Burrows Breaks Games Record

Sep 20, 2025 | News

This weekend Ian Burrows will cement his place among the greatest-ever servants to the game of Australian Rules Football. When he takes the field for the 439th time on Saturday to officiate in the Collingwood vs Brisbane preliminary final, he will break the record for...

Boundary Brilliance – History Making Debutants

Sep 11, 2025 | Blog

Amongst the jostling for ladder positions, player retirement announcements, and early trade speculation, the final round of the AFL season saw a historic umpiring milestone achieved. After 128 years of Aussie rules football without a female boundary umpire, the AFL...

Stamp Function 2025

Sep 11, 2025 | Blog

Congratulations to AFLUA Life Members Neville Nash and Phil Sutton who were inducted into the AFL Premiership Players Club at the RACV Club on Thursday 28th August 2025.   Each year the AFL Premiership Players Club inducts 20 premiership players, coaches and...

Fiona McBurney Program Wrap-up

Sep 11, 2025 | Blog, News

The AFLUA is proud to have delivered another outstanding year of the Fiona McBurney Match Day Experience in 2025. On behalf of the Association, l want to express our sincere gratitude to our valued partners at the AFL, including AFL Ticketing and AFL Media, Aaron...

Thank You to our 2025 Retirees

Sep 9, 2025 | Milestones, News

Leigh Haussen Leigh Haussen has called time on his AFL career after 8 seasons on the AFL list. Haussen made his AFL debut in Round 5, 2017, when the Western Bulldogs met Brisbane at Etihad Stadium. Five seasons later, in Round 19, 2022, he celebrated his 100th AFL...