The drain of talent from Super League to the NRL has spread to match officials with news that referee Tim Roby is to move to Australia.
The 25-year-old Roby, one of six regular Super League referees, has quit the English game with immediate effect and will fly out to Sydney in the next fortnight after accepting an offer to become a match official with the NRL.
"It's always been my ambition to officiate in Australia and my partner and I are hugely excited that this opportunity has arisen," said Roby.
"I expressed an interest with the NRL some time ago and I am fortunate enough to have been offered a contract on the back of that."
Roby, who has refereed over 75 Super League matches over the last five seasons and acted as a touch-judge in some of the sport's biggest games, including two Challenge Cup finals, the 2014 Super League Grand Final and the Rugby League World Cup, is following in the footsteps of Russell Smith and Ashley Klein, who made their name in Super League before moving to the NRL.
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