Steven Clark is a former Australian professional

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in the

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competition.

Background

Clark was born in

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, Australia.

NRL career

Clark made his first grade debut in the match between

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and the

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, at

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on 31 May 1992. In 2007 Clark reached the 300 first grade game barrier becoming only the third referee to do so. At the time of his retirement only Bill Harrigan with 393 games and Col Pearce with 343 games had refereed more matches than him.

Representative honours

Clark made his representative refereeing debut in 1996, when he officiated the Test match between

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and

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. In 2005 he controlled in his one and only

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match at Northpower Stadium in

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. Clark made his first

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appearance in

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, refereeing two matches including the first ever drawn match in Game III. He didn't referee again until the 2005 series where he was appointed to Game II. In the following series he controlled Games II and III.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Steve Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Sportsmen from New South Wales National Rugby League referees Australian rugby league referees Rugby League World Cup referees