Liam Moore will officiate the upcoming first Ashes Test at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, the RFL have confirmed. 

His appointment for Saturday’s opener is the latest big appointment he has been given this season, after being in charge of both the Super League Grand Final and the Challenge Cup Final earlier this year.

Liam Moore to referee Ashes opener as NRL man gets second Test

Moore will be joined by fellow RFL officials Mark Craven and Richard Thompson on-field this weekend, with the pair appointed as touch judges. Jack Smith will be the man in the bunker after being appointed video referee, with Chris Kendal and Neil Horton named as reserve referee and reserve touch judge, respectively.

While it will be a full RFL team for the clash at Wembley Stadium, NRL referee Grant Atkins will take charge of Test Two at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium a week later. Atkins was named as the NRL’s appointment for the series, and will arrive in the UK next week ahead of the Test in Liverpool. The full officiating team for that Test is yet to be confirmed.

A decision will then be made for Test Three at Headingley Stadium, following a review of the first two Tests under agreed parameters.

This news also comes as the latest update ahead of the eagerly awaited Ashes Test, the first since 2003. On Saturday, it was confirmed that ticket sales had surpassed 54,569, the figure which watched Great Britain defeat the Kangaroos in the infamous Test at the same venue in 1990, with hopes it will become one of the biggest attendances for an international Test in the UK.

Wembley match officials in full

Referee – Liam Moore

Touch Judges – Mark Craven and Richard Thompson

Video Referee – Jack Smith

Reserve Referee – Chris Kendall

Reserve Touch Judge – Neil Horton

Timekeeper – Dave Moss

Match Commissioner – Tony Brown

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