Umpire Shorts – March 21

Umpire Shorts – March 21

Mar 21, 2013 | Umpire Shorts

AFL List Finalised The AFL Umpiring Department finalised all lists last Thursday with Tristan Burgess from Victoria filling the last field umpire vacancy.  Player to Umpire Pathway umpire, Leigh Fisher, became the 33rd listed umpire and follows in the footsteps of...
Umpire Shorts – March 21

New Boys Put Through Their Paces

Mar 16, 2013 | News

Scott, is one of the youngest boundary umpires to umpire AFL football since mentor and colleague Chris Simms made his debut as a 17 year old in 2010. “I found NAB one much harder because it was all new to me,” Scott said yesterday after he helped guide his...
Umpire Shorts – March 21

1916 Grand Final – Boyle out

Apr 16, 2009 | News

The chance discovery of a snippet in a football gossip column has resulted in correction to the members on the 1916 VFL Grand Final umpiring team. Judging by the contents of the VFLUA annual report the first list of grand final boundary and goal umpires was compiled...