Simon Plumridge – Patience and resilience are rewarded with AFL game number one
If one could get frustrated about the delay to the AFL season, it would be Simon. Having had little movement in the AFL list for some years, Simon umpired four VFL grand finals before being promoted to the AFL in 2020. He then umpired one AFL game before the season...
AFL Umpires will be rusty too: Chamberlain
AFL fans can expect a few head-scratchers and possibly even some downright howlers from the umpires when the premiership season resumes. But it will be a small price to pay if footy returns in June, as seems increasingly likely. Leading umpire Ray Chamberlain has...
Sam Stagg – 1st AFL game
No-one could have anticipated umpiring your first AFL game in an empty stadium, but these are strange times indeed. Sam Stagg’s career started with the Bendigo Umpires’ Association where he umpired the 2011 Loddon Valley Senior Grand Final and then went on to umpire...