Here in the AFLUA office we are never far from supporter’s ire. The phones run hot and our email line at times, is prone to melt. Imagine the hysteria we were met with on Monday morning after Shaun Ryan’s comments to GWS player Adam Kennedy on Saturday night. I...
Congratulations to the two remaining 2019 finals debutants, Andrew Stephens (field) and Lachlan Rayner (boundary) who were appointed to semi-final weekend. Stephens is joined by 300 game and grand final umpires Mat Nicholls and Simon Meredith at the MCG on Friday...
The NEAFL grand final this weekend at Southport is the first of our state league partners to announce their grand final umpires. Congratulations to all AFLUA members who have earned the right to manage the best game of the year in their competition. Click on this...
We sat on an old wooden picnic table outside the library in North Sydney, the sun warming our backs, sipping on a coffee chatting about footy and life. I was the old fella and Alex Chisholm, the fresh faced young man who is 18 months into his AFL career but who had...
Three of the four finals on the weekend were decided on the scoreboard by over 40 points. Take one look at the results and you could be excused for thinking the games were all one-way traffic. Finals are never that way. Leigh Fisher, who umpired his first final at...
