It is with great sadness that we advise you of the passing of two life members.   Ken Quinn    Ken passed away last Friday. He was 71. Ken was a VFLUA member between 1969-81, he was on the Social Committ...

Dillon has followed his passions through two states to umpire AFL football. His first passion umpiring, began in Adelaide in his teenage years, before following his second passion, Eleni Glouftsis to Melbourne ...

The AFL is now pondering whether to introduce the system in 2017 following the 18 game trial. Reactions have been mixed but one thing to come from the trial is that matches were not "over umpired" which was alw...

How do you know when the time is right to give it away?  That is the loaded question all great athletes must deal with and so too our own Darren Wilson. "It has been an amazing five weeks and I stand here to...

Our Fiona McBurney match day participant, Brad stole the show after the game on Saturday at the "G" and according to his father, Glen, it wasn't the first time! Get a look at Brad's post match speech on our web...

When you grow up in a family that eats, drinks and lives footy, with a father, Noel, that played 57 games for Richmond between 1975 and 1979, then a further 6 for South Melbourne in the VFL it is all about bein...

The first true test of the four field umpire system was put into place over the weekend.  Trials have been conducted over many years in NAB challenge matches and during the last four rounds of last season.  How...

One of the first things that struck me about Tim Lougoon was his resilience and mental toughness.  Tim recalls that he got a call up from then AFL boundary umpire Technical Consultant, Keith Norman on the eve o...