Congratulations to the 24 umpires who have been selected as part of the officials’ panel for the 2023 AFL Preliminary Finals, which will be played across Friday and Saturday (22-23 September 2023).
Well, here we go! If my next ‘Where are they Now?’ profile is not an umpiring man, then I have not seen one.
Congratulations to the panel of 40 umpires who have been selected to officiate in the 2023 AFL Finals Series. The panel includes 16 field and boundary umpires each, and eight goal umpires.
The AFLUA would like to congratulate field umpire Robert Findlay, boundary umpire Matthew Konetschka and goal umpire Adam Wojcik, who were selected as the 2023 All-Australian Umpires at the recent AFL Awards function. This is a reward for their outstanding year of umpiring.
Congratulations to all the 106 umpires selected to officiate in the 2023 AFLW Season 8 competition.
Congratulations to former AFL boundary umpire Aaron Deckys, who was recently welcomed into the 2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame.
Decorated AFL boundary umpire Mitch Le Fevre has decided to call time on his career after the end of the 2023 season.
The AFLUA X-Umpires’ Luncheon for August was recently held at the Glasshouse in Caulfield.
Two of the AFL’s most veteran umpires are set to join the 400-games club, as field umpire Chris Donlon and boundary umpire Adam Coote complete their respective 400th AFL matches this weekend.