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AFLW’s Josh James recognised in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards

November 13, 2023

On the evening of Saturday November 11, many of Australia’s finest First Nations athletes, officials and administrators gathered for the reconvening of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports ...

AFLW Finals Panel Released

November 9, 2023

The AFLW has released the finals panel for the 2023 campaign. 42 umps will see the Adelaide Crows, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Geelong, Essendon and Sydney will battle for premiership glor...

2024 Umpire List Released

October 31, 2023

After much deliberation, the AFL has released its Umpire List for the 2024 season. The four departing umpires; Luke Edwards, Chris Gordon, Drew Kowalski and Mitch Le Fevre will leave with a combined 1,029 ga...

Umpires ‘StepUp!’ for Down Syndrome Victoria

October 26, 2023

On Sunday 22nd AFLUA members volunteered at Down Syndrome Victoria’s annual StepUp! for Down Syndrome event, helping raise $45,574 to provide support for people with Down syndrome and their families. Ex-umps...

Cameron Manthey Recognised as Queensland’s Best

October 19, 2023

The AFL Umpires Association would like to congratulate Cameron Manthey on being awarded the 2023 AFL Queensland Umpire of the Year last Sunday. He now joins four-time winner Andrew Stephens and two-time winner ...

Vale Ted Johnson

October 19, 2023

The AFLUA was saddened to learn that Life Member and Lifetime Achievement Recipient Ted ‘Teddy’ Johnson recently passed away. Ted Johnson gave sixty years of service to Australian football as an umpire, traine...

AFLW – Development Opportunities for the Rising Stars of Umpiring

October 5, 2023

With the AFL season finally completed, the AFLW Season 8 is just beginning to ramp up as it charges into the second half of the season. Whilst the AFLW has its own list of 116 umpires, during the first four ...

Chris Gordon – another milestone reached

September 28, 2023

Congratulations to boundary umpire Chris Gordon, who will mark his 350th career AFL match this weekend when he takes to the field for the 2023 AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and Brisbane Lions at the MCG. ...