It took a trip to China to land a milestone

Field umpire Jacob Mollison had to travel 16,100 kilometres (return trip) to reach his 200 game milestone.  Further than any other person in the history of the game has had to travel to achieve it. “It was a gr...

Grand Final Legend, Kevin Barker passes away

Former VFL goal umpire, Kevin Barker, aged 81 passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday evening. Kevin grew up in Melbourne and Ballarat.  He began umpiring with the Ascot Vale Presbyterian’s on the boun...

Round 15 shorts: Footy back to its unpredictable best

High scoring, fast paced footy was the main attraction on the weekend just passed. Who said there was a problem with AFL football?  To take a leaf from a current coaches handbook, “let the cobblers cobble and t...