The Fiona McBurney Match Day Experience is back for 2024. The programme was officially launched at Marvel Stadium last Wednesday 27th of April. Participants were presented with their Certificates of Achievement for completing the experience, signed by both AFLUA CEO Rob Kerr and AFL CEO Andrew Dillon.
The AFLUA has welcomed the appointment of Stephen McBurney to the role of Head of Umpiring. McBurney brings with him a wealth of umpiring experience having umpired 401 games from 1995 to 2013. More recently he was Australian Building and Construction Commissioner from 2018-2023.
Last week’s match between the Gold Coast and Richmond not only formed part of the opening of the 2024 AFL season, but also the AFL umpiring career of Luke Graves.
Vale Jesse Baird
Former AFLUA CEO Peter Howe will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplary services to umpiring and the association spanning 45 years.
The AFLUA is shattered to learn of the tragic death of friend and colleague, AFL Umpire Jesse Baird.
Brett Rosebury recently travelled to Perth to take part in a Q&A for the West Australian Football Commission’s community umpiring launch.
A recent AFLUA survey completed by fifty-eight AFLW umpires has provided some key insights into how the AFLW umpiring cohort experienced season 9. The survey, conducted in November 2023 indicates that umpiring in the AFLW was largely a positive experience, but there were some cautionary findings.
Advertiser Sophie Mateer recently penned an opinion piece in the media industry magazine B&T. In the article Sophie “reflects on the lessons that media execs can learn from a very unlikely place – AFL boundary umpires.”