Giles Lewis, like a number of other umpires early in their career, came to a crossroad when injuries from football made him think of taking up umpiring to stay involved in a game he loved. At 17 years of age, Giles made the transition to umpiring and started...
Sam Hunter joins the Western Australian team as the first ever Rookie Goal umpire for season 2017. Sam’s career commenced back in 2006 when he took up umpiring for the Swan Districts Junior Football Umpires Association before his elevation to the Western Australian...
Its not often that a sibling is the most influential person on an umpire’s career to date but it is Patrick Burn’s brother Matthew who got him to take up umpiring. From there Patrick gave up his playing career and stuck at umpiring for the fitness, pocket money and...
John Howorth joins the AFL Rookie Squad in Victoria after commencing his umpiring career back in 2005, as a boundary umpire looking to pick up some extra pocket money. John moved into field umpiring at the start of the 2012 season to be more apart of senior...
The AFLUA now has an official Instagram account. The Instagram account was opened to enhance our social media platforms and encourage the interaction of the association, its members and its partnerships. A weekly edition of ‘The 60 second whistler’ will be posted...