The remaining field umpire rookies across Australia are also entering the pointy end of their seasons. In WA, Justin Orr is sitting as the emergency umpire in the WAFL preliminary final, while second rookie, Scott McPhee is umpiring with Beau Wardman and scholarship...
AFL rookies have again led their respective NEAFL conferences in umpiring performance and have been appointed to their conference finals. The northern conference final will be umpired by AFL rookies Andrew Stephens (3rd senior state league GF) and Aaron Hall (2nd)...
Field umpire Mat Nicholls umpired his 200th AFL match last Sunday in the Richmond v. Carlton final at the MCG. Achieving a milestone game in a final certainly makes it that little more memorable. It was Mat’s seventh final. Mat was promoted to the AFL list in...
The South Australian Umpires Association held its annual dinner on Tuesday night where life members and current umpires come together to celebrate umpiring in South Australia. Current running umpires get the opportunity to rub shoulders with umpires of the past and...
Goal umpire, David Dixon breaks a long standing record when he steps out in the first qualifying final on Friday night. David will surpass the highest number of finals umpired by any goal umpire in VFL/ AFL history when he goes past Craig Clark’s record of 34...
