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2024 Umpire List Released

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 games of experience, each carried out with the tirel...

Umpires ‘StepUp!’ for Down Syndrome Victoria

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 Michael Sneddon and Steve McBurney joined current...

Cameron Manthey Recognised as Queensland’s Best

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 Andrew Adair as the only active umpires across the...

Vale Ted Johnson

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, trainer and stalwart of the AFL Umpires' Association. Hi...

AFLUA X-Umpires’ Luncheon – October 2023

Our X-Umpires’ Luncheons continue to provide a great opportunity for retired umpires to catch up regularly and share great yarns about their time in the game and beyond. On this occasion, our X-Umpires’ Coordinator Terry O’Donnell interviewed Neil 'Sneaky' ...

AFLW – Development Opportunities for the Rising Stars of Umpiring

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 rounds AFLW games were occasionally supplemented b...