Western Region provides the right pathway

May 28, 2014 | News

When we talk about recruitment and the pathway into AFL umpiring you could be excused for looking to the larger centralised organisations that service community football.   In the last few weeks a number of umpires have achieved 50 game milestones and they are...

Frank finally says his farewell

May 27, 2014 | News

Walking into the trainers room last night I thought I had walked into a “back to the future” moment.  There was Frank Knight holding the tub of lollies rationing them out to the guys as they came off the track.  Frank had returned to the fold to say hello...

Round 10 – shorts

May 27, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

Field umpire, Justin Schmitt was back for his first AFL match since tearing a calf in round 3.  Justin umpired the GWS v Richmond game.  Troy Pannell was still suffering from the knock he received over a week ago and was struggling to train last week.  Rob...

Walking in the boots of the whistleblowers

May 22, 2014 | News

“Do we have a whistle lying around?” Please click here to see the article written by Western Bulldogs player Robert Murphy from The Age newspaper.

Round 9 – shorts

May 20, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

The long weekend of football started in great fashion in Adelaide, with the largest crowd for a home and away game in Adelaide making so much noise that the umpires still haven’t heard the three quarter time siren.  What a way for Heath Ryan to bring up his...