Liam Moore will officiate the upcoming first Ashes Test at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, the RFL have confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His appointment for Saturday\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Liam Moore to referee Ashes opener as NRL man gets second Test<\/p>\n
Moore will be joined by fellow RFL<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n While it will be a full RFL team for the clash at Wembley Stadium, NRL<\/a> referee Grant Atkins will take charge of Test Two at Everton\u2019s Hill Dickinson Stadium a week later. Atkins was named as the NRL\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n A decision will then be made for Test Three at Headingley Stadium, following a review of the first two Tests under agreed parameters.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Wembley match officials in full<\/p>\n Referee \u2013 Liam Moore<\/p>\n Touch Judges \u2013 Mark Craven and Richard Thompson<\/p>\n Video Referee \u2013 Jack Smith<\/p>\n Reserve Referee \u2013 Chris Kendall<\/p>\n Reserve Touch Judge \u2013 Neil Horton<\/p>\n Timekeeper \u2013 Dave Moss<\/p>\n Match Commissioner \u2013 Tony Brown<\/p>\n MONDAY\u2019S READS ON LRL<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb Wembley Ashes Test passes huge attendance milestone as ticket sales continue to rise<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb St Helens and Wigan youngsters get shock role in England\u2019s Ashes preparations<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb Former Super League and NRL duo urge England to \u2018rattle\u2019 Australia in Ashes opener<\/a><\/p>\n