Milestones

I’m sure that one of the joys in footy is sharing milestones with colleagues, friends and family. The umpiring department is often inundated with requests from our umpires for tickets to enable everyone the opp...

South Australian based boundary umpire, Mark Thomson became only the second boundary umpire in the history of the game to umpire 400 AFL games in the round 23 clash between Port Adelaide and Fremantle.  The oth...

It only seems like yesterday that Hayden Gavine commenced his career with the AFL, having been appointed to the list in 2017.  Two seasons later, he notched up his 50thAFL game when he took to the field on Satu...

The celebrations continue for our games record breaker Shane McInerney.  Four AFL coaches arrived at training last Thursday night to recognise the enormity of Shane’s achievement.  They arrived only to find eve...

I have been extremely lucky in my time in VFL/AFL football to witness first hand the great umpires in the modern era.  Make no mistake about it the dedication and perseverance required to be successful as an um...

Ben Macdonald has had a whirlwind couple of weeks.  Not only did he umpire his 50thAFL game, he was one of four boundary umpires selected to umpire in China. Ben joined the AFL in 2017. His career started wi...

Peter’s promotion to the AFL Boundary Squad was quite different to many others, however he has settled in nicely and recently officiated his 50thAFL game between Brisbane and Hawthorn at the Gabba on Saturday 1...

Michael started boundary umpiring in Canberra in 2004 where he umpired his first final in 2005 and his first grand final in 2006. He then umpired the AFL Canberra Premier Division Grand Final and the Under 16 N...