Russell Smith (referee)

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Russell Smith
Personal information
Born (1964-01-24) 24 January 1964 (age 59)
Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Refereeing information
YearsCompetitionApps
1990–96 Rugby Football League Championship
1996–04 Super League
2005–06 National Rugby League
1993–05Internationals
Source: [1]

Russell Smith is a former rugby league referee who now administers and coaches match officials.

Smith controlled his first Rugby Football League Championship match on 9 September 1990, a match between Featherstone Rovers and Hull Kingston Rovers. His first international was between Australia and New Zealand on 20 June 1993. [1]

He controlled matches in the 1995 and 2000 Rugby League World Cups, as well as five Challenge Cup finals. [2] In 2004 he was named the international referee of the year. [3]

He moved to Australia in 2005, becoming a National Rugby League referee. [4] He retired at the end of the 2006 NRL season. [1]

After retiring, Smith became a video official and, after a stint as the interim boss, [5] [6] acted as a senior advisor to the referees boss, Daniel Anderson. [7] [8] He was a match officials coach at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Russell Smith - Referee Career". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ "Smith quits after 15 years as ref". BBC News. 7 September 2006.
  3. ↑ "It's official! Top ref Russell's ready to take on best". Yorkshire Evening Post.
  4. ↑ "Referee Russell Smith,right, reveals how the decision to swap the cosy familiarity of Castleford for the sun, sea and surf of Sydney is proving to be a dream move for both him and his family". Yorkshire Post.
  5. ↑ "Russell Smith placed in temporary charge of referees in Australia's NRL". Sky Sports.
  6. ↑ "Russell Smith set to lead NRL refs". Love Rugby League. 31 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Archer, Smith in line for top ref jobs". Daily Telegraph.
  8. ↑ Carayananis, Michael (22 August 2013). "Former NRL referee Harrigan blasts Anderson". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ↑ "RLWC2017 Match Officials Announced". RLWC2017. 9 October 2017.
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