ROBERT Hicks will be the man in the middle for the Challenge Cup Final between St Helens and Warrington Wolves on Saturday.
It will be the referee's second Wembley final after he took charge of last year’s match between Warrington Wolves and Catalans Dragons.
Marcus Griffiths and Liam Moore will be the touch judges, with Ben Thaler the video referee.
Scott Mikalauskas and Richard Thompson will be reserve referee and touch judge respectively.
Cliff Hodgson will be the match commissioner and Stuart Marshall the time-keeper.
Chris Kendall has been appointed to referee the first AB Sundecks 1895 Cup Final between Sheffield Eagles and Widnes Vikings, which will follow the Coral Challenge Cup Final at 5.30pm.
It is a first Wembley appointment for Kendall, a 27-year-old former Huddersfield Giants Academy player, who joined the RFL’s squad of full-time officials in July 2015.
Dean Bowmer and Jonathan Roberts will be the touch judges, with Andy Smith and Michael Mannifield the in-goal judges.
David Moss will be the match commissioner and Tony Brown the time-keeper.
Preceding both games will be the traditional Year 7 final of the annual Warners Champion Schools competition.
The finalists this year are Great Sankey from Warrington and Standish High from Wigan.
Referee Luke Bland will be in charge of that game.
The touch judges will be Mackenzie Maddison and Alex Cameron with Ryan Cox and Matthew Clayton set to be the in goal judges.
Harry Dixon will be the reserve official.
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