The Milestone Duo – Meredith and Stevic reach 500

Mar 13, 2025 | News

Holmes and Watson, Lennon and McCartney, Kirk and Spock, Lillee and Marsh. Great duos are littered throughout history, and often with profound impact. During Opening Round and Round One, we celebrate umpiring’s great duo of the day, Simon Meredith and Matt Stevic. Can...

Trailblazer Tee: Eleni to Return as AFL’s First Mother – Field Umpire

Mar 13, 2025 | News

Eleni Tee will make history when setting foot on the Adelaide Oval in Round One, becoming the first Mother to field umpire an AFL match. In a fitting return to football in Tee’s hometown of Adelaide, one-year-old son Levi born last February will be in the crowd,...

Where Are They Now? – Roy Groom

Mar 6, 2025 | Member News

Back in the 1970’s if you felt you were not being given a fair go on the VFL Senior list, the option for many umpires was to resign and head off to the Victorian Football Association where your VFL experience would come in handy. From the 1950’s to 1980 this just...

Where are they now? – Peter ‘Jorj’ Lawlor

Feb 6, 2025 | Member News, News

We seek him here, we seek him there, but the question everyone is asking is; is it Peter, Desmond, George or Jorj? I’m that confused I’m not sure what to call my next Where are they Now?.  Let’s go with Peter Desmond ‘Jorj’ Lawlor. The name George came about when...

Wayne “Chuck” Hinton Honoured with OAM

Feb 4, 2025 | Blog

AFLUA Life Member Wayne Hinton has received a Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to Australian rules football as an umpire”. Like many umpires, Hinton followed his father’s footsteps into the craft as a boy. John Hinton, who recently became nonagenarian,...