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Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: HChip
Date: January 1, 2026, 3:35 pm
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Just as a bit of fun, if you had to pick your Top 5 from the
each of the following groups, who would you pick?
- SG1 Referees
- SG1 ARs (Optional)
- SG2 Referees
- SG2 (Optional)
- NL Referees
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Re: Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: HChip
Date: January 1, 2026, 3:37 pm
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Personally, mine would be:
- Taylor
- Oliver
- Kavanagh
- Brooks
- Madley
- Beswick
- Nunn
- Burt
- Mainwaring
- Bennett
- Kirk
- Kitchen
- J Smith
- L Smith
- Webb
(Skipping SG2 AR)
- Finnie
- Duckworth
- Miles
- Reeves
- Speedie (Picked as I am unsure on the overall performances of
most NL Referees)
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Re: Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: Badger
Date: January 1, 2026, 3:48 pm
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This would be my list:
SG1 Referees
Michael Oliver
Anthony Taylor
Jarred Gillet
Tony Harrington
Simon Hooper
- SG1 ARs (Optional)
Gary Beswick
Dan Robathan
Stuart Burt
Lee Betts
Simon Long
- SG2 Referees
Josh Smith
Dean Whitestone
Tom Kirk
David Webb
James Lingington
- SG2 (Optional)
George Byrne
Alex James
Sam Lewis
- NL Referees
Ben Speedie
Charles Breakspear
Neil Hair
Simon Mather
Ben Toner
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Re: Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: Pm2
Date: January 1, 2026, 4:03 pm
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Sg1 refs
Oliver
Taylor
Kav
Brooks
Gillett
Sg1 ars
Beswick
Nunn
Mainwaring
Bennett
Burt
Sg2 refs
Webb
Kitchen
Kirk
Josh smith
Lewis smith
NL
Toner
Finnie
Breakspear
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Re: Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: GingerReferee
Date: January 1, 2026, 5:10 pm
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Personally, mine would be:
- Oliver
- Taylor
- Kavanagh
- Brooks
- Gillett
- Beswick
- Nunn
- Burt
- Mainwaring
- Cook
- Kirk
- Webb
- J Smith
- Bell
- Webb
- James
- Byrne
- Fox
- Lewis
- Hudson
- Finnie
- S Oldham
- Miles
- Reeves
- Speedie
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Re: Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: Ryanellis
Date: January 1, 2026, 5:42 pm
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All based off those I’ve seen live/on tv: (in no particular
order)
SG1 Referees
Taylor
Kav
Oliver
Gillett
Harrington
- SG1 ARs (Optional)
Beswick
Nunn
Mainwaring
Cook
Burt
- SG2 Referees
David Webb
Tom Kirk
Andrew Kitchen
Dean Whitestone
Josh Smith
Matt Donohue is close
- SG2 (Optional)
Sam Lewis
Jonathan Bickerdike
Jacob Graham
- NL Referees
Tom Reeves
Ross Joyce
Jacob Miles
Martin Woods
Matt Corlett
Ruebyn Ricardo also very very close.
Special mention to Aaron Farmer who was superb on his efl debut,
but it isn’t fair to include him as I’ve only seen him once.
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Re: Top 5 Per Group
DIR By: elbee94
Date: January 2, 2026, 8:29 am
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I feel like i’ve seen a lot of new referees at national list
level this season rather than some of the higher ranked
referees. My top 5 (in no particular order) so far in the last
12 months would be
Elliot Bell
Oliver Mackey
Greg Rollason
Carl Brook
James Durkin
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