Competition Vault Profile
National Rugby League
Historical competition records, participants, seasons, teams, venues and all-time statistical leaders.
- Country
- Australia
- First year
- 1908
- Last year
- 2026
- Seasons
- 120
Competition appointments
Referees
Top 100 ordered by games from the all-time competition record table.| Pos | Referee | Games | Tries | Goals | Points | Home Wins | Draws | Away Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T Tom Mcmahon | 210 | 1,008 | 969 | 5,030 | 113 | 9 | 88 |
| 2 | W William Neill | 191 | 1,085 | 875 | 5,007 | 100 | 7 | 84 |
| 3 | L Lal Deane | 160 | 914 | 828 | 4,414 | 91 | 7 | 62 |
| 4 | A Arthur Farrow | 116 | 534 | 487 | 2,592 | 53 | 9 | 54 |
| 5 | T Tom Mcmahon | 103 | 667 | 609 | 3,219 | 65 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | M Mick Stone | 92 | 528 | 524 | 3,027 | 48 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | C Chris Ward | 78 | 460 | 477 | 2,641 | 47 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | G Graham Annesley | 78 | 407 | 447 | 2,529 | 45 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | J Joe Murray | 78 | 466 | 371 | 2,142 | 43 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | G Greg Mccallum | 70 | 376 | 365 | 2,250 | 36 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | B Bill Harrigan | 69 | 398 | 368 | 2,340 | 46 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | E Eddie Ward | 69 | 398 | 403 | 2,416 | 38 | 2 | 29 |
| 13 | G Graeme West | 61 | 359 | 341 | 2,134 | 35 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | B Bill Fry | 56 | 321 | 320 | 1,605 | 33 | 2 | 21 |
| 15 | T Tom Dickenson | 56 | 358 | 249 | 1,584 | 30 | 1 | 25 |
| 16 | K Kevin Roberts | 54 | 321 | 359 | 1,888 | 33 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | A Arthur Thornton | 53 | 315 | 246 | 1,439 | 33 | 2 | 18 |
| 18 | G Grant Atkins | 51 | 415 | 324 | 2,408 | 28 | 0 | 22 |
| 19 | J John Gocher | 49 | 313 | 295 | 1,711 | 33 | 3 | 13 |
| 20 | P Phil Lee | 48 | 351 | 295 | 1,643 | 31 | 3 | 14 |
| 21 | T Todd Smith | 48 | 409 | 305 | 2,343 | 21 | 1 | 25 |
| 22 | G Gerard Sutton | 47 | 377 | 272 | 2,150 | 23 | 0 | 24 |
| 23 | A Adam Gee | 46 | 375 | 273 | 2,131 | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| 24 | C Charlie Russell | 45 | 274 | 219 | 1,260 | 21 | 1 | 23 |
| 25 | N Neil Almond | 44 | 214 | 252 | 1,364 | 20 | 6 | 18 |
| 26 | A Ashley Klein | 43 | 381 | 278 | 2,134 | 31 | 0 | 12 |
| 27 | W Wyatt Raymond | 43 | 381 | 280 | 2,153 | 24 | 0 | 19 |
| 28 | P Peter Gough | 40 | 332 | 239 | 1,877 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 29 | J Joe Black | 38 | 207 | 132 | 891 | 19 | 4 | 15 |
| 30 | C Charlie Hedley | 37 | 206 | 152 | 928 | 19 | 3 | 15 |
| 31 | L Laurie Kearney | 37 | 161 | 142 | 783 | 22 | 1 | 14 |
| 32 | B Barry Barnes | 34 | 257 | 237 | 1,425 | 22 | 0 | 12 |
| 33 | J J Miller | 34 | 196 | 202 | 992 | 20 | 1 | 13 |
| 34 | A Arthur Ballerum | 33 | 142 | 111 | 652 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| 35 | A Arthur Davis | 33 | 221 | 208 | 1,079 | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 36 | J Jack Danzey Jnr | 33 | 192 | 213 | 1,037 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| 37 | A Alex Spankie | 32 | 216 | 179 | 1,006 | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 38 | G George Bishop | 32 | 195 | 173 | 931 | 21 | 1 | 10 |
| 39 | M Martin Weekes | 30 | 177 | 191 | 997 | 18 | 1 | 11 |
| 40 | T Ted Kerr | 30 | 172 | 155 | 826 | 22 | 1 | 7 |
| 41 | C Chris Mcgrath | 29 | 178 | 167 | 872 | 17 | 2 | 10 |
| 42 | J Joe Mcgauley | 29 | 186 | 143 | 844 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 43 | S S Jackson | 29 | 138 | 119 | 652 | 16 | 1 | 12 |
| 44 | B Baden Wales | 27 | 173 | 134 | 787 | 21 | 1 | 5 |
| 45 | B Bill Finegan | 27 | 178 | 118 | 778 | 15 | 2 | 10 |
| 46 | B Brian Grant | 27 | 136 | 137 | 827 | 16 | 1 | 10 |
| 47 | T Tony Kelly | 27 | 169 | 150 | 983 | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| 48 | D David Manson | 25 | 168 | 127 | 936 | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| 49 | G George Seabrook | 25 | 125 | 82 | 547 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 50 | L Liam Kennedy | 25 | 205 | 155 | 1,192 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 51 | G Geoff Weeks | 22 | 114 | 124 | 717 | 16 | 1 | 5 |
| 52 | K Kelvin Jeffes | 22 | 143 | 109 | 800 | 13 | 1 | 8 |
| 53 | M Matt Hewitt | 21 | 160 | 113 | 869 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| 54 | E E Shaw | 20 | 115 | 86 | 517 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| 55 | S Sean Hampstead | 19 | 133 | 96 | 725 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 56 | I Ian Parnaby | 18 | 126 | 112 | 732 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 57 | E Edward Hooper | 17 | 110 | 66 | 468 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 58 | F Frank Delaney | 17 | 111 | 75 | 483 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 59 | P Paul Simpkins | 17 | 114 | 91 | 640 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 60 | P Peter Filmer | 17 | 90 | 91 | 545 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 61 | P Phil Cooley | 17 | 103 | 102 | 618 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 62 | A A Christie | 16 | 96 | 96 | 480 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| 63 | J Joe Murphy | 16 | 103 | 110 | 529 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 64 | M Mick Brannaghan | 16 | 85 | 71 | 397 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 65 | B Barry Goldsworthy | 15 | 86 | 86 | 436 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 66 | C Charlie Hutchison | 15 | 107 | 79 | 487 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 67 | L Larry O'Malley | 15 | 103 | 106 | 523 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 68 | L Leo Baggott | 15 | 92 | 107 | 490 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 69 | P Paul Mcblane | 15 | 97 | 83 | 557 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 70 | V Vic Dickenson | 15 | 58 | 57 | 290 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 71 | D Denis Braybrook | 14 | 92 | 86 | 450 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 72 | H Harry Poulton | 14 | 101 | 68 | 439 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 73 | H Horrie Millington | 14 | 66 | 57 | 312 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 74 | J Jack Latta | 14 | 81 | 92 | 427 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 75 | H H Irvine | 9 | 48 | 50 | 244 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 76 | J Jack O'Brien | 9 | 51 | 56 | 265 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 77 | P Przeklasa | 9 | 76 | 56 | 423 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 78 | L Lionel Green | 8 | 62 | 56 | 362 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 79 | D David Goener | 7 | 40 | 41 | 243 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 80 | G Giles O'Donnell | 7 | 50 | 52 | 274 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 | A A Lupton | 6 | 29 | 26 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 82 | A Aubrey Welch | 6 | 27 | 21 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 83 | B Belinda Sharpe | 6 | 46 | 33 | 266 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 84 | C Chris Butler | 5 | 46 | 33 | 254 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | G George Clamback | 5 | 27 | 38 | 157 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | T Tom Costello | 5 | 26 | 12 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 87 | A A Norton | 4 | 22 | 16 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | C C Jackson | 4 | 25 | 20 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | E E Fletcher | 4 | 23 | 19 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | F Fred Henlen | 4 | 27 | 15 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 91 | G G Robinson | 4 | 28 | 16 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 92 | J J Bates | 4 | 23 | 21 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 | L Lance Hansen | 4 | 19 | 18 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 94 | R R Musgrave | 4 | 22 | 18 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 95 | R Reg Drake | 4 | 31 | 26 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | C C Shirley | 3 | 13 | 17 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 97 | C C York | 3 | 21 | 21 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | D Denis Spagarino | 3 | 16 | 19 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | E Eric Buckley | 3 | 18 | 14 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 100 | G George Boss | 3 | 11 | 12 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 |