Congratulations Peter Challen – 100 AFL games

Congratulations to Peter Challen who umpired his 100th AFL game at the Port Adelaide v St Kilda game at Adelaide Oval on Saturday 25th July 2020. Peter started his umpiring career in 1999 at secondary schoo...

Congratulations Damien – 50 AFL games

Damien’s umpiring career started when he joined the Eastern Football League in 2008 and finished in 2012 with the Division One grand final, before being promoted to the VFL in 2013. He umpired 59 VFL, 9 AFL De...

Nathan Doig – 300 AFL games

Nathan started umpiring in 2002 and following two WAFL grand finals in 2003 and 2004, he was promoted to the AFL panel in 2005. His first AFL game was in Round 4 when he took to the field for the West Coast v ...

Vale Frank Knight

The AFLUA community was saddened to learn of the passing of AFLUA life member Frank Knight after a brief illness.  Frank has a strong history as an umpire and has always been an “association man.” F...

Jordan Andrews – congratulations on 100 AFL games

Having started his umpiring career with Riddell Umpires back in 2007, Jordan Andrews has come a long way when he walked onto the Sydney Showgrounds to officiate his 100th AFL game – GWS Giants v Brisbane on Sa...

Sam Hunter makes his debut

The 3 P’s could best describe Sam Hunters’ appointment to umpire his first AFL match – Fremantle v West Coach on Sunday 19 July 2020 - Perseverance, Patience and Professionalism. Sam became a rookie AFL ump...