NEAFL grand final goes to the wire

NEAFL grand final goes to the wire

AFL Rookie field umpire, James Waldorf from Queensland was involved in an absolute nail biter in the NEAFL grand final for the second year in a row.  NT Thunder was over run by Aspley but managed to hang on to win by one point on Saturday night at TIO Stadium.  James...
The field narrows

The field narrows

Week two of the finals always throws up some interesting ins and outs.  Grand final umpires in the past two years, Simon Meredith and Mathew Nicholls find themselves sitting on the benches this week as emergency umpires.  History would suggest that their seasons may...
Sixty Years of service comes to an end

Sixty Years of service comes to an end

Leslie Edward Johnson, otherwise known as Edward or Ted depending which table you are looking at in the 2014 AFLUA year book announced his retirement from active duty last night in front of the AFL umpiring family and received a standing ovation. Ted, whose age is a...
Six debutants in 2015 finals campaign

Six debutants in 2015 finals campaign

The AFL umpiring department has selected six first time finals umpires to take to the field over this weekend. Goal umpire, Brodie Kenny-Bell has created a 20 year record for a goal umpire by being selected in a final in his first year on the list.   According to our...