Chris Gordon marks maiden All-Australian Award

Boundary Umpire Chris Gordon’s 2022 All-Australian honour comes as an incredible achievement, which he described as a reflection piece of his umpiring journey that began almost 20 years ago. Chris commenced ...

Matthew Dervan records second All-Australian award

Matthew Dervan has doubled his All-Australian tally, after being chosen as the All-Australian Goal Umpire for 2022 at the recent AFL awards. Matthew had umpired in the 2020 AFL Grand Final, and collected his...

Consistency at the heart of it for Simon Meredith

Simon Meredith was adjudged the 2022 All-Australian Field Umpire at last Wednesday’s (August 24, 2022) awards function at Melbourne’s Centrepiece. Simon Meredith is interviewed after being selected as an Al...

In conversation with…David Flegg AM

Twenty eight years…AFLUA’s honorary historian/statistician and former goal umpire, David Flegg AM, has been going strong in his role. Since 1994, David has been accumulating umpiring records, and researching...

2022 NAB AFLW Season Seven Round 1

The first round of the 2022 NAB AFLW Season Seven commences on Thursday, August 25. To keep up-to-date with all the AFLW umpiring appointments for this season, please visit https://aflua.com.au/umpire-appoin...

2022 All-Australian Umpires

Congratulations to Christopher Gordon (B), Simon Meredith (F) and Matthew Dervan (G), who were selected as the three All-Australian Umpires for 2022. The trio won the honour after being chosen by the AFL Ump...

In conversation with…Angie Bain

Experienced counsellor Angie Bain has been supporting our umpiring group through the AFLUA Career Transition Coaching program for the past year. As a qualified educator specialising in the high performance p...

AFL Season 2022 Umpiring Milestones

With 23 Rounds of the AFL Season 2022 completed, here is a summary of the landmark umpiring milestones so far from this season. Congratulations to all the umpires on their achievements. For more informati...