Congratulations Alistair Meldrum – 50 AFL games

Umpiring 50 AFL games is an achievement not to be sneezed at (in your elbow please!) and Alistair ‘Molly’ Meldrum joined that elite circle when he umpired his 50th AFL game at the Gold Coast v Port Adelaide gam...

Jesse Baird – 1st AFL game

Jesse Baird was introduced to the umpiring fraternity back in December when he was appointed to the AFL goal umpire list in Queensland.  All was going well until Covid-19 restrictions came into play robbin...

200 AFL games – Stephen Williams

199 AFL games………………200 AFL games……………..201 AFL games coming soon! One might have to reach for the record books to find out if there has been an umpire who has had to wait so long between officiating their 199t...

AFL Umpires will be rusty too:  Chamberlain

AFL fans can expect a few head-scratchers and possibly even some downright howlers from the umpires when the premiership season resumes. But it will be a small price to pay if footy returns in June, as seems i...