List of National Rugby League referees

The following is a list of rugby league referees who have appeared in Australian top-level rugby league, i.e. the NRL and its predecessors, the NSWRL, ARL and SL premierships. Referees still currently active are listed in bold.

Referees

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 8 of the 2022 NRL season.
# Name Premiership Career Premiership Games First Premiership Match Representative Games Internationals Grand Finals
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 2006–22 413 North Queensland v Penrith (6 May 2006) 15 15 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 2009–22 336 New Zealand v Parramatta (14 March 2009) 13 30 1
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 2009–22 325 Wests v Canberra (16 March 2009) 25 19 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 2011–20 118 Cronulla-Sutherland v Gold Coast (6 August 2011) 1 0 0
223 Adam Gee 2011–22 191 Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland (20 August 2011) 1 2 0
224 Grant Atkins 2011–22 213 Parramatta v Sydney (26 August 2011) 5 2 0
225 Chris Sutton 2012, 2014–22 164 South Sydney v Sydney (5 March 2012) 0 0 0
226 Chris Butler 2014–22 103 Melbourne v Canberra (19 July 2014) 0 0 0
227 Matt Noyen 2015–21 70 North Queensland v Newcastle (14 March 2015) 0 0 0
228 Peter Gough 2016–22 92 Canberra v Cronulla-Sutherland (17 April 2016) 0 1 0
229 Tim Alouani-Roby 2016–19 22 Sydney v St George Illawarra (21 August 2016) 0 2 0
230 Jon Stone 2016–20 68 Newcastle v South Sydney (28 August 2016) 0 0 0
231 Zbignew Przeklasa-Adamski 2017–22 56 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 14 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 6 St George Illawarra v Canberra (14 July 2019) 0 0 0
236 Belinda Sharpe 2019–20 8 Brisbane v Canterbury-Bankstown (18 July 2019) 0 0 0

Grand Final Referees

Referee Games Years
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)

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)
Ashley Klein 1 2018 (Sydney v Melbourne)

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