AFLUA mourns the passing of Darryl Williams

Seventy-seven year old Darryl Williams lost his brief battle with cancer when he passed away on Saturday evening in Yarrawonga. Darryl grew up in Newport and Elsternwick.  He played football for the Footscra...

Luke Farmer – Life Member

There are some phrases that have a lovely ring to them and this is certainly one of them.  Luke has had to work harder than most and in the past few years has been rewarded for his persistence and dedication fo...

Matt Laycock – a quiet man from the west

Matt Laycock has gone about his business as a goal umpire in Western Australia for the past five seasons with little or no fanfare and has thirty-six games of AFL to his credit.  "I had second year blues and st...

Troy Mavroudis finally lauded

AFLUA life member and former goal umpire, Troy Mavroudis was finally and officially retired from the association.  Troy retired from AFL umpiring in September 2013 and rather than hanging around the Gold Coast,...

Castle earns umpire spot in Team of the Century

DECORATED VFL-AFL umpire Ross Castle will be recognised with some game’s greats at Murrumbidgee Turf Club on Friday night. As part of the Riverina AFL Team of the Century celebrations, selectors have decided...

My Observations of a night at Training

AFL umpires have the hardest jobs in the game.  They have to interpret many rules that exist in our game.  The group trains at Princess Park twice a week and many do this after a day at work.    They turn up...

Steve Axon – Life Member

It's hard to believe that baby faced goal umpire, Steve Axon has been around for 10 years.  He umpired four SANFL grand finals (2001-2004) before he could emerge and make the AFL panel and it was touch and go a...

Mark Hill awarded Life Membership

Boundary umpire, Mark Hill comes from good umpiring stock in South Australia.  His father, Graeme was the fitness coach of the SA field umpires for a few years in the late 90's. Graeme umpired before that at SA...