{"id":406352,"date":"2026-02-03T22:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406352\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:27:13","slug":"match-officials-for-challenge-cup-third-round-confirmed-as-liam-moore-takes-broadcasted-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406352\/","title":{"rendered":"Match officials for Challenge Cup Third Round confirmed as Liam Moore takes broadcasted fixture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Super\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The referee appointments for the Challenge Cup Third Round have been made, as teams from Super League battle with lower league opposition.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the players who have had a long off-season, but the referees too, and with new rules in line for 2026, they will also be getting their first taste of competitive action in 2026.<\/p>\n

The likes of Liam Moore, Liam Rush and Tom Grant have all been appointed fixtures this week, as they begin to compete between themselves to be handed the opportunity at officiating those major finals.<\/p>\n

Two games this weekend will be broadcast live on TV, the first one being Leeds Rhinos\u2019 clash with Widnes Vikings, which will be shown live on The Sportsman. That game has been given to Liam Moore, who refereed the 2025 Grand Final between Hull KR and Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n

There will be no video referees until the last 16, whereby Super League teams will be drawn at home and therefore have the capacity to facilitate the replay system.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, London Broncos will clash with Bradford Bulls in arguably the tie of the round, however that game is awaiting confirmation as to who will be in charge.<\/p>\n

Wigan Warriors\u2019 game against Rochdale Hornets will be taken by Marcus Griffiths whilst the David vs Goliath tie between Lock Lane and Hull KR will be refereed by Jack Smith.<\/p>\n

Senior official Chris Kendall has been confirmed to be unavailable, and will not be in action over the Cup weekend.<\/p>\n

The full list of appointments can be seen below:<\/p>\n

Challenge Cup Third Round Referee Appointments:<\/p>\n

Friday 6th February:<\/p>\n

Hunslet RLFC vs Huddersfield Giants \u2013 Referee: Denton Arnold<\/p>\n

Workington Town vs St Helens \u2013 Referee: Liam Rush<\/p>\n

Sheffield Eagles vs Warrington Wolves \u2013 Referee: Scott Mikalauskas<\/p>\n

Salford RLFC vs Hull FC \u2013 Referee: Matty Lynn<\/p>\n

Lock Lane vs Hull KR \u2013 Referee: Jack Smith<\/p>\n

Saturday 7th February:<\/p>\n

Doncaster RLFC vs Castleford Tigers \u2013 Referee: Tom Grant<\/p>\n

Widnes Vikings vs Leeds Rhinos \u2013 Referee: Liam Moore<\/p>\n

Barrow Raiders vs York RLFC \u2013 Referee: Kevin Moore<\/p>\n

North Wales Crusaders vs Leigh Leopards \u2013 Referee: James Vella<\/p>\n

Sunday 8th February:<\/p>\n

Batley Bulldogs vs Catalans Dragons \u2013 Referee: Ryan Cox<\/p>\n

Swinton Lions vs Wakefield Trinity \u2013 Referee: Tara Jones<\/p>\n

Rochdale Hornets vs Wigan Warriors \u2013 Referee: Marcus Griffiths<\/p>\n

London Broncos vs Bradford Bulls \u2013 Referee: TBC<\/p>\n

Halifax Panthers vs Goole Vikings \u2013 Referee: Luke Bland<\/p>\n

Oldham RLFC vs Dewsbury Rams \u2013 Referee: Jordan Greenhalgh<\/p>\n

Keighley Cougars vs Midlands Hurricanes \u2013 Referee: Jack Woolass<\/p>\n

Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on our YouTube channel here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The referee appointments for the Challenge Cup Third Round have been made, as teams from Super League battle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-406352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}