Players have had their every move, both in games and at training, monitored and pored over by each club’s Strength and Conditioning staff for well over a decade now. AFL contracted field umpires were presented with their pre-season training toy when they hit the training track in mid-November last year.
Photo from left to right: Former professional cyclist Phil Anderson OAM, Ben Carbonaro AFLUD Property Steward and Andrew Toy, former Canberra based umpire.
The AFL has quietly taken significant yet much-needed steps to ensure its highly-scrutinised umpiring group is adequately supported and recognised as the league’s ‘19th team’.
One of the most difficult assignments for any newly contracted umpire is to come into the group and stamp their position within the group.
The AFLUA is proud to announce its 2018 award winners that were unveiled at the Awards and AGM luncheon held yesterday at Carlton.
On Monday 4 February, 35 cyclists and volunteers will set off on a challenging ride over six days from Ballarat to Melbourne to raise funds for mental health, loss and grief. The ride will be led by co-Founder of the Chamberlain Foundation and Senior AFL Field Umpire, ‘Razor’ Ray Chamberlain and Australian cycling legend Phil Anderson – the first non European to wear the famous Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France.
AFLW football kicks off again on Saturday for its third season but for the AFLUA it contains a significant first. The AFLUA and the AFL have forged an agreement that sees the AFLUA recognised as the representative body for all AFLW contracted umpires from this season.
Long time VFL/AFL stalwart, George Mather turned 90 on December 30 2018.
Fairytales rarely come true, but with 308 games experience under his belt, Scott Jeffery became the most experienced field umpire in the history of the game to umpire his first AFL grand final in 2016.