The ANZAC round of AFL was the second highest single round attendance in history. 391,980 fans turned out across the 9 games of round 5. Monday night’s ANZAC day eve clash between Richmond and Melbourne was the biggest crowd between the two sides in over 110 seasons....
Seventeen of Melbourne’s up-and-coming young field umpires will learn from some of the AFL’s best officiators in the 2017 Mates Program. Created in conjunction with AFL Victoria and AFL Umpires, the Mates Program pairs talented field umpires from the seven senior...
Reg Treloar became one of three VFL umpires to be awarded a medal for valour during World War I. He received a Military Medal for his actions at Cerisy in 1918. Treloar debuted with the VFL on the boundary in 1913 and between then and 1916 amassed 30 matches,...
During many wars, Australian rules football matches have been played overseas in places like northern Africa and Vietnam as a celebration of Australian culture and as a bonding exercise between soldiers. Despite this, League football was not played on Anzac Day for...
Libby Toovey is a 3rd year field umpire with the VFL. As a promising developing umpire, Libby was invited to umpire in the inaugural AFL Women’s competition earlier this year. Here Libby provides a great write-up – Eight epic weeks:...
