New training venue in Adelaide
Welcome to Gladys Elphick Park in Adelaide, the new training base for our South Australia AFL umpires!
The new venue provides a first-class oval with an excellent surface, well-equipped changeroom facilities...
AFLUA donation to the Good Friday Appeal
The AFLUA has donated $8,800 from the Jeff Crouch Foundation to the Royal Children’s Hospital as part of their Good Friday Appeal.
The Jeff Crouch Foundation was established in 1995 to perpetuate Jeff’s memory...
AFLUA Golf Day
The AFL Umpires Association’s current and life members gathered at the Latrobe Golf Course in Alphington for our recent golf day event, held on 3 April 2023.
Glorious weather and pristine greens greeted our ...
‘Where are they now?’ – Barry Royston ‘Spider’ Morrison
‘HOWZAT!’ is a cry that you do not hear often in AFL Football, but our next ‘Where are they Now?’ profile, in Barry Royston Morrison, has used that appeal probably thousands of times whilst playing Cricket with...
Martin Rodger runs out for AFL debut
Field Umpire Martin Rodger marked his AFL introduction at the grandest stage of them all, as Melbourne giants Hawthorn and Essendon served up a high-octane contest at the MCG in Season 2023 Round 1.
Martin t...
Andrew Adair reflects on a ‘surreal’ AFL debut
‘Surreal’ was the word field umpire Andrew Adair used to describe his maiden AFL match, after taking to the field at the Heritage Bank Stadium where Gold Coast and Sydney Swans battled for their opening Premier...
AFLUA X-UMPIRES’ LUNCHEON – MARCH 2023
The AFLUA X-Umpires’ group gathered at The Glasshouse in Caulfield for our March luncheon.
This time around, current AFLUA President Chris Donlon and field umpire Martin Rodger were present at the luncheon a...
Media Watch – Ray Chamberlain radio interview
Field umpire Ray Chamberlain speaks to Gerard Whateley on the SEN radio show, discussing the opening weekend of the 2023 AFL season, the new four-field umpire system being introduced this year and how that is c...