AFL Releases 2025 Umpire List

Nov 7, 2024 | News

The 2025 AFL Umpire list is here, with 10 new additions in 2025. Following the departure of Sean Burton, Ray Chamberlain, Daniel Hoskin, Tim Lougoon, Jason Moore, Patrick Cran, Michael Saunders and Shane Thiele, the door has been opened for state league and AFLW...

AFLUA Statement – Umpire Sanction

Nov 4, 2024 | News

The AFLUA acknowledges that Umpire Leigh Haussen has been sanctioned for wearing an inappropriate costume at a private end of season celebration. Leigh at all times cooperated fully and transparently with the AFL investigation. The theme of the event was ‘characters...

AFL Appeals AFLW Tribunal’s Decision on Umpire Contact

Oct 31, 2024 | News

The AFLUA welcomes the AFL’s decision to appeal the AFLW Tribunal’s decision to downgrade Eilish Sheerin’s charge for making intentional contact with an umpire. The decision saw Sheerin walk away with a diminutive $200 dollar fine and free to play....

Umpire Joshua James’ artwork featured again in AFLW Indigenous Round

Oct 29, 2024 | News

Rounds nine and ten of the AFL season fall under the AFLW Indigenous Round. During the AFLW Indigenous Round, all clubs have the opportunity to wear Indigenous Rounds guernseys. 2024 also saw the inaugural AFLW Dreamtime match in Darwin. As in 2023, AFLW umpires will...

Vale Bob Barker

Oct 22, 2024 | Member News, News

It is rare that a single decision defines an umpire’s career and stands in the memory of contemporary spectators and later generations who have viewed it on television and computer screens in the ensuing decades. Wayne Harmes knocking the ball from the boundary line...