🏅𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐂𝐨𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥🏅 Last Friday’s annual NRL Match Officials Awards Night capped off another successful season for the Elite Officiating Squad. Congratulations to Ashley Klein on being awarded the 2024 Col Pearce Medal for Referee of the Year, after yet another incredible season. 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 ———————————— Russell Smith Medal for Rookie of the Year - Wyatt Raymond Bill Harrigan Award for Most Improved - Todd Smith NRLW Official of the Year - Luke Saldern Kevin Roberts Award - Referees Referee Voted by On-Field Referees - Chris Butler Clubman of the Year Voted by Squad - David Boyle Col Pearce Medal for Referee of the Year - Ashley Klein 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ———————————— 300 games as Touch Judge - Michael Wise Retirement from NRL - Nick Morel 400 games as Referee - Ashley Klein #PRLMO #ColPearceMedal

Best of luck to all Match Officials officiating in tomorrow’s NRL, NRLW and State Championship Grand Finals! 📸 @ziggy141pa #PRLMO

Congratulations to Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski who will referee tomorrow’s NRLW Grand Final at Accor Stadium! Well done also to Kara-Lee Nolan and Rochelle Tamarua who will be the touch judges for the encounter, whilst Kasey Badger will be the Bunker Review Official. Go well team 🙌 📸 @ziggy141pa #PRLMO #NRLW #NRLWGrandFinal

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒜𝓈𝒽 Ashley Klein has been appointed to referee the 2024 NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final, alongside touch judges Dave Munro and Chris Sutton. Grant Atkins will be the Bunker Official for the showdown, his third Grand Final appearance in this role. The match will mark Ash’s third premiership decider as a referee, with his other appearances occurring in 2018 and 2022. This appointment rounds off yet another incredible season for Ash; a year in which he also refereed all three State of Origin Matches. To officiate at the highest level for such a long period takes an enormous amount of resilience and tenacity. Well done, Ash, on a wonderful achievement. #PRLMO #NRL #NRLGrandFinal #NRLStormPanthers

—— ᴘʀᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀʀʏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟꜱ —— 📸 NRL Imagery #PRLMO #NRLFinals

ᴘʀᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀʀʏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟꜱ - ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇᴇ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ Congratulations, fellas 👏 #PRLMO #NRLFinals

𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙰𝚝𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚜 in action during the Roosters v Sea Eagles semi final on Saturday 🙌 #PRLMO #NRLFinals #NRLRoostersSeaEagles

—— 4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🄶🄰🄼🄴🅂 —— The Sharks v Cowboys semi final last night signified an extraordinary milestone for Ashley Klein. The game marked Ashley’s 400th appearance as a referee in the NRL 🙌 Ash is only the second Match Official to have reached this astonishing feat. This achievement is an absolute testament to Ash’s tenacity, resilience and insatiable desire to perfect his craft. Congratulations, Ash! #PRLMO #NRL #Milestones #400Games #NRLSharksCowboys

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 2️⃣ - 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Well done to the Match Officials selected to oversee Week 2 of the NRL Finals 🙌 #PRLMO #NRLFinals

——— 🏉 𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕎𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝟙 🏉 ——— Well done to all squad members involved 👏 📸 NRL Imagery #PRLMO #NRLFinals

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭 - 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Congratulations 👏 to the Match Officials appointed to officiate in Week 1 of the NRL Telstra Premiership Finals Series 🙌 #PRLMO #NRLFinals