Steve Ganson
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 4 January 1970 St Helens, Lancashire, England, UK | |||||
| Refereeing information | ||||||
| Years | Competition | Apps | ||||
| 1996–2013 | 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 former rugby league referee, and current Match Officials Coach and Technical Director with the Rugby Football League. He is the second professional referee from the town as Premier League referee Chris Foy also hails from St Helens. On 12 April 2013, Steve retired his whistle to take up the role of Match Officials Coach and Technical Director.[1]
First games
His first professional game was Barrow v Carlisle on 27 August 1995.
His first Super League game was Castleford v Paris Saint-Germain on 17 August 1996.[2]
Honours
He refereed the Super League Grand Final in 2004 & 2009. He also refereed the Challenge Cup final 2009 in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
International
He has refereed in the 2000 & 2008 Rugby League World Cups.
- He has refereed England v Wales in 2008.[3]
- He has refereed Italy v Scotland on 17 October 2009 in the Rugby League European Cup.[4]
- He has refereed Australia v New Zealand on 24 October 2009 in the 4 Nations.[5]
- He has refereed England v Australia on 31 October 2009 in the 4 Nations.[6]
Arrest
On 7 August 2010, Ganson was arrested outside of a hotel in Haydock, near 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.[7]
In November 2010 the CPS confirmed that after investigating the facts no action would be taken against Ganson.
References
- ↑ http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/27468/steve-ganson-retires-to-take
- ↑ http://www.therfl.co.uk/referee/full_time_referees/steve_ganson
- ↑ "England 74-0 Wales". BBC News. 10 October 2008.
- ↑ http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=34805
- ↑ http://www.rlef.eu.com/news.php?id=1206
- ↑ http://www.rlef.eu.com/news.php?id=1231
- ↑ Slater, Gary (8 August 2010). "Leading official Steve Ganson replaced after being arrested on suspicion of assault". Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 2010-08-08.