Milestones achieved and records broken this weekend

Sep 19, 2017 | Milestones, News

Justin Schmitt becomes the 13th umpire in the history of the game to umpire 350 games this weekend when he takes the field in the Adelaide v Geelong Preliminary Final. Justin just keeps getting better with age. During the middle phase of his career that commenced in...

AFL goal umpire Luke Walker to notch up his 35th final, the all-time record

Sep 14, 2017 | Milestones, News

LUKE Walker says he never set out to become a record-breaking AFL goal umpire. But that’s exactly what he will do on Friday night when he officiates in the Geelong-Sydney semi-final at the MCG. Please click here to view the full article from The...

Finals Week 1 Shorts: AFL stands by its umpires

Sep 12, 2017 | News

It was great to see the AFL come out in support of umpiring and Chris Donlon after the Pt Adelaide v WCE match on the weekend.  Football has become such a complex game to manage it was pleasing to see that acknowledged.  Ken Hinkley, likewise took a much...

Congratulations Nathan on your 250th game

Sep 11, 2017 | News

Congratulations to Nathan Doig who officiated his 250th AFL match at the West Coast v Carlton game on 12 August 2017. Nathan was awarded Heritage Number 516 and has since umpired 18 finals (now 19 after his final at the MCG on Friday night), 4 grand finals and six...

Finals Panel Announced

Sep 6, 2017 | News

The AFL today announced its 2017 finals panel.  At a glance field umpire Curtis Deboy, boundary umpires, Tim Morrison and Jason Moore and goal umpires Matthew Dervan and Michael Craig will make their AFL finals debuts. Andrew Stephens, Nathan Williamson, Mark...