The rocket scientist reaches 100
Early days in field umpire, Rob Findlay’s career there was confusion among the group about just what his occupation was. That’s easy said Giesch (former umpires’ manager Jeff Gieschen) he’s a “rocket scientist,” and it has stuck!...
Matthew Tomkins reaches 50 games
Boundary umpire, Matthew Tomkins has taken two seasons and four games to notch up his first 50 AFL games. Not since Chris Gordon a couple of years ago has someone reached a milestone in such a quick time. Matt umpired 21 games in his first year, 25 last season,...
Andrew Stephens to make AFL debut
It was 12 years ago. A teenage boy is assigned to be the umpire in an underage football match. That is all Andrew Stephens’ remembers of that day – his first as an umpire. Please click here to view the full article from the North East Australian Football...