New NRL officiating structure announced

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The NRL has confirmed a new officiating structure following a review of refereeing across the game.

The new NRL officiating structure includes the elite level as well as development and pathways for referees nationally.

The revised structure will include:

  • the appointment of Bernard Sutton to the new role of Senior Manager – Officiating;
  • the appointment of Premiership-winning NRL Coach Michael Maguire as High Performance Coach – Officiating and Leadership Consultant;
  • Robert Finch taking the role of Senior Manager – Education, Development and Pathways;
  • Tony Archer’s General Manager – Officiating role now covering the national structure rather than just the elite group.
As part of the new structure, Sutton will assume the day-to-day running of the elite referee’s group and the NRL Bunker while Maguire’s role is to bring a football perspective across officiating programs and processes.

Maguire’s role will also include developing a high-performance team and implementing performance programs.


NRL Head of Football Brian Canavan said Maguire would provide a new perspective to the officiating structure.


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“Michael is a Premiership-winner with South Sydney and Wigan and through his time as a coach he has had a strong focus on leadership,” Canavan said.

“He has experience helping corporates with leadership and high-performance culture across two countries.

“He has also been a respected and valued member of the NRL Competition Committee for several years, where his knowledge and insight have been able to shape the forward progress of the game.

“As part of this role, he will be part of relevant committees in the NRL football department. Michael will also provide strategic consultancy to the broader organisation working with the NRL CEO, Head of People and Culture and Head of Football.”

Canavan said Sutton had been a valued member of the officiating department in recent years and deserved the opportunity to take on this new role.

“He will lead the officials on a day-to-day basis and will also focus on the technical aspect of officiating,” Canavan said.

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Sutton said he was pleased to be given the opportunity to take on the new role.

“We have an outstanding group of officials and I’m looking forward to working with them all in this capacity through 2018 and beyond,” Sutton said.

An appointments panel, led by Sutton, is in the process of being put together, to determine the appointment of match officials each week.

Canavan said the new structure was designed to improve officiating and pathways nationally.


“This is a different structure for the officiating group to what we have ever had before,” Canavan said.

“Tony Archer’s role will focus on the national programs, integrating education, development, recruitment, retention and high-performance programs.

“I think he is ideally placed to develop the national structure.”

Sutton, Maguire and Archer will begin their new roles immediately.
 

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Different structure, same outcomes.
 

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Annnnd we're fucked ... 2018 we will get pumped.

Bernard Sutton = Gerard Suttons brother. Gerard Sutton still reffing.
Maguire = Souths lover.
Carnarvon = ex Roosters CEO.
Archer = constantly defended the refs last year when they fucked up.

They've left out "General Manager - Match Rigging" and "Betting Company Liason Officer".
 

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I stopped reading at the appointment of Bernard Sutton to the new role of Senior Manager – Officiating. NRL= NFI.
 

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Excuse me, while I rearrange the deck chairs on this sinking ship.
 

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Sounds like no change other than making 3 new roles for people to get paid. I think 2 refs has failed and the biggest problem of it is the 2 different opinions during the game, we should revert back to 1 ref as the World Cup showed us.
 

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Brainstorming session at the NRL.

TG- Well the fans didn't stop noticing the games are rigged when we implemented a bunker, stopped coaches from criticising when they see bullshit decisions and allowed refs to send off players for speaking their minds when they are obviously getting rorted on field. We carefuly made grey areas and rules that can go whichever way the refs please and gave the bunker the chance to twist those grey areas even further. It hasn't worked, there are still too many people complaining. We need to make more changes. Ideas anybody?

Panel member 1- We could fix things, demote refs who screw up badly on a regular basis, allow for a level playing field.

Gambling sponsor- But how will we rort the sytem then?

TG- Absolutely correct. As you know part of our running costs are covered by the percentage of the take that our sponsor here manages to steal by rigging games. If the gambling agents aren't winning our income stream drops as a result.

Tony Archer- Not to mention that if the refs stop beinmg on the take some of them might squeal.

Panel member 2- We could just do some superficial stuff and keep on raking in the money while claiming credit for making changes.

TG- Agreed. So what we need to do is make more ineffectual changes to the management structure of the refereeing. Rule changes aren't a necessity and the fans can all go get fucked if they want fairness within games. It was easy enough to create headlines about investigations into players gambling. Tandy was a great scapegoat, Foran was easy enough to throw to the sharks and we still have onngoing investigations we can spruik about Manly again. Lets find some new faces to add to the management structure. As long as it looks like we're doing something it's good enough for me.
 

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Amalgamate the NRL and the Commission as one entity, the current situation is farcical, make Grant Greenbergs deputy so they can power struggle and get it right first time.
 

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Amalgamate the NRL and the Commission as one entity, the current situation is farcical, make Grant Greenbergs deputy so they can power struggle and get it right first time.
Mate the ARLC controls all Rugby league in Australia including the NRL. Why would they amalgamate with themselves?
 

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Mate the ARLC controls all Rugby league in Australia including the NRL. Why would they amalgamate with themselves?
I don't see the point of the Commission officiating the NRL, it can run itself, having two bodies control the game is pontless.
John Grant does not need to attend Grand Finals and shake hands.
 

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I don't see the point of the Commission officiating the NRL, it can run itself, having two bodies control the game is pontless.
John Grant does not need to attend Grand Finals and shake hands.
The NRL is only one of the competitions that the ARLC administers. There are the SOO games, country leagues, interstate leagues, international games and the like. Granted the NRL is the biggest of the competitions but it isn't the only one. Chairmen of sporting bodies have been shaking hands at GFs for over a century. They do it in all sports. Besides Grant is going to be the chairman of the IRLC in a couple of months so that means he will be shaking hands with the next World Cup winners instead.
 

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Is Todd Greenberg in the ARL?
 

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No worries, wikipedia showed him as part of the ARL but I believe you.
 

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Annnnd we're fucked ... 2018 we will get pumped.

Bernard Sutton = Gerard Suttons brother. Gerard Sutton still reffing.
Maguire = Souths lover.
Carnarvon = ex Roosters CEO.
Archer = constantly defended the refs last year when they fucked up.

They've left out "General Manager - Match Rigging" and "Betting Company Liason Officer".
It should be added that the Sutton bros are Souths members.
 

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No. He is the CEO (paid employee) of the NRL. The NRL board sits above him and the ARLC sits above them.
He is linked to it through his employment in the NRL but he is not a member of the commission.
 

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Now just throwing it out there.

Can the NRL generate a new revenue stream by arranging a management exchange program with some South Amercian cocaine cartels so the NRL boys can teach them how to run a more efficient corrupt organization.
 
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