Partners Function

The partners of our Melbourne based AFL umpires came together for a night out. The Precinct Hotel in Richmond was definitely the place to be on a typical cold Melbourne night beside a cosy warm fire. It was ...

The quiet man reaches 200

It is not very often that you come across a man in this day and age who is simply prepared to let his performances do the talking. However, for the past 10 seasons that is exactly what the gentle giant, Justin ...

Umpire Shorts – 30 July

Field umpire, Jacob Mollison reached his 100 game milestone in Friday night's blockbuster between Essendon and Hawthorn. Jacob, was promoted onto the AFL senior list in 2008 after a whirlwind career through the...

Veteran Don Cooke clocks up 1000 games

AFLUA life member Don Cooke has taken 44 years to accomplish the feat, last weekend he participated in his 1000th game of AFL football as a player or umpire. Don's 1000th was memorable in that he played in the...

Footballs For FIDA

Colin Newcombe, loyal supporter of the AFLUA and current umpire in the Colac district, is driving a fundraiser to assist the Football Integration Development Association (FIDA). FIDA provides and oversees a foo...

Umpire Shorts – 22 July 2013

Field umpire Shane Stewart achieved his 100 game milestone in the Richmond v. Fremantle match on Sunday.  Shane began his umpiring career in Tasmania in the Southern Tasmanian Football League umpiring his first...

John Morris 250 games through the eras

Don't let the greyish hair and the craggy face fool you. When you step onto the training track or onto the footy ground, veteran boundary umpire John Morris will give nothing short of 110% and make every post a...

Knee injury ends umpire Ray Chamberlain’s year

AFL UMPIRE Ray Chamberlain will be sidelined for the rest of the season with a kneecap fracture, but the senior whistleblower is committed to returning in 2014. Please click here to view the following arti...