| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 4 January 1970 St Helens, England |
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| Refereeing information | ||||||
| Years | Competition | Apps | ||||
| 1996– | Super League | 311 | ||||
| 2007–2009 | Challenge Cup | 7 | ||||
| 2005–2009 | Internationals | 15 | ||||
| As of 17 October 2009 | ||||||
| Source: RL project | ||||||
Steve Ganson (born 4 January 1970 in St Helens, Lancashire) is a rugby league referee. He is the second professional referee from the town as Premier League referee Chris Foy also hails from St Helens.
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His first professional game was Barrow v Carlisle Border Raiders on 27 August 1995.
His first Super League game was Castleford Tigers v Paris Saint-Germain on 17 August 1996.[1]
He refereed the Super League Grand Final in 2004 & 2009. He also refereed the Carnegie Challenge Cup final 2009 in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
He has refereed in the 2000 & 2008 Rugby League World Cups.
On 7 August 2010, Ganson was arrested outside of a hotel in Haydock, St Helens on suspicion of assault. A number of people were involved in an altercation and an 87-year-old woman was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured hip and cuts to her arm.[6]
In November 2010 the CPS confirmed that after investigating the facts no action would be taken against Ganson.