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Round 17 shorts – Brothers establish an all-time record

Round 17 shorts – Brothers establish an all-time record

Our WA based brothers, Jeff and Brett Dalgleish just keep racking up the milestones.  Jeff passed the 200-game mark five weeks ago, now Brett has notched up his last Friday night in the WCE v Collingwood tussle at Optus Stadium. Brett becomes the 144th umpire to reach 200 games but only the 50th boundary umpire.  More importantly they become the first brothers in VFL/AFL history to each umpire 200 games.  A truly amazing feat.  Both men have featured prominently in finals as well over the last few years.  Jeff has umpired 6 finals including the 2015 grand final while Brett has racked up 14 finals including the emergency grand final umpire in 2017 and 2018.  Neither of them look like slowing down soon.  Let’s see where to next for our brothers in arms.

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Where is he now? John Edward ‘Dingo’ Morgan

Where is he now? John Edward ‘Dingo’ Morgan

Someone may be asking where the nickname ‘Dingo’ found its origin for this edition of ‘Where are they now?’ I have it on good authority it originated when John Edward ‘Dingo’ Morgan was on an umpire’s end of season trip in Sydney. It appears John went missing for most of Saturday and Sunday morning with another umpire who shall remain nameless.  Allegedly John met up with a female cousin of his but was missing the umpires’ function so much that he returned on Sunday morning, leaving his umpiring mate with his ‘cousin’ on Manly Beach. It was Brian ‘Hook’ Turner who gave John the nickname ‘Dingo’.  Enough said.

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A celebration for Shane and a good news story for umpiring

A celebration for Shane and a good news story for umpiring

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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 umpire is no less challenging than that of a player.  While you don’t have the physical challenges of the continual battering player’s take you do have the mental challenges to get it right in a very demanding sport.

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Another example of our community service

Another example of our community service

Our Queensland based boundary umpires, along with their coach, Randall Gibson traded their whistles and shirts to work with an organisation called “Rosies on the Street” on Friday night on the streets of Woodridge, a Brisbane suburb to meet and converse with the homeless and less fortunate in Brisbane. 

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Round 15 shorts – An amazing record equaled

Round 15 shorts – An amazing record equaled

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I might sound like a broken record at times, but the football world should stop momentarily and salute an umpiring champion who equaled a record this week and should break the record in round 16.  Hayden Kennedy retired at the conclusion of the 2011 season with 495 AFL games including 39 finals and 5 grand finals in the bank.  Hayden, at the time decided that he couldn’t continue for another season because in his words, “I am done.”  Hayden umpired his first AFL game in 1988 and hung up the whistle 23 year later in what was a truely remarkable and stellar career.  We walked away at the time wondering who would ever get near the record, don’t worry about breaking it!  On Sunday, Shane McInerney walked onto Marvel Stadium for the St Kilda v Richmond match following a five week layoff with injury and a game in the VFL, to equal that amazing record.  Just for the record Shane umpired his first senior AFL match in 1994 and some 24 years later, is on the precipice of breaking Hayden’s remarkable record. Shane has umpired 495 games including 26 finals and 2 grand finals.  We await this weekend……….

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Professor Karim Khan AO

Professor Karim Khan AO

Former VFL/AFL field umpire, Professor Karim Khan was another former umpire who was honoured in the Queens Birthday Australian Honours list in June.

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Round 14 shorts – Trial claims another ump

Round 14 shorts – Trial claims another ump

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Another senior field umpire has succumbed to injury.  Serious questions now need to be asked about the four into three field umpire trial over the bye rounds and the potential future of the system.  The system was designed to have four appointed umpires interchange during games to reduce workload and look to using those more senior umpires in two matches over a weekend. The three senior umpires all sustained injuries in matches and couldn’t complete the match.  The latest, Shaun Ryan came off the back of two games the previous week and has appeared to sustain stress fractures in his foot.  He was forced out of Friday nights clash between Sydney and Hawthorn at half time.

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Work experience at the AFLUA

Work experience at the AFLUA

I completed my work experience with the AFLUA from Friday 3rd May to Friday 21st June. During this time I worked on different tasks around the office including various administration work.

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