Round 15 – shorts

Justin Schmitt qualified for AFL life membership when he umpired the Hawthorn v. Collingwood  match in round 14. Justin has umpired 271 home and away games plus practice matches and overseas exhibition matches ...

A very patient 50 games

Who am I? I live in Moonta.  It takes me four hours to drive to training and back each training session. I am 28 years of age. I am an AFL goal umpire. If you don't have an answer now then you will ...

100 games for a quiet South Australian

School holidays mean a lot to our teaching colleagues, they can simply pack up and head home. What makes these holidays especially sweet for boundary umpire Shane Thiele is that he gets to umpire his 100th game...

My memorable experience at training

On Wednesday 25th of June a group of 10 field umpires gathered at Visy Park, to undertake their biweekly training session, commencing at 2pm. Due to the rain the previous day, ground one was quite soft making t...

No science in right time, right place

Queensland boundary umpire, Nick Wade achieves his 50 game milestone this weekend when Brisbane plays North Melbourne at the Gabba. Nick is a realist when it comes to understanding his strengths and weakness...

A first game with a difference

When first gamer Robert Whitehead walked onto the ground at Metricon Stadium last Saturday evening he allowed himself a look back up into the crowd to see his sister.  It was she after all that introduced him t...

Luke Roberts breaks a NSW/ACT record

Evergreen boundary umpire, Luke Roberts breaks the all time number of games record by a Sydney/ACT based umpire in this weekends, GWS v Carlton game at Giants Stadium. The previous record of 131 games was he...