And here we go again on refwatch. I deliberately held back for a few days as I thought it more likely there would be a change at this time of year but the RFL site still has the same officials listed.
Referee: Callum Straw (Wakefield). Previous Oxford games:
27/06/2015 - Oxford 24 Coventry 20 (penalties 9-5 against)
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23/08/2015 - South Wales 26 Oxford 40 (penalties 9-8 in favour). Aaron Jones-Bishop scored a try in the last minute that the Welsh said began with illegal contact. The referee allowed play to go on - at some stage Jones-Bishop went on report, but there was no charge so the ref got it right. Hopefuly he disallows any Jones-Bishop scores this time....
12/09/2015 - Oxford 12 Oldham 76 (penalties 10-3 against)
Refereed the schools match at Wembley and was Young Match Official of the Year in 2014. Also the current Referee of the Year in the Wakefield Society. Obviously very young but I've been quite impressed by him and I believe that he is generally very highly rated.
In the last 24 hours he has probably discovered that someone has eaten all his chocolate.
The Welsh media is always very quick to point out when an official is from England...
Touch Judge: Craig Swanson
A blast from the past here - the only Oxford game I know that he was involved in was the club's first ever game, against All Golds in March 2013, when he was one of the touch judges overseeing our victory.
Touch Judge: D Butler
Was touch judge at the Coventry home game last year (see above) and the York "home" game at Henley in 2014.
There is a David Butler who works at the RFL, referees internationals for developing nations and was community manager with Doncaster - not sure if it's him, though.
