Not many umpiring careers have started as a result of high school detention but there is one umpire amongst us, who because his teacher didn’t know what to do with him, made him goal umpire a year 10 game, and the rest is history. Steve Piperno took up goal umpiring a...
Not since the introduction of fines for umpire contact 10 years ago have we seen the number of players fined for umpire contact than we saw on the weekend. The AFL Match Review Officer, Michael Christian has fined 5 players from the weekend’s round and 6 in the past...
Second gamer Andre Gianfagna walked onto Etihad stadium on Sunday in the match between North Melbourne and Hawthorn with a camera strapped to his head. The broadcaster was looking for a different level of interaction with the play and asked if the umpires would agree...
