AFL umpires have the hardest jobs in the game. They have to interpret many rules that exist in our game. The group trains at Princess Park twice a week and many do this after a day at work. They turn up in their working clothes before preparing to train. Every...
It’s hard to believe that baby faced goal umpire, Steve Axon has been around for 10 years. He umpired four SANFL grand finals (2001-2004) before he could emerge and make the AFL panel and it was touch and go as to whether he would give footy another year when...
Boundary umpire, Mark Hill comes from good umpiring stock in South Australia. His father, Graeme was the fitness coach of the SA field umpires for a few years in the late 90’s. Graeme umpired before that at SANFL level as well as Amateur and country leagues. ...
Standing in the middle of oval number 2 at the now disused AAMI stadium in Adelaide one thing becomes very apparent, the AFL listed umpires in this state lead by example. Axon, Norton and Wilson ran the goal umpire drills with precision and were quick to demand...
A familiar face was among the four umpires to take charge of the Geelong v Adelaide game last Thursday. After three years in retirement, Shaun Ryan was one of the men in green and the umpiring hierarchy at AFL House is delighted to have him back. Please click here to...
