Ryan Cox will become the latest referee to make a Super League debut when he takes charge of Warrington Wolves versus Hull FC on Friday.
The St Helens-based official, 24, has been a grade one referee since 2023 and joined the Super League Referees development squad last season.
He has refereed more than 50 Championship games and is a regular Super League touch-judge having achieved appointments in both the Super League play-offs and Challenge Cup quarter-finals on the line.
Cox becomes the fourth referee to debut in Super League in the last 12 months following Cameron Worsley, Matty Lynn and Tara Jones MBE, showing the pathway for officials within the game is as active as it has ever been.
