Welsh match officials success in Belgrade

Wales Rugby League’s match officials Craig Davies and James Jones were recently involved in the U19 European Championships in Belgrade. Davies was touch judge for the first round match between Serbia and Ukraine, refereed a semi-final between France and Scotland then ran the line again for England v France. He said: “It was great to …

Craig Davies selected as European U19 match official

Wales Rugby League’s Craig Davies has been selected to be a match official in the European U19 Championships later this year. He will also be the man in the middle for the Wales U16 international against Scotland on June 30 at Chester RUFC. Davies has officiated in rugby league matches in Wales since 2021, taking …

James Jones to concentrate on Welsh development

James Jones, the head of match officials at Wales Rugby League, has decided to concentrate purely on Wales from now on after retiring from the English professional game. The last match he officiated for the Rugby Football League was justly in Wales, as he took to the middle for the Challenge Cup first round clash …

Become a rugby league match official

Referees are vital to our game. Do you want to become a rugby league match official? The next Wales Rugby League match officials course of the year will be online on Monday 19th June 7pm – 8.30pm. Register below…

Kirstoff Young appointed as referee for England v France

European Rugby League have appointed Kristoff Young of Wales to referee Saturday’s Women’s International between England and France at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington. Aaryn Golding-Belafonte and Dean Bowmer will be Touch Judges for the Women’s international, with Ryan Cox the Video Referee. Young said: “It’s a massive honour to be appointed to officiate …

Do you want to be a rugby league match official?

The first Wales Rugby League match officials course of the year will be on Sunday 22nd January at a South Wales at Glyncoch Sports and Social, home of Rhondda Outlaws, from 9am-2pm. Please register your interest at https://wrl.wales/match-official-course-registration-form WRL will be building on 2022, a year that was exciting and successful for our match officials. …

Kristoff Young to referee Euro U19 Final

It’s not just the Welsh players who have been impressing at the U19 Rugby League European Championship. For the first time, Wales have sent two match officials to a major international rugby league tournament, with Rob Apsee and Kristoff Young representing WRL in Italy. The big news that Young has been selected to referee tomorrow’s …

Match officials announced for the international weekend

The match officials have been announced for the international weekend with Wales’ James Jones appointed to referee the big women’s clash between England and France in Warrington on Saturday. Jones, who made his international rugby league refereeing debut last year, making him a unique dual code international referee, is delighted to be officiating in the …

Match officials named for tomorrow – course for new officials next week

Wales Rugby League have named their match officials for Saturday’s representative matches at Stebonheath Park in Llanelli. Taking charge of the Wales v England Community Lions U16 international (kick-off 2pm) is Kristoff Young, with Mason Apsee and Craig Davies running the lines. Reserve official is Rob Apsee and Chris Williams is interchange official. For the …