Just hours after receiving the ultimate accolade from his sport highly decorated AFL field umpire Brett Allen maintained that a vocation as an umpire was never more appealing than in the current era. Allen was inducted into the AFL Hall Of Fame on Tuesday night after...
Two umpires will celebrate milestones on Sunday afternoon at the St Kilda v Gold Coast Suns game – Brendan ‘Hosko’ Hosking will umpire his 100th AFL game alongside Hayden Gavine who walks onto the ground to umpire his 1st AFL game. Brendan commenced his umpiring...
The AFLUA recently visited Leigh Fisher’s new café – the Cornerstone and Co – a small licenced café located in the leafy back streets of Hampton, to catch up with Hayden Gavine, who will umpire his first AFL game on Sunday. Leigh took over the business three months...
Umpiring an AFL Grand Final is every umpires’ dream, doing six places you in a league of your own! Luke Walker, who will umpire his 250th AFL game this weekend, is ranked third in the all-time list of goal umpires appearing in grand finals. In addition to six grand...
Last night, former AFL Field Umpire Brett Allen was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. With 347 matches, Brett is the ninth-most experienced field umpire in VFL/AFL history. With seven grand finals between 1999-2006, there are only two other umpires –...
