  | St George v Sydney University (16 August 1930)  | 0  | 0  | 0
55  | Chris McGrath  | 1931–33  | 29  | Eastern Suburbs v Sydney University (25 April 1931)  | 1  | 0  | 0
56  | A Christie  | 1931–32, 1934  | 16  | Western Suburbs v Sydney University (16 May 1931)  | 2  | 0  | 0
57  | A Lupton  | 1931  | 6  | North Sydney v Newtown (16 May 1931)  | 0  | 0  | 0
58  | C Jackson  | 1931–32  | 4  | North Sydney v Balmain (1 August 1931)  | 0  | 0  | 0
59  | Leo Baggott  | 1932–35, 1938  | 15  | St George v Sydney University (25 April 1932)  | 0  | 0  | 0
60  | H Irvine  | 1932–34  | 9  | South Sydney v Sydney University (11 June 1932)  | 0  | 0  | 0
61  | George Clamback  | 1932  | 5  | North Sydney v Sydney University (25 June 1932)  | 0  | 0  | 0
62  | B Maloney  | 1932  | 2  | North Sydney v Newtown (20 August 1932)  | 0  | 0  | 0
63  | Tom McMahon Jnr  | 1933–41, 1944–51  | 250  | Western Suburbs v Sydney University (25 April 1933)  | 26  | 7  | 5
64  | C Brown  | 1933  | 2  | St George v North Sydney (8 July 1933)  | 0  | 0  | 0
65  | J Murphy  | 1934–36  | 16  | Newtown v Sydney University (19 May 1934)  | 0  | 0  | 1
66  | C York  | 1934  | 3  | St George v Sydney University (16 June 1934)  | 0  | 0  | 0
67  | P Lee  | 1934–41  | 53  | Western Suburbs v Sydney University (7 July 1934)  | 0  | 0  | 0
68  | Jack Latta  | 1935–36  | 14  | Newtown v Canterbury-Bankstown (6 May 1935)  | 0  | 0  | 0
69  | Arthur Davis  | 1935–39  | 33  | Eastern Suburbs v Canterbury-Bankstown (18 May 1935)  | 0  | 0  | 0
70  | Alex Spankie  | 1936–38, 1940  | 33  | Balmain v Western Suburbs (25 April 1936)  | 0  | 0  | 0
71  | R Ward  | 1936  | 1  | Balmain v Sydney University (2 May 1936)  | 0  | 0  | 0
72  | S Heycox  | 1937  | 1  | St George v Sydney University (22 May 1937)  | 0  | 0  | 0
73  | Joe McGauley  | 1937–42  | 55  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Sydney University (19 June 1937)  | 0  | 0  | 0
74  | W Cole  | 1938–39  | 2  | Balmain v North Sydney (25 April 1938)  | 0  | 0  | 0
75  | Richard Lewis  | 1938  | 2  | Canterbury-Bankstown v North Sydney (18 June 1938)  | 1  | 0  | 0
76  | R Musgrave  | 1938  | 4  | Eastern Suburbs v North Sydney (25 June 1938)  | 0  | 0  | 0
77  | J Mercer  | 1938  | 1  | St George v Newtown (23 July 1938)  | 0  | 0  | 0
78  | George Bishop  | 1938–41, 1943–52  | 211  | Newtown v South Sydney (6 August 1938)  | 6  | 4  | 5
79  | J Bates  | 1939  | 4  | South Sydney v Newtown (1 July 1939)  | 0  | 0  | 0
80  | Bill Devine | 1940–43, 1956  | 7  | South Sydney v Western Suburbs (22 June 1940)  | 0  | 1  | 0
81  | Jack O'Brien  | 1940–55  | 261  | Western Suburbs v Newtown (29 June 1940)  | 10  | 0  | 7
82  | Bill Cuke  | 1941–42  | 7  | North Sydney v Newtown (12 July 1941)  | 0  | 0  | 0
83  | Austin Shiner  | 1941–48, 1950–55  | 90  | Western Suburbs v North Sydney (2 August 1941)  | 0  | 0  | 0
84  | H Carrick  | 1942–43  | 6  | Newtown v Western Suburbs (30 May 1942)  | 0  | 0  | 0
85  | Jack Kelly  | 1942, 1947–48  | 10  | South Sydney v Western Suburbs (27 June 1942)  | 0  | 0  | 0
86  | Aub Oxford  | 1942–54  | 135  | Eastern Suburbs v Western Suburbs (1 August 1942)  | 5  | 0  | 0
87  | Ray Smyth  | 1943–48  | 33  | Western Suburbs v Canterbury-Bankstown (3 July 1943)  | 0  | 0  | 0
88  | Darcy Lawler | 1944–45, 1948–63  | 272  | Eastern Suburbs v North Sydney (13 May 1944)  | 12  | 19  | 8
89  | A Davis  | 1947  | 7  | Balmain v South Sydney (3 May 1947)  | 0  | 0  | 0
90  | G Hallwood  | 1947  | 4  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Parramatta (10 May 1947)  | 0  | 0  | 0
91  | Cliff Brown  | 1947–50, 1952–62  | 172  | Parramatta v South Sydney (5 July 1947)  | 4  | 0  | 0
92  | Col Pearce | 1947–50, 1952–68  | 343  | Parramatta v Manly-Warringah (9 August 1947)  | 15  | 12  | 6
93  | Les Williams  | 1951–54, 1956–57  | 39  | North Sydney v Newtown (30 June 1951)  | 0  | 0  | 0
94  | Bert Cowley  | 1953  | 4  | Parramatta v North Sydney (25 April 1953)  | 0  | 0  | 0
95  | A Konnecke  | 1954  | 3  | Balmain v St George (10 April 1954)  | 0  | 0  | 0
96  | Fred Erickson  | 1955–64  | 112  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Eastern Suburbs (15 May 1955)  | 4  | 0  | 0
97  | Ray O'Donnell  | 1955–56, 1958–59  | 31  | Newtown v Canterbury-Bankstown (29 May 1955)  | 0  | 0  | 0
98  | R McMillan  | 1956  | 4  | South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs (14 April 1956)  | 0  | 0  | 0
99  | Keith Parkinson | 1956–59, 1961–63  | 48  | Canterbury-Bankstown v South Sydney (28 April 1956)  | 0  | 0  | 0
100  | Bob Cummins  | 1956  | 2  | Balmain v North Sydney (1 July 1956)  | 0  | 0  | 0
101  | Kevin Keough  | 1956  | 4  | North Sydney v Parramatta (21 July 1956)  | 0  | 0  | 0
102  | Baden Wales Jnr  | 1957–59  | 19  | Parramatta v Manly-Warringah (25 April 1957)  | 0  | 0  | 0
103  | Dudley Nicholson  | 1957–59  | 17  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Eastern Suburbs (6 July 1957)  | 0  | 0  | 0
104  | Don Lancashire  | 1959, 1970  | 27  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Manly-Warringah (30 May 1959)  | 12  | 6  | 1
105  | Les Samuelson  | 1959–61, 1965–71  | 124  | Parramatta v South Sydney (20 June 1959)  | 4  | 0  | 0
106  | Frank Walsh  | 1959  | 3  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Eastern Suburbs (20 June 1959)  | 0  | 0  | 0
107  | Bill Kelly  | 1960–62, 1965–66  | 28  | Newtown v Parramatta (25 June 1960)  | 0  | 0  | 0
108  | Cyril Dimon | 1961–62  | 9  | Manly-Warringah v South Sydney (22 April 1961)  | 0  | 0  | 0
109  | Laurie Bruyeres  | 1961–68, 1970–75  | 239  | Newtown v North Sydney (6 May 1961)  | 3  | 3  | 2
110  | Arthur Neville  | 1962–63, 1965, 1968–70  | 52  | North Sydney v Eastern Suburbs (21 July 1962)  | 1  | 0  | 0
111  | Jack Bradley  | 1962–64, 1966–68  | 78  | South Sydney v Manly-Warringah (22 July 1962)  | 1  | 6  | 1
112  | G Lane  | 1963–64  | 4  | North Sydney v Balmain (19 May 1963)  | 0  | 0  | 0
113  | George Kellahan  | 1964  | 2  | Parramatta v Canterbury-Bankstown (4 April 1964)  | 0  | 0  | 0
114  | Jack Harris  | 1964–65, 1970–71  | 47  | Balmain v Western Suburbs (5 April 1964)  | 0  | 0  | 0
115  | Ted Pepper  | 1964  | 2  | Eastern Suburbs v South Sydney (5 April 1964)  | 0  | 0  | 0
116  | J Jacobson  | 1964  | 4  | Western Suburbs v Eastern Suburbs (18 April 1964)  | 0  | 0  | 0
117  | Albert Perry  | 1964  | 3  | Manly-Warringah v Western Suburbs (27 June 1964)  | 0  | 0  | 0
118  | T Cook  | 1965, 1969  | 26  | Canterbury-Bankstown v South Sydney (3 April 1965)  | 0  | 0  | 0
119  | Keith Holman | 1965–74  | 153  | Newtown v Manly-Warringah (12 June 1965)  | 5  | 2  | 1
120  | Jack Farrelly  | 1966, 1968–71  | 33  | Eastern Suburbs v South Sydney (8 May 1966)  | 0  | 0  | 0
121  | Carl Langton | 1966–67  | 22  | Eastern Suburbs v North Sydney (24 July 1966)  | 1  | 0  | 0
122  | Keith Page  | 1967–76  | 207  | Eastern Suburbs v Cronulla-Sutherland (2 April 1967)  | 6  | 3  | 3
123  | Phil Elliss  | 1967  | 5  | South Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland (15 April 1967)  | 0  | 0  | 0
124  | Don MacDonald | 1967–69, 1971–79  | 155  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Penrith (4 June 1967)  | 1  | 0  | 0
125  | Brian Barry  | 1967–68  | 16  | Cronulla-Sutherland v South Sydney (25 June 1967)  | 0  | 0  | 0
126  | Phil McCarroll  | 1969–71  | 29  | Cronulla-Sutherland v North Sydney (30 March 1969)  | 0  | 0  | 0
127  | Richie Humphreys  | 1969–78  | 99  | North Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland (15 June 1969)  | 1  | 0  | 0
128  | Clive Edwards  | 1970–73, 1975  | 30  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Parramatta (7 June 1970)  | 0  | 0  | 0
129  | Gary Cook  | 1971–79  | 153  | Penrith v Eastern Suburbs (30 May 1971)  | 2  | 1  | 2
130  | Gary Bennett | 1971–72, 1974  | 19  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Penrith (3 April 1971)  | 0  | 0  | 0
131  | Barry Barnes  | 1972–73, 1982–87  | 142  | South Sydney v Parramatta (25 March 1972)  | 0  | 1  | 0
132  | Greg Hartley | 1972–81  | 174  | Penrith v St George (2 July 1972)  | 4  | 5  | 5
133  | Barry Cross  | 1973  | 7  | Penrith v Parramatta (6 May 1973)  | 0  | 0  | 0
134  | Jack Danzey | 1973–83  | 172  | Western Suburbs v Manly-Warringah (20 May 1973)  | 4  | 0  | 0
135  | Mick Naughton  | 1973, 1979  | 2  | St George v Cronulla-Sutherland (14 July 1973)  | 2  | 6  | 0
136  | Dennis Braybrook  | 1975–82  | 76  | Manly-Warringah v Eastern Suburbs (23 March 1975)  | 0  | 0  | 0
137  | Kevin Roberts  | 1975–88  | 274  | Balmain v St George (25 April 1975)  | 10  | 6  | 3
138  | Francois Escande  | 1975  | 1  | Balmain v Eastern Suburbs (15 June 1975)  | 0  | 5  | 0
139  | Neil McAlister  | 1975  | 3  | Balmain v North Sydney (29 June 1975)  | 0  | 0  | 0
140  | Col Turnell  | 1976  | 6  | Newtown v Eastern Suburbs (4 April 1976)  | 0  | 0  | 0
141  | Barry Bradstock  | 1976–81  | 46  | Eastern Suburbs v North Sydney (30 May 1976)  | 0  | 0  | 0
142  | John Gocher  | 1976–86  | 177  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Newtown (25 July 1976)  | 2  | 4  | 1
143  | Doug Wintin  | 1977–78  | 5  | Newtown v St George (8 May 1977)  | 0  | 0  | 0
144  | Billy Thompson  | 1977  | 1  | Manly-Warringah v Western Suburbs (12 June 1977)  | 1  | 17  | 0
145  | George Brain  | 1977  | 3  | Parramatta v Newtown (19 June 1977)  | 0  | 0  | 0
146  | Marcel Caillol  | 1977  | 1  | South Sydney v North Sydney (26 June 1977)  | 0  | 5  | 0
147  | Bruce Shipton  | 1978–79  | 2  | St George v Canterbury-Bankstown (12 August 1978)  | 0  | 0  | 0
148  | Barry Goldsworthy  | 1979–82  | 43  | Newtown v Eastern Suburbs (6 May 1979)  | 0  | 0  | 0
149  | Chris Ward  | 1979–91  | 129  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Penrith (26 August 1979)  | 1  | 0  | 0
150  | Colin Ward  | 1980, 1984  | 7  | North Sydney v Western Suburbs (13 April 1980)  | 0  | 0  | 0
151  | Martin Weekes  | 1980–85  | 72  | Penrith v North Sydney (8 June 1980)  | 0  | 0  | 0
152  | Ian Smith  | 1980  | 2  | Newtown v Penrith (10 August 1980)  | 0  | 3  | 0
153  | Peter Pierse | 1981  | 2  | Balmain v North Sydney (10 May 1981)  | 0  | 0  | 0
154  | Mick Stone | 1981–89  | 192  | Canterbury-Bankstown v South Sydney (16 August 1981)  | 6  | 4  | 3
155  | Barrie Keenahan  | 1982  | 1  | Newtown v North Sydney (19 March 1982)  | 0  | 0  | 0
156  | Graham Annesley | 1982–95, 1997  | 244  | St George v Canberra (28 March 1982)  | 3  | 6  | 0
157  | Steve Nash  | 1982, 1984  | 4  | Newtown v Parramatta (25 April 1982)  | 0  | 0  | 0
158  | Giles O'Donnell  | 1982–87  | 39  | Newtown v Canberra (25 July 1982)  | 0  | 0  | 0
159  | Julien Rascagneres  | 1983  | 1  | Illawarra v Manly-Warringah (5 March 1983)  | 0  | 9  | 0
160  | Lionel Green  | 1983  | 8  | Illawarra v Newtown (3 April 1983)  | 0  | 0  | 0
161  | Graeme West  | 1983–86, 1988–96  | 181  | Western Suburbs v South Sydney (17 April 1983)  | 0  | 0  | 0
162  | Greg McCallum  | 1983–94  | 241  | Western Suburbs v Cronulla-Sutherland (7 August 1983)  | 7  | 13  | 3
163  | Allan McKean | 1984  | 2  | Western Suburbs v Eastern Suburbs (22 July 1984)  | 0  | 0  | 0
164  | Denis Spagarino  | 1984–88  | 22  | Canberra v Illawarra (22 July 1984)  | 0  | 0  | 0
165  | Noel Bissett  | 1984  | 1  | Cronulla-Sutherland v South Sydney (12 August 1984)  | 0  | 0  | 0
166  | Robin Whitfield  | 1985–86  | 5  | Canterbury v Eastern Suburbs (1 July 1985)  | 1  | 11  | 0
167  | Bill Harrigan | 1986–95, 1997–03  | 393  | Western Suburbs v Cronulla-Sutherland (18 May 1986)  | 27  | 26  | 10
168  | Phil Cooley | 1986, 1988–89  | 30  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Eastern Suburbs (8 June 1986)  | 0  | 0  | 0
169  | Greg Boyd  | 1986  | 6  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Canberra (29 June 1986)  | 0  | 0  | 0
170  | Peter Filmer  | 1987–89, 1991–92  | 30  | Balmain v Western Suburbs (17 May 1987)  | 0  | 0  | 0
171  | David O'Keefe  | 1987  | 6  | Penrith v Illawarra (26 July 1987)  | 0  | 0  | 0
172  | Eddie Ward  | 1988–98  | 217  | Gold Coast v Canterbury-Bankstown (5 March 1988)  | 12  | 11  | 1
173  | Neil Almond  | 1988–91, 1995–96  | 82  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Eastern Suburbs (27 March 1988)  | 0  | 0  | 0
174  | Brian Grant  | 1988–89, 1991, 1997–99  | 99  | Parramatta v St George (8 May 1988)  | 0  | 0  | 0
175  | Tony Kelly  | 1988–91, 1993, 1995–96  | 67  | North Sydney v Western Suburbs (31 July 1988)  | 0  | 0  | 0
176  | Geoff Weeks  | 1990–91  | 32  | Parramatta v Penrith (18 March 1990)  | 0  | 0  | 0
177  | Ian Parnaby  | 1990–93, 1996  | 48  | St George v Gold Coast (15 April 1990)  | 0  | 0  | 0
178  | David Goener  | 1990  | 7  | Parramatta v Gold Coast (8 July 1990)  | 0  | 0  | 0
179  | Kelvin Jeffes  | 1991–98, 2000  | 120  | Newcastle v South Sydney (4 August 1991)  | 1  | 2  | 0
180  | Tim Mander | 1992–95, 1997–05  | 292  | Newcastle v Gold Coast (19 April 1992)  | 2  | 14  | 2
181  | David Manson  | 1992–97  | 133  | North Sydney v Eastern Suburbs (19 April 1992)  | 11  | 3  | 2
182  | Steve Clark  | 1992–95, 1997–07  | 313  | Parramatta v Newcastle (31 May 1992)  | 7  | 8  | 0
183  | Mick Lewis  | 1994–96  | 47  | Canberra v South Sydney (18 March 1994)  | 0  | 0  | 0
184  | Paul McBlane  | 1994–99  | 97  | Parramatta v South Sydney (8 May 1994)  | 1  | 0  | 0
185  | David Jay  | 1994–95  | 14  | Parramatta v Gold Coast (7 August 1994)  | 0  | 0  | 0
186  | Mark Oaten  | 1995–02  | 111  | Illawarra v Gold Coast (9 April 1995)  | 0  | 0  | 0
187  | Tony Maksoud  | 1995–97  | 20  | South Sydney v Penrith (20 May 1995)  | 0  | 0  | 0
188  | Bob Flint  | 1995  | 1  | Canberra v Parramatta (11 June 1995)  | 0  | 0  | 0
189  | Phil Houston  | 1995–97  | 5  | North Queensland v Sydney Tigers (24 June 1995)  | 0  | 5  | 0
190  | Rob Alexander  | 1995–96  | 18  | Parramatta v Manly-Warringah (9 July 1995)  | 0  | 0  | 0
191  | Matt Hewitt  | 1996–00  | 76  | Gold Coast v Manly-Warringah (14 April 1996)  | 0  | 0  | 0
192  | Paul Simpkins | 1996–07  | 283  | Canberra v North Queensland (14 April 1996)  | 6  | 5  | 1
193  | Sean Hampstead  | 1996–08  | 289  | Cronulla-Sutherland v South Queensland (15 June 1996)  | 3  | 2  | 0
194  | Moghseen Jadwat  | 1997–00  | 53  | South Sydney v Illawarra (25 May 1997)  | 0  | 0  | 0
195  | Steve Chiddy  | 1998  | 12  | Balmain v Gold Coast (14 March 1998)  | 0  | 0  | 0
196  | Rod Lawrence  | 1998–99, 2003  | 9  | Sydney City v Adelaide (17 April 1998)  | 0  | 0  | 0
197  | Tony Archer | 1999–12  | 294  | Western Suburbs v Canterbury-Bankstown (24 July 1999)  | 14  | 9  | 6
198  | Stephen Richards  | 2001–02  | 9  | Parramatta v Sharks (24 February 2001)  | 0  | 0  | 0
199  | Shayne Hayne | 2001–14  | 329  | Brisbane v Wests (10 March 2001)  | 17  | 10  | 4
200  | Steve Carrall  | 2001  | 2  | Sydney v North Queensland (16 June 2001)  | 0  | 0  | 0
201  | Matt Cecchin | 2001–04, 2008–21  | 371  | Wests v North Queensland (14 July 2001)  | 6  | 13  | 3
202  | Steve Lyons  | 2001–05, 2008–12  | 164  | Canberra v Penrith (11 August 2001)  | 0  | 0  | 0
203  | Jason Robinson  | 2003–13  | 209  | Wests v South Sydney (9 August 2003)  | 2  | 4  | 0
204  | Gavin Badger | 2003–20  | 354  | South Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland (30 August 2003)  | 4  | 2  | 0
205  | Russell Smith | 2005–06  | 38  | Wests v Parramatta (12 March 2005)  | 0  | 28  | 0
206  | Tony De Las Heras  | 2006–12  | 105  | Newcastle v North Queensland (16 April 2006)  | 0  | 1  | 0
207  | Ben Cummins | 2006–23  | 444  | North Queensland v Penrith (6 May 2006)  | 16  | 16  | 5
208  | Jared Maxwell  | 2006–16  | 271  | Penrith v South Sydney (14 May 2006)  | 3  | 2  | 0
209  | Bernard Sutton  | 2007–10, 2012–13, 2015–18  | 43  | Canberra v Cronulla-Sutherland (1 September 2007)  | 1  | 0  | 0
210  | Phil Haines  | 2008–14  | 79  | St George Illawarra v Melbourne (17 May 2008)  | 1  | 1  | 0
211  | Alan Shortall  | 2008–18  | 240  | North Queensland v Penrith (31 May 2008)  | 4  | 0  | 0
212  | Ashley Klein | 2009–present  | 388  | New Zealand v Parramatta (14 March 2009)  | 21  | 37  | 2
213  | Brett Suttor  | 2009–14  | 107  | Canterbury-Bankstown v Manly-Warringah (14 March 2009)  | 2  | 0  | 0
214  | Chris James | 2009–17  | 183  | Gold Coast v Newcastle (15 March 2009)  | 1  | 2  | 0
215  | Gerard Sutton | 2009–present  | 383  | Wests Tigers v Canberra (16 March 2009)  | 28  | 28  | 7
216  | Adam Devcich  | 2009–16  | 131  | New Zealand v Canberra (23 August 2009)  | 3  | 0  | 0
217  | Luke Phillips | 2010–11, 2013–14  | 27  | Melbourne v Cronulla-Sutherland (21 August 2010)  | 0  | 0  | 0
218  | Gavin Reynolds  | 2010–18  | 147  | North Queensland v Canterbury-Bankstown (21 August 2010)  | 1  | 0  | 0
219  | Gavin Morris  | 2010–15  | 98  | Melbourne v Newcastle (5 September 2010)  | 1  | 0  | 0
220  | Michael Wise  | 2011  | 1  | North Queensland v New Zealand (18 June 2011)  | 0  | 0  | 0
221  | Henry Perenara | 2011–21  | 205  | Sydney v Canberra (4 July 2011)  | 0  | 9  | 0
222  | David Munro  | 2011–20  | 117  | Cronulla-Sutherland v Gold Coast (6 August 2011)  | 1  | 0  | 0
223  | Adam Gee | 2011–present  | 250  | Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland (20 August 2011)  | 9  | 3  | 1
224  | Grant Atkins | 2011–present  | 251  | Parramatta v Sydney (26 August 2011)  | 9  | 8  | 0
225  | Chris Sutton | 2012, 2014–present  | 187  | South Sydney v Sydney (5 March 2012)  | 1  | 0  | 0
226  | Chris Butler | 2014–present  | 145  | Melbourne v Canberra (19 July 2014)  | 1  | 0  | 0
227  | Matt Noyen | 2015–21  | 70  | North Queensland v Newcastle (14 March 2015)  | 0  | 0  | 0
228  | Peter Gough | 2016–present  | 138  | Canberra v Cronulla-Sutherland (17 April 2016)  | 3  | 2  | 0
229  | Tim Alouani-Roby  | 2016–19  | 22  | Sydney v St George Illawarra (21 August 2016)  | 0  | 2  | 0
230  | Jon Stone | 2016–20  | 69  | Newcastle v South Sydney (28 August 2016)  | 0  | 0  | 0
231  | Zbignew Przeklasa-Adamski | 2017–present  | 68  | Newcastle v St George Illawarra (29 July 2017)  | 0  | 0  | 0
232  | Phil Henderson  | 2018–20  | 40  | New Zealand v North Queensland (7 April 2018)  | 0  | 0  | 0
233  | Liam Kennedy | 2018–19, 2022–present  | 36  | Canberra v North Queensland (14 July 2018)  | 0  | 0  | 0
234  | Adam Cassidy  | 2019  | 9  | Wests v Manly-Warringah (16 March 2019)  | 0  | 0  | 0
235  | Todd Smith | 2019, 2022–present  | 55  | St George Illawarra v Canberra (14 July 2019)  | 0  | 0  | 0
236  | Belinda Sharpe | 2019–present  | 15  | Brisbane v Canterbury-Bankstown (18 July 2019)  | 0  | 0  | 0
237  | Kasey Badger | 2023–present  | 4  | Gold Coast v Canterbury-Bankstown (3 September 2023)  | 0  | 2  | 0
238  | Wyatt Raymond | 2024–present  | 5  | Melbourne v Canterbury-Bankstown (12 April 2024)  | 0  | 0  | 0

### Grand Final Referees

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Referee  | Games  | Years

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Bill Harrigan | 10  | 1989 (Canberra v Balmain)

1990 (Canberra v Penrith)

1991 (Penrith v Canberra)

1997 (Brisbane v Cronulla-Sutherland)

1998 (Brisbane v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1999 (Melbourne v St George)

2000 (Brisbane v Sydney)

2001 (Newcastle v Parramatta)

2002 (Sydney v New Zealand)

2003 (Penrith v Sydney)

Darcy Lawler | 8  | 1953 (South Sydney v St George)

1956 (St George v Balmain)

1957 (St George v Manly-Warringah)

1958 (St George v Western Suburbs)

1959 (St George v Manly-Warringah)

1960 (St George v Eastern Suburbs)

1961 (St George v Western Suburbs)

1963 (St George v Western Suburbs)

Jack O'Brien  | 7  | 1940 (Eastern Suburbs v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1942 (Canterbury-Bankstown v St George)

1943 (Newtown v North Sydney)

1944 (Balmain v Newtown)

1947 (Balmain v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1951 (South Sydney v Manly-Warringah)

1954 (South Sydney v Newtown)

Gerard Sutton | 7  | 2014 (South Sydney v Canterbury-Bankstown)

2015 (North Queensland v Brisbane)

2017 (Melbourne v North Queensland)

2018 (Sydney v Melbourne)

2019 (Sydney v Canberra)

2020 (Penrith v Melbourne)

2021 (Penrith v South Sydney)

Lal Deane  | 6  | 1928 (South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs)

1929 (South Sydney v Newtown)

1930 (Western Suburbs v St George)

1931 (South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs)

1932 (South Sydney v Western Suburbs)

1936 (Eastern Suburbs v Balmain)

Col Pearce | 6  | 1955 (South Sydney v Newtown)

1964 (St George v Balmain)

1965 (St George v South Sydney)

1966 (St George v Balmain)

1967 (South Sydney v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1968 (South Sydney v Manly-Warringah)

Tony Archer | 6  | 2007 (Melbourne v Manly-Warringah)

2008 (Manly-Warringah v Melbourne)

2009 (Melbourne v Parramatta)

2010 (St George Illawarra v Sydney)

2011 (Manly-Warringah v New Zealand)

2012 (Melbourne v Canterbury-Bankstown)

George Bishop  | 5  | 1939 (Balmain v South Sydney)

1946 (Balmain v St George)

1948 (Western Suburbs v Balmain)

1949 (St George v South Sydney)

1952 (Western Suburbs v South Sydney)

Tom McMahon Jnr  | 5  | 1935 (Eastern Suburbs v South Sydney)

1938 (Canterbury-Bankstown v Eastern Suburbs)

1941 (St George v Eastern Suburbs)

1945 (Eastern Suburbs v Balmain)

1950 (South Sydney v Western Suburbs)

Ben Cummins | 5  | 2012 (Melbourne v Canterbury-Bankstown)

2013 (Sydney v Manly-Warringah)

2015 (North Queensland v Brisbane)

2016 (Cronulla-Sutherland v Melbourne)

2019 (Sydney v Canberra)

Greg Hartley | 4  | 1978 (Manly-Warringah v Cronulla-Sutherland)

1979 (St George v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1980 (Canterbury-Bankstown v Eastern Suburbs)

1981 (Parramatta v Newtown)

Shayne Hayne | 4  | 2009 (Melbourne v Parramatta)

2010 (St George Illawarra v Sydney)

2013 (Sydney v Manly-Warringah)

2014 (South Sydney v Canterbury-Bankstown)

Tom McMahon Snr  | 3  | 1911 (Eastern Suburbs v Glebe)

1922 (North Sydney v Glebe)

1923 (Eastern Suburbs v South Sydney)

William Neill | 3  | 1924 (Balmain v South Sydney)

1926 (South Sydney v Sydney University)

1927 (South Sydney v St George)

Keith Page  | 3  | 1969 (Balmain v South Sydney)

1972 (Manly-Warringah v Eastern Suburbs)

1973 (Manly-Warringah v Cronulla-Sutherland)

Kevin Roberts  | 3  | 1983 (Parramatta v Manly-Warringah)

1984 (Canterbury-Bankstown v Parramatta)

1985 (Canterbury-Bankstown v St George)

Mick Stone | 3  | 1986 (Parramatta v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1987 (Manly-Warringah v Canberra)

1988 (Canterbury-Bankstown v Balmain)

Greg McCallum  | 3  | 1992 (Brisbane v St George)

1993 (Brisbane v St George)

1994 (Canberra v Canterbury-Bankstown)

Matt Cecchin | 3  | 2011 (Manly-Warringah v New Zealand)

2016 (Cronulla-Sutherland v Melbourne)

2017 (Melbourne v North Queensland)

Laurie Bruyeres  | 2  | 1974 (Eastern Suburbs v Canterbury-Bankstown)

1975 (Eastern Suburbs v St George)

Gary Cook  | 2  | 1976 (Manly-Warringah v Parramatta)

1977 (St George v Parramatta)

David Manson  | 2  | 1996 (Manly-Warringah v St George)

1997 (Newcastle v Manly-Warringah)

Tim Mander | 2  | 2004 (Bulldogs v Sydney)

2005 (Wests v North Queensland)

Ashley Klein | 2  | 2018 (Sydney v Melbourne)

2022 (Penrith v Parramatta)

Charlie Hutchison  | 1  | 1908 (South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs)
Bill Finegan  | 1  | 1910 (Newtown v South Sydney)
Arthur Farrow  | 1  | 1916 (Balmain v South Sydney)
Bill Fry  | 1  | 1933 (Newtown v St George)
J. Murphy  | 1  | 1934 (Western Suburbs v Eastern Suburbs)
Jack Bradley  | 1  | 1962 (St George v Western Suburbs)
Don Lancashire  | 1  | 1970 (South Sydney v Manly-Warringah)
Keith Holman | 1  | 1971 (South Sydney v St George)
John Gocher  | 1  | 1982 (Parramatta v Manly-Warringah)
Eddie Ward  | 1  | 1995 (Sydney Bulldogs v Manly-Warringah)
Paul Simpkins | 1  | 2006 (Brisbane v Melbourne)
Adam Gee | 1  | 2023 (Penrith v Brisbane)

## See also

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* Sports portal

* NRL match officials

## References

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1. ^ "NRL Tables - Referees 1939-2024". afltables.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

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