I had a favorite but forgot his name!, reffed around the 1988-1995 era around. (Don't have a Rothmans Annual to hand)

Never liked Gerry Kershaw,

remember the Connolly brothers.

Amazing how we all remember past players but not refs (humans try to forget bad experiences!!)

Gerry Kershaw won't have reffed much in the last 20 years at pro level !

colin morris

Gerry Kershaw was the Commissioner at Featherstone last Thursday...he's still around.

And as dapper as ever.

John Holdsworth no video ref required

Russell Smith was a Top bloke.

Brian Galtress was always a favourite of mine, can't remember why though, although it was great having Alan Burke up at Thrum Hall, just to be able to read out "...and the referee today is A Burke!"

That reminds me of the time someone in the Scratching Shed was blowing a whistle and causing all kinds of problems on the pitch.

The PA man at the time (must have been Terry?) announced "Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention. There's an idiot in the ground blowing a whistle"

Priceless.

OB!!

The same Brian Galtress who didn't send off Steve Kerry for kicking Roy Southernwood at Old Trafford?

We'd have been better if he'd sent Alan Platt off!!!!

one of the best........

Ashley Klein in his first season over here



Jamie Leahy is going well.

Stormin norman Jevons



Was Jerry Kershaw the chap who looked like Norman Collier?

I remember years ago at Thrum Hall a ref stayed on the pitch at half time and a small kid ran on and handed him a pair of glasses!

my vote:

the guy who reffed chelsea fc out of the champions league tonight

Over the last 20 years it would have to be Russ Smith & Steve Ganson followed by uncle Colin Morris, but neither of them were as good as some I remember from before that period.

Ronnie Campbell, Stan Wall, Billy Thompson, Mick Beaumont, our Jim, Brian Galtress, ooooh there's loads and all of them had character. Holdsworth used to ref us when I played colts & A team rugby on his way up to first team and he was OK liked to chat with the players during the game, Ian McGregor was the same when he reffed Pennine league but he just wanted a supping partner 'til his mrs came to pick him up after the game, 'cos she had the car !!!

My dads mate used to work with Billy and he tells funny stories about him all the time. There's one in which Jim mills is playing for Widnes and is being tackled, as he's about to hit the deck the opposing scrum half comes running in and cracks Jim. Realising what a mistake he's made the scrum half runs upto Billy and says 'send me off'!. Billy, who has obviously seen what happens, replies to the scrum half 'i'm not going to send you off.........you'll be going off but i'm not going to send you off'!

Minutes later Jim mills catches up with the scrum half and he's going off on a stretcher!!!