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May 20, 2013

doig-jonesBoundary umpire Nathan Doig celebrated his 150th AFL match on Friday night in an absolute thriller. Nathan, umpired his first AFL game in 2005 being promoted after two WAFL grand finals in ’03 and ’04. Nathan is a remedial massage therapist by occupation and looks after some of Australia’s premier athletes. Nathan umpired the 2011 AFL Grand Final.

 

Shane Jones notched up his 100th AFL match on Saturday night when Collingwood played Geelong. Shane, commenced his career in the Western Region Football League and was promoted to the AFL list in 2009. Shane is having his best year since making the list. He umpired his first Anzac Day match in round 6.