Tony Archer is an Australian former rugby league referee. He presided over 319 National Rugby League games as referee between 1999 and 2012 as well as being the referee of 13 State of Origin matches and 9 International matches, including at the 2008 World Cup. He was the former National Rugby League referee's elite performance manager.
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| Full name | Anthony Archer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league career edit
Archer made his first grade debut controlling a Western Suburbs Magpies v Canterbury Bulldogs match at Campbelltown on 24 July 1999.
Since then he has refereed the NRL Grand Final in 2007 2009 & 2010, at the 2008 World Cup, 2010 Four Nations and also controlled the 2010 All Stars match.
Archer was named international referee of the year in 2007 and 2008.[3] On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London and Archer was named referee of the year.[4]
He retired at the end of the 2012 NRL season to take up a coaching role. In late 2013 he was appointed the interim referee's elite performance manager by the National Rugby League.[5] Before the 2014 season, the National Rugby League appointed him to the full-time role.[6]
Personal life edit
His part-time job was as a Police prosecutor with the New South Wales Police Force.[7]
References edit
- ^ Tony Archer rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ RL project Archived 15 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Awards". rlif.com. Rugby League International Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Slater scoops player award". Sky Sports. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ Tony Archer to take charge of NRL referees when Daniel Anderson vacates role after World Cup foxsports.com.au, 18 October 2013
- ^ Veteran Tony Archer handed toughest job in the NRL - the role of referees' boss dailytelegraph.com.au, 14 January 2014
- ^ Pandaram, Jamie (26 September 2007). "Archer not afraid". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2020.