Kamolins defies the critics

Kamolins defies the critics

If you sit back and review the umpiring career of Chris Kamolins who umpired his 150th AFL game on Friday night between Hawthorn and Collingwood it has worked in the opposite direction to what the current thinking is. The AFL are moving to bring all field umpires who...
Round 22 – Shorts

Round 22 – Shorts

Shane McInerney heralded in his 400th game on Saturday with a panel of significant experience.  Between the nine officiating umpires there was a total of 1873 games of AFL football including 131 finals and 19 grand finals.  Boundary umpire Drew Kowalski was the least...
Shane McInerney joins the greats

Shane McInerney joins the greats

The ground announcer’s voice boomed across the MCG on Saturday night as the umpires entered the arena “………and congratulations to field umpire Shane McInerney on umpiring his 400th AFL game.”  The scoreboard cameras had focused on...
A wily veteran lands 200 AFL games

A wily veteran lands 200 AFL games

Run your eye down the list of boundary umpires that front up week after week, do their job and go home you’d struggle to name most of them.  They are the unheralded men of footy.  They have to run harder, faster and further than anyone else who takes the field...