This trophy is awarded by the Association to the referee deemed to be the most improved international laws referee throughout the year. The trophy was re-named at an Association meeting on 6 September 1989 to honor Frank Walsh and the contribution he made to the Balmain Rugby League Referees Association.
1981
Peter Gungate
1982
Brian Ready
1983
William Glynn
1984
John Palmer
1985
Darryl West
1986
Sean Hampstead
1987
Michael O’Malley
1988
David C Wilson
1989
Riley Brown
1990
Graham Duffy
1991
Michael Short
1992
Michael Jones
1993
Sam Gabrael
1994
Luke Bugden
1995
Jeff Schaffer
1996
David C Wilson
1997
Michael Jones
1998
Daniel Parks
1999
Thomas Callachor, Vanessa Maher
2000
Daniel Wright
2001
Stephen Wilson, Tim Robinson
2002
Scott Shepherd
2003
Shaun Evans
2004
Chris Baldwin
2005
Brendan Lucas
2006
Joanne Spagarino
2007
Tony Aloe
2008
Joanne Spagarino
2009
Thomas Cambourn
2010
Adam Sirianni
2011
Jack Thomas
2012
Adam Baxter
2013
Andrew Celona
2014
Ryan Davoren-Whereat
2015
Jack Gerrie
2016
Adam Sirianni
2017
Elysia Higgins
2018
Nathan Lorenti
2019
Joshua Anderson
2020
Joshua Anderson
2022
Jackson Lansdown
2023
Luke Heiler
2024
Sam Germane
2025
Luke Heiler