Development squads
NSWRU supports six development squads, designed to give referees greater coaching and more opportunities on their pathway to refereeing higher grades.
The squads for 2007 are as follows:
District Referee Advancement Program (DAP)
Program co-ordinator: Jamie McGregor
This program is designed to develop young referees (Years 9-11) who are refereeing for their District Association in Sydney. Students who referee for their school only and not a District are not eligible.
Referees: Jordan Bradshaw, Sam Fay, Nicholas Hannon, John Ingate, Justin Lipman, Jay Mathieson, Paul Perrett, Rayno Potgieter, Dewet Roos, Daniel West, Alexander Whild
Country Advancement Program (CAP)
Program co-ordinator: Austin Rummery
This program focuses on young referees (ages 15-18) in Country Zones who show potential to develop further.
Referees: James Ardern, Clancy Carpenter, Brad Cleaver, Kyle James, Matt Nixon, Scott Midgley, Caleb Rae, Andrew Stott, Tony Vourliotis, Chris Wilkinson.
ARU School Student Scholarship for Match Officials (SSS)
Program co-ordinator, NSW: Jamie McGregor
The ARU have created a Scholarship for older school-aged students (Year 12) that promotes refereeing in schools. NSWRU is focussing the program on preparing 12 students for refereeing senior rugby once they leave school.
Referees: Philip Coates, Joshua Cutrupi, Mitch Donaldson, Edward Godbold, Matthew Grimes, Charles Guyatt, Alexander Kennedy, Jack McFadden, Callum Nolan, Amy Perrett, Simon Rudd, Adam Tresidder.
NSW Country Referee Academy (CRA)
Program co-ordinator: Tony Rudd
The CRA is for country-based referees who have left school and are aged up to 25 years. It is a group of referees with the enthusiasm and ability to improve their refereeing but who may not yet be ready to be appointed to the senior panel of referees in Country.
Referees: Andrew Birch, Joseph Claes, Brendan Farrar, Brad Jordan, Alex Kennedy, Gavin Newton-Smith, Callum Nolan, Adam Powell, Simon Rudd.
Talent Identified Referee Program (TIRPs)
Squad coaches: Brendan Taylor and John Goh
This program is for NSWRRA referees in metropolitan Sydney who are identified as talented by a NSWRRA referee coach, and who have the potential to referee at a higher level than they currently are.
Referees: Michael Andrews, Ben Bartlett, Drew Blaxland, James Christian, Steve Devine, David Gunning, Matt Kellahan, Jamie Kernot, Edward MartinTim Murphy, Oliver Peterson, Ben Sharpe, Alex Shoebridge, Ben Wawn, Leigh Weathersten, Paul Worsley.
Promising Referee Program (PRPs)
Squad coaches: Grant Campbell and James Dickson
For referees identified as having the potential to officiate 1st or 2nd Grade rugby. Referees in this group will be commonly (but not exclusively) a TIRP official who is progressing on merit.
Referees: Luke Colbron, Mike Evans, Neil Favager, Richard Goswell, Steve Hardy, Ben Hunt, Julian Lunn, Anthony Moyes, Jamie McGregor, Callan O'Neill, Damian Weston, Tim Willis.