Officials
The head of refereeing in the RFL is former referee Stuart Cummings. The RFL decided that from the 2007 there would be six full-time referees (this figure has risen to nine) - previously referees had been part-time. The RFL still employs part-time officials to supplement the full-time referees in the Super League and to be touch/in-goal judges in the Super League. The National Leagues are still refereed by part-time referees. The full-time referees are:
- Phil Bentham
- Steve Ganson
- Thierry Alibert
- Richard Silverwood
- Ben Thaler
- James Child
- Robert Hicks
- Tim Roby
- Warren Turley
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