What a contrasting set of semi finals we witnessed last weekend. One game was an open and fast affair, while the latter was a dour, tough contest with spot fires breaking out everywhere. Umpires - field, boun...
I put the question to our stats guru David Flegg. Have brothers ever umpired in finals in VFL/AFL history?
David's response was thorough as expected. Twin brothers, Reg and Keith Pawley goal umpired toget...
During footy finals time our attention is often turned to those great grand finals of yesteryear. So it was only fitting that we recognised two of our only surviving members from the '1950s*Field umpire, ...
AFL Rookie field umpire, James Waldorf from Queensland was involved in an absolute nail biter in the NEAFL grand final for the second year in a row. NT Thunder was over run by Aspley but managed to hang on to ...
Week two of the finals always throws up some interesting ins and outs. Grand final umpires in the past two years, Simon Meredith and Mathew Nicholls find themselves sitting on the benches this week as emergenc...
Leslie Edward Johnson, otherwise known as Edward or Ted depending which table you are looking at in the 2014 AFLUA year book announced his retirement from active duty last night in front of the AFL umpiring fam...
The AFL umpiring department has selected six first time finals umpires to take to the field over this weekend.
Goal umpire, Brodie Kenny-Bell has created a 20 year record for a goal umpire by being selected ...
Veteran goal umpire, Jason Venkataya waved his flags for the 211th time in an AFL game on Friday night and bowed out of football. In a great show of support for Jason all of the officiating umpires waited in t...