The rocket scientist reaches 100
Early days in field umpire, Rob Findlay's career there was confusion among the group about just what his occupation was. That's easy said Giesch (former umpires' manager Jeff Gieschen) he's a "rocket scientist...
Matthew Tomkins reaches 50 games
Boundary umpire, Matthew Tomkins has taken two seasons and four games to notch up his first 50 AFL games. Not since Chris Gordon a couple of years ago has someone reached a milestone in such a quick time. Mat...
Andrew Stephens to make AFL debut
It was 12 years ago. A teenage boy is assigned to be the umpire in an underage football match. That is all Andrew Stephens’ remembers of that day - his first as an umpire.
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Round 4 – shorts
A full round of matches this week and no emergency umpires got a run! Phew what a difference seven days can make. Two of the field umpires who were replaced last weekend, Jason Armstrong and Ben Ryan were abl...
New player-umpire identified
Playing a hunch while tracking down mystery umpires from the early VFL years can often pay dividends.
For many years J. Gregory, a VFL boundary umpire was not able to be identified. There were not enough clu...
Chamberlain lends a hand
Talented young umpires will have the chance to learn from the likes of Ray Chamberlain through the 2014 Mates Program.
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Margetts committed to generation next
One of WA's most experienced umpires, Margetts feels lucky to have officiated in 218 AFL matches in 12 seasons despite still living in Perth.
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The long march
Goal umpire Shaun Apted started goal umpiring for his father's super rules team when he was just eleven years old and loved it. As a young fella he played footy on the Gold Coast for Southport juniors until he...