Mick Stone

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Mick Stone
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1981–1989 New South Wales Rugby League 206

Michael Stone is an Australian former rugby league referee.

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Stone began his refereeing career in the Western Suburbs Junior Rugby League in 1978. He was subsequently graded to referee in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), gaining his first first-grade match in 1981. Stone controlled 206 first-grade matches between 1981 and 1989. He then became a referees' coach from 1991 to 2008, being the coaching co-ordinator from 1992 to 1999. [1]

In 1983, Stone was involved in an unusual series of events that saw three different referees required to control a first grade match between Easts and Canterbury-Bankstown. Stone was carried from the field with a leg injury after four minutes. The reserve-grade referee took over, but experienced cramps at halftime. The third-grade referee then finished the match. [2]

In 1986, Stone was responsible for the quickest send-off in rugby league, having dismissed Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Peter Kelly for a head-high tackle in the first tackle of the match. [3] [4] In the same year, he refereed the first tryless grand final of the modern era, when Parramatta defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 4-2. [5]

In game 2 of the 1988 State of Origin series, Stone enraged the local Brisbane crowd when he sent Wally Lewis to the sin-bin for five minutes. The crowd showered the ground with beer cans, and the match had to be stopped until order was restored and the ground was cleared of rubbish. [6]

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  2. ↑ "Mortimer stakes selection claim". The Canberra Times. 26 June 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Jones, Michael. "NSWRL Referees Association - The Quickest Send-Off - 8 Seconds, Mick Stone". www.nswrlra.com.
  4. ↑ "Bulldogs display Anzac spirit". The Canberra Times. 26 April 1986. p. 14. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. ↑ [Canterbury-Bankstown]
  6. ↑ "Wally remembers infamous incident". Queensland Rugby League. 2 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "City vs Country (Firsts) 1986 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  8. ↑ "NSWRL 1986 - Grand Final - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  9. ↑ "Great Britain vs. France - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  10. ↑ "France vs. Great Britain - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  11. ↑ "City vs Country 1987 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  12. ↑ "State Of Origin 1987 Series - Game 1 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  13. ↑ "Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1987 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  14. ↑ "State of Origin Exhibition 1987 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  15. ↑ "NSWRL 1987 - Grand Final - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  16. ↑ "State Of Origin 1988 Series - Game 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  17. ↑ "New Zealand vs. Great Britain - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  18. ↑ "NSWRL 1988 - Grand Final - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  19. ↑ "City vs Country 1989 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  20. ↑ "State Of Origin 1989 Series - Game 1 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  21. ↑ "82nd Annual Report" (PDF). nswrlra.com. 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  22. ↑ "82nd Annual Report" (PDF). nswrlra.com. 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  23. ↑ "110th Annual Report" (PDF). nswrlra.com. 2017. p. 28. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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