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What an amazing first week of finals football we had the pleasure of witnessing.  Teams evenly matched following what was a controversial bye weekend, because they came into the weekend fixtures as fit as they ...

Libby performs in the All Stars match Libby Toovey is part of the female pathway academy and a current member of the VFL Development Panel, as well as an AFLUA member.   Libby has had a mammoth 2016 by an...

There are 6 running umpires appointed to their first finals appearance after what the umpiring department said was an extremely harrowing selection meeting.  Three other umpires debut in finals as emergencies. ...

The power base continues to grow in stature.  Four of the eight listed AFL umpires from NSW/ACT have been appointed to the first week of AFL finals.  If we discount Dale Puren who didn't get onto the field this...

One of the many endearing qualities of our most recent milestone recipient, Nick Wade is that he knows how to not take himself too seriously. "With the retirement of John Morris, I am now officially the oldest ...

At the end of every season there is reason to celebrate many wonderful milestones, newly appointed finals umpires and umpires who step up to do grand finals.  We should never lose sight of those whose careers c...

In this day and age of statistics and on the eve of another finals series it might be studious to look at what history tells us about umpire selection and finals. The oft used expression attributed to Britis...

Give a young girl or boy the opportunity to have a kick on the MCG and they will gravitate to it like bees to a honeypot.  Add a few umpires who are after all, frustrated footballers, an ex AFL player as the um...