2010 Tony and Frank get Life Membership at Illawarra On Monday the 12th July Tony De Las Heras ( NRL Referee) and Frank Leonard (Executive Officer of the NSWRLRA) were awarded Life Membership of the Illawarra Referees’ Association. Tony has been a member of the Association since 1992 and has held positions of Secretary of the Social Committee, Junior Vice President, Senior Vice President and is currently the Training Co-ordinator more -->

2010 Junior Rep Award Winners Junior Rep Award winners for 2010, held at Ryde Eastwood Rugby Club, with 86 attending Money raised on the night went to 3 charities, with $500 for George Gregan Foundation, $500 to Starlight Foundation and $500 to Stewart House, winner of the Mick Ryan Award (referees best and fairest) was Ziggy from Parramatta on left, Winner of the Les Matthews Award (rookie of the year) was Anthony Grady more -->

2010 NRL Fines Gold Coast Titans The National Rugby League has issued the Gold Coast Titans with a $5,000 breach notice for comments made by club officials towards a sideline match official during Friday night’s game against Wests Tigers at Campbelltown. This happened on Tuesday the 13th July 2010
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2010 The Officials for State of Origin Three The Board of The NSWRLRA would like to congratulate the following officials for there appointments to State of Origin 3 in Sydney on Wednesday July the 7th. The Refs: Tony Archer and Shayne Hayne. The S/O: Paul Holland and David Abood. The Video Refs: Bill Harrigan and Tim Mander. The Stand By Officials are Jared Maxwell and Jeff Younis more -->

2010 Message from the Board of The NSWRLRA The finding of not guilty in the case of Cowboys player Johnathan Thurston in answering a detrimental conduct charge at the NRL Judiciary on Wednesday evening June 2 highlights the absolute necessity for match officials to address the issue of foul & abusive language and intimidation directed towards them on the field. more -->

2010 Drastic Measures to protect Referees PART-TIME "bodyguards" and undercover cameramen will be deployed to junior rugby league matches across the state to protect referees.
The radical move comes as it can be revealed dozens of teenage footy players are being sent off across NSW every weekend for abusing referees and fighting. Junior clubs are introducing extreme measures to curb the violence, including "naughty chairs" for coaches more -->

2010 NRAS Level 2 Referee Course and Providers Meeting Please be advised that the next NRAS Level 2 Referee Course will be at Sports House on 16-17 October. There will be a Laws Quiz at the start of the course to see if they have been prepared. Nominations are to be sent to Barry Ruttle by 1 Sept 2010. There will also be a Providers Meeting on Thursday 15th JULY at Sports
House commencing at 7.00pm. more -->

2010 Jeff Wakka Younis does his 150th NRL Game On Saturday the 10th of July in Round 18 of the NRL match at Brookvale with Manly v Canberra, Jeff Younis officiated in his 150th NRL Match. Jeff debuted in Round 16 of 2002 and his resume includes having officiated in the 2008 Telstra Premiership Grand Final and the 2009 State-of-Origin Series. His NSWRLRA Number is 869, he was graded in 2000 more -->

2010 New Gradings into The NSWRLRA The Board of the NSWRLRA would like to congratulate Nathan Smith who was graded on the 15th of June 2010,his NSWRLRA Number is #949 other gradings this year were Zbigniew "Ziggy" Przeklasa-Adamski (#948) and Lawrence McDonell (#947). Both were graded after refereeing the Junior Rep Grand Finals. more -->

2010 Referees Get New Sleeve Sponsor The NRL Referees have taken up the challenge issued by Rugby League fans and losing coaches over generations – they have had their eyes tested at OPSM. State of Origin referees Archer and Hayne have joined the NRL in urging coaches, fans and all Australians to do the same. more -->

2010 Referee admits to turning a blind eye ROBERT Culkin has been copping grief about his eyesight since before Ben Chifley was Prime Minister. ‘‘But even now at 93, my vision is great,’’ the Ashfield pensioner grins. ‘‘Sure, the body has a few aches and one leg is crook...but I can still walk myself down to the local RSL.’’ Not only the toughest whistleblower outside a New York mafia court trial, read on for more more -->

2010 NSWRLRA Announces Grand Finals Officials for Junior Reps The Board of the NSWRLRA would like to congratulate the following referees for achieving a Grand Final in the 2010 Season.
The names were announced at the General Meeting, Monday the 3rd of May 2010. All Junior Reps were invited to attend the meeting. more -->

2010 National Referees Accreditation System Explained The National Referees Accreditation System (NRAS), is for any Rugby League Referee wishing to start his or her career in Refereeing.
There are level 1 and Level 2 Referees and there are Level 1 and Level 2 Referees Coaches, plus there is a Providers Course, Providers are responsible for helping Level 1 Referees get started, for more details read on.... more -->

2010 Former whistleblower has a whole new rule book HE’S already an NRL match reviewer. Now Greg McCallum is also a match-maker. The former whistleblower made his debut as a wedding celebrant on the opening Sunday of the season. McCallum decided to get his celebrant certificate after re-marrying 12 months ago. ‘‘ I really enjoyed organising the wedding myself, and that got me thinking about studying to become a celebrant,’’ McCallum (pictured abo more -->

2010 Newest NRL Official, Adam Gee Adam Gee became the NRL’s 108th match official when he ran in the N.Z. Warriors v Nth Qlnd Cowboys match in Auckland. Although debuting as a Sideline Official, Adam’s primary role has been refereeing in the Toyota Cup. He is the NRL’s third debutant for 2010. Photo of Adam Gee and Robert Culkin (oldest 1st grade referee) Graded in 1944 more -->

2010 Test Match and City Vs Country Appointments Referees for City Vs Country are Jared Maxwell and Matt Cecchin, the S/O's are Russell Turner and Steve Carrall, the V/Ref is Sean Hampstead. Standby Ref is Bernard Sutton. Standby S/O is Ricky McFarlane. Aust Vs N.Z. the Ref is R Silverwood (ENG) the S/O are Paul Holland (AUS) A Burns (NZ), V/Ref is Bill Harrigan (AUST) and Standby Ref is Tony Archer and Standby S/O is David Abood more -->

2010 Retired NSWRLRA Touch Judge turns to God Rick Lewis a former active member of the NSWRLRA, who is a current Honorary Member is now a Deacon of the Church.
He remembers his days running up and down on the sidelines of First Grade..... read on for more
Pictured from left to right, Rick Lewis, Brian Bonnie, Mark Oaten, Kevin Russel and Frank Leonard more -->