Phil Bentham
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Phil Bentham (born 28 October 1971) is Head of Match Officials at the RFL and a former Premier League football VAR coach. Bentham was an English professional rugby league referee and video referee. He was one of the Rugby Football League's full-time match officials since the role's inception in 2007. Bentham was referee in seven major finals and video referee in nine major finals.[2]
Bentham was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England.
First games
Bentham refereed his first professional match between Sheffield Eagles and London Skolars on 22 February 2004.[3] His first Super League match was Wakefield Trinity versus Hull F.C. on 11 September 2005.
Major finals
Bentham was referee for both the 2011 and 2014 Super League grand finals. He was also the video referee in the 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2017 Super League grand finals.
He was the touch judge in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final. He was the referee in the 2011, 2013, 2014. and 2017 Challenge Cup finals. Bentham was the video referee for the 2007, 2009, and 2012 Challenge Cup finals.
He has also refereed in the 2014 Four Nations final in Wellington, New Zealand[4]
International
- Touch Judge - Great Britain versus Australia, Wigan, Nov 2003
- Referee - Wales versus Scotland, Rugby League World Cup qualifying, 4 November 2007[5]
- Video Referee - France versus England, Four Nations, 24 October 2009
- Video Referee - France versus New Zealand, Four Nations, 31 October 2009
- Referee - Italy versus Serbia, European Cup, 8 November 2009[6]
- Referee - all matches at the 2010 Atlantic Cup[7]
- Referee - Australia versus New Zealand Test, Newcastle, Australia, 16 October 2011
- Referee - Australia versus New Zealand, Four Nations 28 October 2011
- Referee - Wales v Australia, Four Nations, Nov 2011
- Referee - Fiji versus Ireland, Rugby League World Cup, 28 October 2013
- Referee - New Zealand versus France, Rugby League World Cup, 1 November 2013
- Referee - Australia versus Ireland, Rugby League World Cup, 9 November 2013
- Video Referee - Australia versus United States, Rugby League World Cup quarter-final, 16 November 2013[8]
- Video Referee - Samoa versus Fiji, Rugby League World Cup quarter-final, 17 November 2013[9]
- Referee - Australia versus New Zealand, Four Nations, 25 October 2014
- Referee - New Zealand versus England, Four Nations, 8 November 2014
- Referee - New Zealand v Australia, Four Nations final, 15 November 2014
- Video Referee - England versus New Zealand Test series, 2015
- Referee - England versus France, Rugby League World Cup, November 2017
- Referee - Scotland versus Tonga, Rugby League World Cup, November 2017
- Referee - Australia v Samoa Rugby League World Cup quarter-final, 17 November 2017
- Video Referee - England versus New Zealand, 11 November 2018[10]