Footy Umpires Wanted…It’s Your Call

May 19, 2013 | News

A major AFL umpire recruitment drive will target women, former players and ethnic minorities in a bid to reverse a chronic umpiring shortage, as match-day officials continue to leave the game due to abuse. Please click here to view the full article from The...

50 Years for Umpiring Group

May 17, 2013 | News

BEING an Aussie Rules football umpire may not be among the sporting world’s easiest jobs every week, but the Northern District Football Umpires Association has supplied men and women in white – and nowadays orange – to do that job for five decades....

AFL In Asia

May 16, 2013 | News

Each morning when I wake up, I reach for my I-Pad and turn on SEN radio, this is followed by downloading and reading the Herald Sun and The Age (sport only).  I head off for a morning run or ride and listen to podcasts from the weekend AFL games.  When I reach the...

Umpire Shorts – May 13

May 16, 2013 | Milestones, Umpire Shorts

Round seven sees only one milestone being achieved but it is a good one!  WA based boundary umpire Alan Zanich clocked up his 150th game when he took to the field in the Fremantle v. Collingwood game at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night. Alan started his umpiring...

Umpire Shorts – May 8

May 8, 2013 | Umpire Shorts

Stephen McBurney has resumed his quest towards the 400 game milestone when he returned to AFL senior ranks two weeks ago.  Stephen, who trained 76 days straight in the lead up to the pre – Christmas benchmark fitness test, broke down with a hamstring tear on the...