Week 2 Finals shorts: Mitch brings up his 250th in cut throat final

Sep 19, 2018 | News, Umpire Shorts

Boundary umpire, Mitch Le Fevre achieved another milestone on Saturday evening, in Tasmanian like weather conditions.  Mitch would’ve felt right at home in the 7-degree temperature (windchill 3-degrees), albeit it would have been hotter on the ground.  Mitch moves...

Where are they now? Richard Thomas Auhl – Heritage Goal Umpire, 190

Sep 18, 2018 | News

‘Where Are They Now’ ventures back to the early days of umpiring, where it was more common than it is today for a field umpire, once he finished his career, changed over to become a goal umpire where they would start on the Reserve Grade list in order to demonstrate...

2018 NEAFL Grand Final Umpire Panel Announced

Sep 12, 2018 | News

Former AFL umpire Brett Ritchie will lead the 2018 NEAFL Grand Final umpiring panel for Sunday’s season decider between Southport and Sydney at Fankhauser Reserve. Ritchie, who umpired 22 AFL games in 2011-2012, will join Canberra’s Nic McGinness and Andrew Adair as...

Week 1 Finals shorts: Where did that free kick and that decision come from?

Sep 12, 2018 | News

Emergency field umpire, Chris Donlon made history on Friday night when he appeared on the ground during the third quarter, wearing a puffy jacket and a beanie, and blew his whistle to award a free kick against Joel Selwood for high contact on his opponent....

Finals Panel Rejuvenated

Sep 7, 2018 | News

No matter which way you look at it the AFL has a new look umpires finals panel in 2018. There are seven debutants across the disciplines, including three new emergency goal umpires. At a glance the new umpires are- Field umpires – Nathan Williamson and David...