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Russell Smith (referee)
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Russell Smith is a former rugby league referee who now administers and coaches match officials.
Smith controlled his first Rugby Football League Championship match on 9 September 1990, a match between Featherstone Rovers and Hull Kingston Rovers. His first international was between Australia and New Zealand on 20 June 1993.[1]
He controlled matches in the 1995 and 2000 Rugby League World Cups, as well as five Challenge Cup finals.[2] In 2004 he was named the international referee of the year.[3]
He moved to Australia in 2005, becoming a National Rugby League referee.[4] He retired at the end of the 2006 NRL season.[1]
After retiring, Smith became a video official and, after a stint as the interim boss,[5][6] acted as a senior advisor to the referees boss, Daniel Anderson.[7][8] He was a match officials coach at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[9]
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