Western Region provides the right pathway

When we talk about recruitment and the pathway into AFL umpiring you could be excused for looking to the larger centralised organisations that service community football.   In the last few weeks a number of ...

Frank finally says his farewell

Walking into the trainers room last night I thought I had walked into a "back to the future" moment.  There was Frank Knight holding the tub of lollies rationing them out to the guys as they came off the track....

Round 10 – shorts

Field umpire, Justin Schmitt was back for his first AFL match since tearing a calf in round 3.  Justin umpired the GWS v Richmond game.  Troy Pannell was still suffering from the knock he received over a week a...

Round 9 – shorts

The long weekend of football started in great fashion in Adelaide, with the largest crowd for a home and away game in Adelaide making so much noise that the umpires still haven't heard the three quarter time si...

Interview with field umpire Troy Pannell

Click here to listen to an interview with field umpire Troy Pannell on the collision with Nick Malceski. Interview courtesy of 3AW Sports Today....

Memorable milestone for Heath Ryan

I would like to think that all milestone matches will be as memorable as that one was on Thursday night.  "Adelaide v Collingwood in front of 50,000 screaming fans.  The noise was loud, it was an amazing atmosp...

Teacher’s top marks

Please click here to view an article regarding Western Australian, rookie based AFL Field umpire, Matthew Adams....