Russell Smith is a former rugby league referee who now administers and coaches match officials.
Smith controlled his first Rugby Football League Championship match on 9 September 1990, a match between Featherstone Rovers and Hull Kingston Rovers.
[3] He moved to Australia in 2005, becoming a National Rugby League referee.
[1] After retiring, Smith became a video official and, after a stint as the interim boss,[5][6] acted as a senior advisor to the referees boss, Daniel Anderson.
[7][8] He was a match officials coach at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.