Milestones

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...

Big crowd, traditional rivals, last quarter come back, MCG….what more could you ask in setting the scene for your 100thAFL game? Michael Palm notched up his century at the Carlton v Collingwood game at the M...

“Pretty amazing” is how Matt Konetschka described his AFL journey to date, before taking the field for his 150thAFL game at the Adelaide v Gold Coast Suns game on Sunday 21 April 2019. Matt acknowledges that...

Who umpires an AFL match on a Saturday afternoon at the MCG then participates in the challenging Great Train Race on Sunday morning! The Great Train Race is not just a regular running race; this race challen...