Veteran referee of 15 years and now secretary of the Castlereagh Rugby League, Bryson Luff says the shortage of match officials in the sport is at crisis point.
‘’Work overload and abuse of referees by fans and even players is turning potential match officials off joining the ranks and those who are working games are exhausted,” Mr Luff said.
”Referees are over the abuse and things have to change – we are at crisis point.”…