Boundary umpire, Mitch Le Fevre celebrates 250 games

Oct 5, 2018 | News

Boundary umpire Mitch Le Fevre celebrated his 250th game in the Second Semi Final between Collingwood and GWS on Saturday 15 September 2018. Mitch grew up in Tasmania starting his career with the Northern Tasmanian Football Umpires’ Association. He then made the move...

All Australian Umpires announced

Oct 3, 2018 | Awards, News

Field umpire Matt Stevic was awarded with his 6th All-Australian award, his 5th in five years.  Matt who umpired in his 6th grand final (the last 5 in a row also) was a “clear winner”, according to AFL Umpire’s coach Hayden Kennedy. The award was announced at the...

Grand Final shorts: Experience gets us home

Oct 3, 2018 | News, Umpire Shorts

Billed as a grand final too close to call, the game itself certainly lived up to those expectations!  With scores level at the end of the third quarter, the game finished with West Coast the victors by 5 points in what many commentators were calling one of the...

Matt Jenkinson – 150 AFL Games

Sep 26, 2018 | Milestones, News

Most of us are fairly grumpy when starting work on a Monday morning but spare a thought for Matt Jenkinson who was waiting for his phone to ring for two reasons (1) was he appointed to the 2018 finals panel or (2) was his wife going into labour with their second...

Another grand final for David Flegg – of a different sort

Sep 26, 2018 | News

While all of the focus on grand final day is on the on-field officials let’s not forget that the AFL officiating “Team” also comprises its off-field team. Congratulations must go to David Flegg who will officiate in his 4th Grand final, but his first as a timekeeper. ...