2010 Newest NRL Centre Referee for Round 26 On Sunday the 5th of September in Round 26 of the NRL at AAMI Park in Vic, the Storm play the Knights, we will see the latest NRL Referee make his debut, with Gavin Morris as the Centre Referee, Gavin started his refereeing in Queensland and now lives in Sydney, his NSWRLRA number is 952, he made his NRL debut as a S/O, in round 10, with the NZ Vs Cowboys in Auckland, plus Steve Chiddy makes 300. more -->

2010 Bernard Sutton Retires from Refereeing After 37 NRL games as a referee and 17 as a sideline official Bernard Sutton has retired. His debut into the NRL was as a sideline official when the Warriors hosted the Penrith Panthers, in round 15, 2007 in Auckland. His debut as a referee was Canberra Raiders V Cronulla Sharks, in round 25 2007 in Canberra. Bernard was graded in 2003 his NRL number is 94 and his NSWRLRA number is 894 more -->

2010 NSWRLRA Bowls Day Newcastle V NSW Refs Bowls Day was held last Sunday 29 August at Carrington Bowling Club - Newcastle. Nearly 80 players took part in the day, with notable players such as Jack Danzey, John Gocher, Ian Macall, Brian Gately, and Bomber Peard, led the way for NSW, but were no match for the Newcastle team which contained former Country Rugby League players like Karl Hutchison and Allan Dagwell more -->

2010 Money Raised for Charities The NSWRLRA has raised $1000 for 2 of the NRL Referees Charities, Both Brave Hearts and "Pink Ribbon" Breast Cancer Foundation have received $500 each, from the sale of the NRL Pink Referees Jerseys.
Cheques were presented to Chris James of the NRL Squad by the Director of Marketing and Communications for the NSW Rugby League Referees Association. more -->

2010 The NSWRLRA is now looking for a Major Sponsor for the 2010 The NSWRLRA is now looking for sponsors for the 2011 season.
The Referees Association is seeking a Company with the following attributes integrity, honesty and reliability. These attributes are the core to the philosophy of refereeing. The levels of exposure include: The NSW Cup, Bundy Red Cup, Sydney Shield, The NSW Club Challenge, Harold Matthews Cup and The SG Ball Cup. more -->

2010 New Gradings into The NSWRLRA The Board of the NSWRLRA would like to congratulate Scott Shepherd who was graded on the 16th of August 2010, his NSWRLRA Number is #953 Scott started refereeing 12 years ago with Souths, then went to Balmain and Uni Cup, he spent 8 years in Junior Reps, other gradings this year were Luke Phillips #951 and Gavin Morris #952 more -->

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 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 The Les Mathews Memorial Golf Day On Saturday the 27th of November 2010 the NSWRL Referees Association will hold its second Les Mathews Memorial Golf day. The day was so named in memory of one of our longest serving Secretary’s of the Association. Les was a big supporter of the previously held NSWRL Referees Association golf days so in his memory the NSWRLRA Board decided to name the golf day in Les Mathew’s mem 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 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 -->