May 3, 2018 | News
Not many umpiring careers have started as a result of high school detention but there is one umpire amongst us, who because his teacher didn’t know what to do with him, made him goal umpire a year 10 game, and the rest is history. Steve Piperno took up goal umpiring a...
May 2, 2018 | News
Not since the introduction of fines for umpire contact 10 years ago have we seen the number of players fined for umpire contact than we saw on the weekend. The AFL Match Review Officer, Michael Christian has fined 5 players from the weekend’s round and 6 in the past...
Apr 27, 2018 | News
Second gamer Andre Gianfagna walked onto Etihad stadium on Sunday in the match between North Melbourne and Hawthorn with a camera strapped to his head. The broadcaster was looking for a different level of interaction with the play and asked if the umpires would agree...
Apr 23, 2018 | News
The first VFL matches played on April 25 occurred in 1914 exactly 12 months prior to the first division storming ashore at Gallipoli. Geelong drew with Essendon, Fitzroy defeated Melbourne, Collingwood drew with Carlton, South Melbourne defeated University and St....
Apr 18, 2018 | News
TOPE Adepoyibi has dedicated her life to helping reduce the burden of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV and malaria. But with aspirations to umpire in the NAB AFL Women’s competition, she is returning to the craft she started as a teenager. ...
