Week 1 Finals shorts: Match results are never an indicator of game pressure
Three of the four finals on the weekend were decided on the scoreboard by over 40 points. Take one look at the results and you could be excused for thinking the games were all one-way traffic. Finals are never that way. Leigh Fisher, who umpired his first final at...
One of a kind – Mark’s his 400th AFL game
South Australian based boundary umpire, Mark Thomson became only the second boundary umpire in the history of the game to umpire 400 AFL games in the round 23 clash between Port Adelaide and Fremantle. The other is his good mate and colleague, Darren Wilson. Mark...
What ever happened to……..The man they called “Sinca’s”
Former High-Performance Umpire’s Manager of the Western Australian Football League (WAFL), Darryl Sinclair is finding new meaning in his life working for the Stephen Michael Foundation. Darryl works with young boys and girls at risk. “It’s a beautiful thing we do. ...