by Tara Jones inspiring Warrington enjoyed a sparkling player career for the club and the country, but it is as an arbitrator that she makes the history of the rugby league.
The 28 -year -old man made the headlines last year by becoming the first woman to take care of a senior male match when she supervised a League One meeting between Oldham and Cornwall.
At the time, the former student of Penketh secondary school combined an officer with the game and a regular job, but, as the arbitration progressed, it was clear that a new career path opened for the record director of the St Helens team.
In the fall, she announced her retirement to focus entirely on this opportunity, occupying a full -time position on the panel of Rugby Football League match officials.
With the age clearly on her side, there are great hopes that she can progress to supervise the games in the male super league – in which she has already made a certain number of appearances as a tactile judge – and master events such as finals and internationals.
Tara Jones in service in Super League as a touch judge (Image: swpix.com)
However, although this is an obvious objective for any budding referee, being a pioneer for women in the game is a source of motivation for Jones.
“I want to open the way to other women in this great sport,” said Jones.
“There are opportunities, no matter who you are. If I can show other girls only if, for any reason, you abandon or play for you, there is another avenue.
Tara Jones representing England in the Hooker position in her hometown Warrington (Image: Pa Wire)
“Part of my role is that I am the official ambassador for women and girls and, if I can make a difference and even make one more woman by offering, then it is a step in the right direction.”
His first international appointment occurred at the beginning of the month, leading the line in the women’s test match in England against the Jillaroos in Australia at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Tara Jones on Touch Judge Duty for the Women’s Test Match in Las Vegas (Image: swpix.com)
She was also reserve reserve for the Warrington Wolves collide in Wigan Warriors in the same place earlier during the day.
Tara Jones, on the right, reserves the referee of the Super League competition between Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors in Las Vegas (Image: swpix.com)
Jones was born in Germany when her father, passionate about the two rugby codes, was parked there with the army but spent many years of training in the Warrington Rugby League.
She played the match in the boys’ teams until she reached the age of 12 and she was told that it was no longer allowed.
With few women’s teams, she undertook her first referee lesson. She returned to the game, finally finding her way to this health in St Helens, then holy after the training of Super League in 2017.
Tara Jones in Distribution mode for St Helens as number new (Image: swpix.com)
However, a seed had been planted and a booming career was led in tandem until many game goals filled a crisis decision.
“It was a really, really difficult choice,” said Jones, who also withdrew his role as a sports coach and support for students at the Chaigeley Special School in Warrington.
Tara Jones in action for St Helens (Image: swpix.com)
“I had a lot, a lot to consider, but, in the end, I knew that in the future and for my own progression, it was something that has always been my ambition to do.
“From the age of 12, when I was on the course, I had this motivation and I had this motivation to succeed and do something big, and now I did it.”
As a young referee, Tara Jones receives a prize from the former head of the match of the Karl Kirkpatrick League (Image: contributed)
The achievements on the rules of the game were numerous. Jones was the whore while the saints won a Super League title, two shields from the League leaders and four Challenge Cups, two at Wembley. She also won 14 caps in England and played in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
Tara Jones celebrating the final success of the Challenge Cup with St Helens in Wembley (Image: swpix.com)
She said: “I am really happy to have continued to play because these experiences were only phenomenal, but I checked these things now and I did it and I have nothing.
Tara Jones jubilant after winning the final of the CUP challenge with its holy teammates in Wembley (Image: swpix.com)
“People now assume that I am full of time, I will automatically wear the Super League, but there is still a difficult job to do and I have to prove me.
“I hope that one day I will do it, but I want it to be based on the fact that I am quite good, not necessarily because I am a woman.”
