Umpire shorts – 15 July 2013

One of the toughest gigs as an umpire on the AFL list is to be on the rotation list as an interstate goal umpire.  WA based Brett Rogers notched up his 50th AFL game in the derby between WCE and Fremantle in hi...

Where are they now?

Often in football umpires are remembered for the highlighted error or an idiosyncrasy rather than for their contribution to football, umpiring and the AFLUA.  There is no truer statement about our latest interv...

Three new life members inducted in QLD

A typical winters afternoon in Queensland, 22 degrees and sunny, greeted 45 past and current members and their partners for lunch. Randall Gibson, Stephen Butler and current goal umpire, Troy Mavroudis were ...

Umpires wear blue

UMPIRES WEAR BLUE TO HELP AUSTRALIANS WITH THEIR VISION AFL and OPSM support OneSight for Round 15 of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season AFL umpires will look a little different this weekend for Round 15 of ...

Umpire shorts – 1 July 2013

Adam Coote touched another milestone on the weekend when he umpired his 200th game when Richmond played St Kilda at the MCG. Adam who has had a widely publicised professional athletics career, finishing thir...

Third generation generates family unity

Anytime you speak to Wayne "chuck" Hinton about football and umpiring you will have his undivided attention.   With a smile on his face and a gleam in his eyes he engages anyone who wants to have a chat.  Last ...