England based Ashley Klein has been appointed to referee Saturday night’s Rugby League World Cup Final between Australia and New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium.
Klein controlled this year’s Super League Grand Final and has refereed Challenge Cup Finals and Tri Nations finals.
Australia’s Steve Chiddy and England’s James Child will act as touch judges with England’s Steve Ganson the video referee.
“The policy throughout has been to appoint on the basis of merit in the first instance but to opt for neutral referees where there were two candidates of similar standing,” Chairman of the World Cup Referees Appointments Board, Mr Michael Stone said today.
“Ashley has been one of the form referees of a tournament that has brought together officials from a number of countries.
“As well as representatives from England, Australia, New Zealand and France in the main tournament, the festival of world cups has allowed us to include officials from PNG, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji.
“It’s been a real chance to develop refereeing in the game’s growth areas, particularly the pacific islands.”
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