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Our 2016 field umpires panel has been back in full training for the past two weeks but at first glance there appears to be more in the rehab group than out on the track. Brett Rosebury (meniscus), Ray Chambe...

The AFL has announced the last of its list changes for 2016 with the rookie field umpire's squad announced early this week. VFL umpires, Andrew Talbot (3 years on the rookie panel) and Michael Curtis (1 year...

THE AFL Umpires department has added another female goal umpire to its ranks, with West Australian Sally Boud the latest addition. The 25-year-old has been rewarded for nine years of consistent form in all l...

Michael Wasley, Matchworks Managing Director, and Ben Carbonaro (working with the AFL Umpiring Department, thanks to employment agency Matchworks) chatted with Brett Phillips on SEN 1116, over the weekend. P...

Perth-based AFL field umpire Jeff Dalgleish was awarded the Slater and Gordon Official of the Year at the RAC WA Sports Star Awards held at the Perth Convention Centre on Monday, December 7. Please click her...

The AFLUA awards evening saw eighty members and guests pack into the Pumphouse function room on Sunday evening to celebrate the achievements of our major award winners and say good bye to those members whose ca...

“The only difference in my umpiring now compared to 20 years ago is that I can now run backwards as fast as I run forward,” exclaimed Terry as he walked onto a ground early one Saturday morning to umpire a West...

My first night at training following my appointment as the State Manager of Umpiring in Queensland was quite a shock.  During the warm ups guys were doing leapfrog down the centre of the oval, many in bare feet...