Round 9 and 10 shorts – The milestones keep on coming

Boundary umpire Michael Marantelli was the 142nd umpire, but only the 49th boundary umpire to officiate in 200 AFL games.  Michael achieved this feat in the Richmond v Hawthorn match at the MCG. In reaching thi...

Chris Esler celebrates 150 AFL Games

Chris Esler became the third boundary umpire to reach his 150th AFL game milestone in the first eight rounds of this season when he officiated the Collingwood v Port Adelaide game on Friday 3 May at the MCG. ...

AFL Boundary Umpire – Drew Kowalski celebrates 150 games

‘Drew’ is simply ‘Drew’ was how colleague and close friend Chris Gordon responded when asked to describe Drew Kowalski.  ‘Drew is literally just Drew with everybody!’ Drew recently joined a number of his col...

Round 8 shorts – Michael Palm rolls to 100 games

Congratulations to AFL goal umpire, Michael Palm who officiated in his 100th AFL game when he took to the MCG for the Carlton v Collingwood match on Saturday.  Michael, who hails from SA came into AFL football ...

Where are they now? William John ‘The Voice’ Yendle

Our next ‘Where are they Now’ is an umpire who officiated in over 441 Victorian Country Football League games – William John Yendle (Bill). Bill had a reputation around the bush earning the nickname ‘The Voi...