Round 18 – Shorts

Round 18 – Shorts

Jul 28, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

Jason Venkataya represented umpiring with distinction at the AFL opening of the Multi-cultural round.  Jason was part of a panel interviewed by Jason Mifsud, AFL head of diversity.  He outlined his families journey to Australia, his introduction to footy and why it...

Rob makes 50 with a lot more to come

Jul 17, 2014 | Milestones, News

Ask Rob Taylor what his best or most enjoyable game was and he fires right back without any ego “I haven’t had it yet!”  Rob goes on to say, “there were plenty of times in my short career when I didn’t think I’d make it to...
Round 17 – shorts

Round 17 – shorts

Jul 17, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

It was a case of “old home week” for a number of the AFL umpires last weekend when our Tassie boys went back to Blundstone Arena and a welcome home.  Scott Jeffery hadn’t been back since 1998 when he travelled to Melbourne to pursue his dream of AFL...
Courtney ready to go

Courtney ready to go

Jul 9, 2014 | News

Goal umpire, Courtney Lai has been quietly working in the background rehabilitating his knee that had to be reconstructed following that awful collision with Liam Picken in round two 2013.  Courtney began umpiring in the TAC Cup some 10 weeks ago.  As his confidence...