2025 AFL Grand Final Umpiring Panel

Sep 25, 2025 | News

The AFL has released the umpiring panel for the 2025 Grand Final between Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions. Field umpires Andrew Stephens, Hayden Meyer, Simon Meredith and Jacob Mollison will take charge in the middle of the ground, with Nick Foot in reserve....

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...