Round 13 Shorts -Did the four umpire system work?

Jun 19, 2018 | News, Umpire Shorts

The jury is still out after 6 games of the 2018 version of the four umpire trial.  Free kicks were up slightly and commentators who were previously forwards in the game certainly relished the additional protection afforded their present day players received.  One four...

Australian Football Hall of Fame Umpire Passes Away

Jun 18, 2018 | News

Queensland field umpire, Tom McArthur passed away suddenly on Friday June 15.  Tom was a good friend of the AFLUA and all umpires. In Queensland his career was without peer. Tom was one of only 14 umpires who have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of...

Where are they now? – Gordon Earnest Edward Watt

Jun 14, 2018 | Where Are They Now?

Photo: AFLUA Life Member, Gordon and his wife Wilma (Composer of Umpires’ Theme Song) Send a cheer over here, when the Men in White appear, they will umpire with Blood in their Boots. These are the opening lines to the Umpires Theme song composed by our next ‘Where...

AFL to again trial four field umpires

Jun 14, 2018 | News

Four field umpires will officiate every game in rounds 13 and 14 in a trial that could be adopted on a full-time basis next season. Four field umpires were trialed in AFL games late in the 2015 home and away season and over the next two seasons were used over the...

“Rocket Scientist” lands on 200 AFL games

Jun 13, 2018 | Milestones, News

Rob Findlay returned to the ground where his career started this weekend, when he officiated in his 200thAFL match between Melbourne and Collingwood in the Queen’s Birthday classic at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of a huge crowd.  Sitting in the crowd were...