Round 3 – shorts

Apr 7, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

Field umpiring over the weekend became became a war of attrition as three umpires went down on Sunday with injury during matches. Ben Ryan left the ground in the GWS v Melbourne with an ankle injury and was replaced by Rob O’Gorman for his first game.  Rob...

Daniel Wilson (Willo) grinds out 150

Apr 4, 2014 | News

Watching goal umpires over the years, you know that each of them develop their own idiosyncrasies that sit in the back of your mind.  On-field it is the straight back of David Flegg with the slight grin escaping from the corner of his mouth, Peter Nastasi’s...

Female goal umpire prepares for AFL debut

Apr 4, 2014 | News

New AFL goal umpire Rose O’Dea admits she’s a mixture of nerves and excitement ahead of her debut match on Sunday. Please click here to view the article from AFL community.

Round 2 – shorts

Apr 3, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

Two field umpires bit the dust prior to the commencement of the round which saw David Harris and  Leigh Fisher come in for their first games of the season.  Scott Jeffery (back) and Jason Armstrong (calf) were the two umpires who were replaced. Josh Mather became the...

AFLUA Life Member – Harry Rowe passes away

Apr 3, 2014 | News

One of the first player to umpire pathway participants, Henry (known as Harry) Gordon Rowe passed away this week aged 89. Harry played 2 matches for Melbourne in 1945 and ’46.  He went onto the VFLRG in 1948 and onto the senior list between 1949 – 1962. Harry...