Senior Gradings

The CGAC Chair, Senior Appointments Coordinator and nominated Referee Coach/es will convene a panel to review Senior Panel  Referees in order to assess a Senior Referee's performance which will be based on the  Rugby AU Referee Profile.
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The following are the referee gradings (in alphabetical order) at July 2025 and registered (at 19/08/2025) as confirmed by the Referee Coaching Group.

The senior panels will typically officiate up to the following matches:
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A Panel
All matches

B Panel
Premier 2nd Grade
Premier Colts
U18 Div 1

C Panel
1st Div 1st Grade
2nd Div
U18 Div 2/3

D Panel
1st Div 2nd Grade, CSC
Womens XVs and 10s
U18 Div 2/3

Senior referees

A Panel

Ingram, Brodie
Koh, Steven
​Mass, Nathan
Rigby, Shaun
Smith, Jacques

B Panel

Beissner, Dennis
Byrne, Riley
Egan, Mitchell
Gumbrell, Ethan
​Linton, Harrison
Nelson, Benjamin
Stoker, Nicholas
​Winchester, Josh

C Panel

Bokor, Caitlin
Burke, Rhianna
Cousin, Christopher
Cullen, Kevin
Gavazov, Ivan
Hahn, Andrew
Harrop, James
Huggins, Matthew
McCaskie, Chris
McGrath, Damien
Mohun, James
​Nishantha, Rohan
Partridge, Matthew
Williams, Nic
Wilson, Alistair

D Panel

Butterfield, Grantley
Charlton, James
Garbutt, Joel
Gilks, David
Hancock, Trevor
Linden, Chris
Miller, David
​Nelson, Robert
Pepper, Hayden

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President's Group

Corin, Greg
​Hamlyn, Karl
Heaney,  Brian
Konig, Nye
Langford, Peter
McLachlan, Damien
​Murphy, David
​Partridge, Steven
Reedy, Ben
Whittle, Samuel
​Willemsen, James​

The President's Group acknowledges there exists a number of experienced, long-serving referees who wish to continue to referee at various levels within the refereeing ranks. These referees are still performing well enough to continue to referee at, or around, the level they held when they left/retired from the graded list of referees.

Ungraded/Injured/Visiting
​Dickson, Anne (U/I)

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Referee Coach Panels

Level 3

McCormick, Brendan

Level 2
​Beissner, Dennis
​Cunningham, Jack
Dickeson, Annie
​Hogan, Matt
​Langford, Peter
​Mass, Nathan
​Palmer, Geoff
​Saphin, Greg
​Willemsen, James

Level 1​
Byrne,  Riley
Cullen, Kevin
Dowsett, Michael
Gavazov, Ivan
Greenwood, Clair
​Linton, Harrison
Murphy, David
McGrath, Damien
Stone, Jeffrey
Teece, William