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...
Where are they now? Kevin Leonard ‘Mandrake’ Andrews
KEVIN LEONARD ‘MANDRAKE’ ANDREWS – Heritage Goal Umpire 175 Our Next “Where are they Now” in Kevin Leonard Andrews better known as ‘Mandrake’ in the umpiring circles. Born on the 10th May 1942 in Richmond’s Mina House to Daniel and Edna Andrews, he was the...