The Aporia · NRL appoints grand final referees as Klein and 2025 incumbent miss out

Dan Walsh

17 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 The 26-year-old enforcer has a year left on his contract at the club but is set to link with Parramatta.

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🔮 Ponga is so regularly up in the defensive line these days, or scrambling at marker, Slater contended, that Sam Walker would be looking to exploit it with his short kicking game.

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🔮 Is it with the Knights, who will be playing their first decider in a quarter of a century, or a Roosters side returning after a comparatively short seven-year absence?

2026-10-01 · assertive framing · Where does pressure really sit in this year’s grand final? Trent Robinson laughs and taps his temple

🔮 Sources speaking on the condition of anonymity have indicated that Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies and bass guitarist Chris Joannou are both willing to perform as part of grand final day.

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🔮 Gee was in charge of the Roosters’ 36-20 preliminary final defeat of the Dolphins on Friday, in which he referred contentious tries to Jamayne Isaako and Rob Toia to the bunker, which were subsequently awarded by video official Ashley Klein, who deemed to not have sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision. Gee has previously officiated the 2023 grand final between Penrith and Brisbane. Incumbent 2025 grand final referee Grant Atkins was overlooked after he did not officiate in either preliminary final, with veteran whistleblower Gerard Sutton overseeing Newcastle’s nail-biting 22-14 defeat of the Panthers on Sunday. Butler was in the bunker for that match.

2026-09-29 · assertive framing · NRL appoints grand final referees as Klein and 2025 incumbent miss out

🔮 The Waratahs, meanwhile, told him he would probably have to wait until his early 20s to earn a Super Rugby debut.

2026-09-29 · assertive framing · Angus emailed the Roosters at 17, begging for a game. Now for a grand final swansong

🔮 Plans are set to be finalised on Monday for trains to run between Newcastle and Sydney, with V’landys forecasting an influx of more than 30,000 Knights fans as ticket sales for Sunday’s decider were exhausted shortly before midday.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · V’landys intervenes to save thousands of Knights fans from trackwork drama as grand final sells out

🔮 The coaching threads between Justin Holbrook, twice a member of Trent Robinson’s Roosters staff, will be raised more than once this grand final week.

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🔮 “Someone riding a skateboard out the front could do a better job at the moment.

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🔮 “That first year of NRL, I couldn’t really pass left to right at all … it might be an issue again, actually,” he grins, “I’ve missed a lot of footy lately.”

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Dolphins ORG · 2× Gee PERSON · 2× Klein PERSON · 2× Newcastle GPE · 2× Penrith GPE · 2× Roosters ORG · 2× Adam Gee PERSON · 1× Chris Butler PERSON · 1× NRL ORG · 1× Roosters-Knights ORG · 1×

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Gee was in charge of the Roosters’ 36-20 preliminary final defeat of the Dolphins on Friday, in which he referred contentious tries to Jamayne Isaako and Rob Toia to the bunker, which were subsequently awarded by video official Ashley Klein, who deemed to not have sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision. Gee has previously officiated the 2023 grand final between Penrith and Brisbane. Incumbent 2025 grand final referee Grant Atkins was overlooked after he did not officiate in either preliminary final, with veteran whistleblower Gerard Sutton overseeing Newcastle’s nail-biting 22-14 defeat of the Panthers on Sunday. Butler was in the bunker for that match.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-29

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

NRL appoints grand final referees as Klein and 2025 incumbent miss out · assertive framing

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Adam Gee has been appointed to referee his second NRL grand final with Chris Butler to work as the bunker official in Sunday’s Roosters-Knights decider. asserted

Gee → appoint → decider

Butler → refer → match

Klein was demoted to bunker duties last weekend after failing to award an escort penalty to the Warriors in the final minute of their semi-final loss to Newcastle a week earlier at Eden Park. asserted

Klein → demote → Park

Klein had overseen all three Origin matches this year. asserted

Klein → oversee → matches

He will be in the bunker for the first game on grand final day – the annual State championship between the NSW Cup and QLD Cup premiers – when Penrith take on the Dolphins, which will be overseen by Kieren Irons. asserted

which → take → Irons

Tyson Brough and Phil Henderson will act as touch judges in the men’s grand final. asserted

Brough → act → final

Belinda Sharpe will referee the Roosters-Broncos NRLW final on Sunday afternoon, with Wyatt Raymond acting as bunker review official. asserted

Raymond → referee → official

NRL appoints grand final referees as Klein and 2025 incumbent miss out

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