OK. It hasn't been released. But the Referee is one of the following

Thierry Alibert
Steve Ganson
Richard Silverwood
Jamie Leahy


Phil Bentham is from warringtgon
Ian Smith and Ben Thaler refereed the fixtures involving warrington and huddersfield.
Ronnie Laughton is refereeing the NL1 match on friday.


So we are left with 4.


of them 4, i will say ganson and silverwood will probably end up getting the nod.
both will be at the final. one as the ref and one as the reserve ref...

Any views on this until i can get hold of the final list.



***UPDATE*** The appointment will be made on monday.

Ganson please.

If it's Silverwood we're beaten already!

Ref's lists are usually announced and put online on Tuesday.

Next weeks are online, with the exeption of the final. friday and sundays matches are announced on the rfl website

I can tell you now, Thierry Alibert or Jamie Leahy will NOT be refereeing the final.





Actually, Phil Bentham is from Leigh. Even so, he can still referee the final. Ganson refereed last years, and he came from St Helens.



Doesn't matter in the slightest.



I'VE got more chance of reffing the CC Final than Rocket Ronnie has.



Err, no.



Possibly.



Yep, you need to stay off the sauce till the final.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Ganson.

I'm pretty sure Ganson will get the nod..

Refs can ref teams they come from now can't they?

haaa! nicely put

please god not Silverwood

please let it be ganson..let silverwood ref the skolars game the night before..its all he`s fit for

not silverspud

I'll agree that we don't want Alibert nor Silverwood.

Ganson is either very good or appalling.

I'm expecting Silverwood, unfortunately.

Well thank the Lord it won't be Thaler.. what an imbecile that man is.

rather av the chuckle brothers than thaler or silverpud

I'll go with that for sure

Ok. How do you come too that conclusion wirefanatic… Referees are not allowed too referee two corresponding fixtures. Ian Smith the saints/HUDDERSFIELD match and Ben Thaler the WARRINGTON/Wakefield match.

If you go on previous encounters where we have had the referee for a match in 2 consecutive games. (which has only happened once too my knowledge.) was a re-arranged league season game at home against Bradford on a very wet Tuesday Night. (22-22 if memory serves) And the response from Stuart Cummings on this issue was as follows

As WireFanatic II stated, Ganson reffed last year's final, so I can't see him being given the honour two years' running.

Bentham or Ganson, hopefully.

i must say that i think ganson is the best ref in the league at the moment, and i think and hope he get the nod

I only meant that in terms of wire2004's comment that ref's can't referee their hometown team. Ganson reffed last years cup final involving Saints.

It should go to the referee that has been the most consistent over the course of the season. That referee, in my opinion, is Ganson.

Ref: S Ganson
TJ: J Child
TJ: C Sharrad
RR: R Silverwood
VR: P Bentham

That was 5 years ago.



Anyway, if you want to throw evidence at me, I'll chuck some your way just to show what you have showed me is incorrect. Take this season for example:

When we played Wigan in Round 14 at home, that game was refereed by Ben Thaler. In our Round 15 game, we played away at Castleford. Guess who the referee was then................yep, Ben Thaler.

Thaler also did it again with Celtic. He refereed their Round 5 game away at Hull KR, then refereed them a week later in their Round 6 fixture at home to Wakefield.

Phil Bentham reffed Saford in Round 16 when they played at home against Catalans. A week later, he refereed them again in Round 17 when Salford played away at Hull.

I thank you.

i'll back down on that then. My only response is that they may of got rid of the rule when the refs went full time. I don't remember a time in the league though when a ref took charge of their home town club. Maybe it is different in the challenge cup final.

We have had Bentham quite a few times, and Saints have had Ganson.

Also, I believe Thaler is down as Wakefield isn't he?

He is indeed, fella. Thaler has reffed Wakey 5 times this year, Ganson has reffed Saints 3 times and Bentham has reffed Wire twice.