2025 AFLW Grand Final Umpires and All-Australians

Dec 2, 2025 | News

The 12 umpires appointed to officiate the 2025 AFLW Grand Final represent a carefully selected panel covering field, boundary and goal umpires, each chosen for their performance and experience throughout the season. The panel has a combined experience of 424 games,...

X-Umpire Program – Lunch Dates 2026

Dec 2, 2025 | Member News

The X-Umpires’ Program hosts a luncheon every six weeks to enable our ex members to catch up and exchange memories. The lunches are held at Caulfield Racecourse. If you would like to join our invitation list, please contact Terry O’Donnell at...

Six New Umps Join AFL Ranks

Nov 13, 2025 | Blog

Six umpires have been promoted to the AFL senior list for 2026, including just the second-ever woman field umpire. Field umpires Jordyn Pearson’s promotion from the Rookie list will see her become the second woman field umpire, nine years after Eleni Tee umpired...

Where are they now? – Ian Clayton

Oct 30, 2025 | Member News

To follow your infamous father in an umpiring career would be hard as my next ‘Where are they now’ Ian William ‘Clayts’ Clayton knows all too well. Ian’s father Harry is well known throughout the umpiring fraternity. Harry began field umpiring in 1926 in local...

AFL Scraps Bounce In 2026

Oct 2, 2025 | Blog, News

The AFL has announced that the centre bounce will be removed from the game in the 2026 season. An official AFL media release cited the difficulty to execute, physical strain placed on umpires, reduction of game length, and restriction of umpire pathways as reasons...