The AFLUA recently completed a visit to meet with our interstate umpires in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney. As part of the association’s engagement strategy, Peter Howe and Peter Kelly welcomed new umpires and provided a comprehensive induction overview of the...
Eighty-eight year old Ross Raphael passed away after a brief illness. According to his life long friend, Ron Bailey, Ross who only turned 88 on Sunday was admitted to hospital four weeks ago and passed away peacefully in the early hours of Monday morning. Ross was...
Congratulations to all of our colleagues who were appointed to the first AFL grand final in 2018. In particular it was great to see our second year AFL rookie John Howorth from the VFL get appointed to his first AFLW grand final. John was very pleased and simply saw...
If you’re looking for a new idea, especially in that “tech” field then you need to look no further than AFL field umpire, Chris Donlon. Chris has joined forces with another extremely talented and highly decorated duo, goal umpire and first female AFL grand final...
Field umpires, Chris Donlon and Shaun Ryan were inducted as AFL Life Members at the AFL 2018 Season Launch at the Forum Theatre. Both umpires joined 8 other recipients, Steve Johnson, Jordan Lewis, Andrew Mackie, Rex Hunt, Eddie Betts, Kade Simpson and Michael Long....
