John Richard Moss – Heritage No. 282

Apr 18, 2018 | News

Like most of us, our height and physique is partly the reason why we get into umpiring. A love of football keeps us interested. Such is the case with my next personality – who John Richard “Mossie” Moss, who was born on the 26th of October 1946 at St. Omers Hospital,...

Round 4 shorts: Perseverance pays off for our 100 game milestone men

Apr 17, 2018 | News, Umpire Shorts

Two umpires from completely different pathways celebrated their 100 game milestones on the weekend.  It has taken goal umpire, Daniel Hoskin 9 years and 4 games to notch his 100.  Dan umpired his first game in 2009 from his base in SA.  He went to work and umpired in...

Work Experience with the AFLUA

Apr 17, 2018 | News

I have just spent a week in the AFLUA office completing various tasks from placing and packaging orders for Asics, updating website articles to helping organise and putting together the wonderful initiative that is the Fiona McBurney match day experience. I was taken...

AFL Goal Umpire, Chris Appleton reaches 250 games

Apr 16, 2018 | News

Two hundred and fifty AFL games is a terrific milestone and joining the ranks is goal umpire Chris Appleton who reached this milestone when umpiring the Essendon v Adelaide game at Etihad Stadium on 23 March 2018. Looking back, Chris reflected on the differences in...

James Scully achieves his 50th game milestone

Apr 13, 2018 | News

Since joining the AFL panel in 2015, James has gone about his umpiring in a quiet and unassuming fashion. He admits the journey so far has been unreal for him and that, like most umpires, he cannot wait to get out onto the ground for his next match. James’s career...