Veterans go back to the future
A few months back I made a few discrete enquiries as to the health and fitness of some of our veteran umpires when I was formulating a plan for selecting umpires to officiate in the 2019 version of the EJ Whitt...
Round 23 shorts: Mark Thomson – 400 of the best
The boundary umpire factory of South Australia has produced another outstanding athlete, boundary umpire and more important, a great person. Stand and applaud, 400 AFL games, Mark Thomson.
Mark is only the se...
Round 22 shorts – The problem of being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Spare a thought for second year field umpire, Alex Whetton who weighs 60kg ringing wet when he inadvertently collided with Lachie Schultz weighing in at 78kg running at full pace. Alex was knocked unconscious ...
Round 21 shorts: Where has 2019 gone?
Photo courtesy of: Grant Case
Here we are with the blink of an eye on the brink of another season ending finale to match all finales. When did a season go down to the wire like this one?
Snow fell on Canberr...
