Grand final honour for our man with the flags

GLORY or anguish in tomorrow's AFL grand final might all come down to a heartbeat and the laser eye of this man. Please click here to view the full article from the Geelong Advertiser....

Nicholls selected for AFL Grand Final

Former NFL/DVFL umpire Matthew Nicholls (pictured far right) has been named as one of three field umpires to officiate in the 2013 AFL Grand Final between Hawthorn and Fremantle this Saturday. Please click h...

AFL announces Grand Final umpires

The AFL today announced its 2013 grand final team. Please see below. Field umpires Brett Rosebury Simon Meredith Mathew Nicholls 280 games, 30th final, 6th grand final 216 games, 14th fina...

Four umpires debut in grand final

Four AFL umpires will make their grand final debut in the 2013 AFL Grand Final. Field umpire Mathew Nicholls who was the emergency field umpire in the 2012 grand final steps up this year. Mathew becomes the...

Three grand final umpires become legends

The AFLUA elevated three grand final umpires to grand final legend status at its 2013 recognition dinner on Saturday night. Field umpire, Robert Scott, boundary umpire, Gordon Muir and goal umpire Anthony Bl...

State League Grand Finals

As footy draws to a close in many states this weekend it will become the beginning for many umpires who are looking to get an AFL contract. The 2013 VFL Grand Final sees current AFL rookie Shaun Gleeson achi...

Getting to the pointy end

By 10.30pm (eastern standard time) on Saturday there will only be two teams left in the race for the ultimate prize and one team of umpires.  The cutting of AFL officials is as ruthless as the exiting of a team...