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Goal umpires feature prominently in this weeks milestones.  Steve Williams and Dale Edwick reach their 100 AFL games and Steve Axon stood in his 150th game when Pt Adelaide played Sydney on Saturday night. 

The AFL Umpires Association through the Jeff Crouch Foundation donated $5620.00 to the Royal Children’s Hospital on Good Friday.

As someone who has been involved with football as a supporter since childhood and club volunteer since my teenage years, I’ve always been intrigued by what’s required when it comes to officiating in a match.

Spare a thought tomorrow morning when you wake at 6.30am and turn on your news radio, for Ian “Buzz” Burrows. Ian will have just completed another night shift and will be winding his way home for breakfast and a well earned sleep. “I’m lucky that I can actually sleep during the day time. I am generally in bed by 7am and I will sleep until mid afternoon.”

When does a player feel embedded in his team? When does the hard work and practice come together? When is a coach confident enough to throw a young man into a key position role?

Dan Field-Read became the 560th boundary umpire to umpire VFL/AFL football when he stepped onto Olympic Stadium on Saturday evening in the Sydney v Essendon game.  James Scully became the 561st boundary umpire in the St.Kilda v GWS game at the Docklands on Sunday afternoon.

The AFLUA in partnership with the AFL, Apricot Consulting, the family of Fiona McBurney and Downs Syndrome Victoria launched its newest program last night at Ikon Park.

Seventy-seven year old Darryl Williams lost his brief battle with cancer when he passed away on Saturday evening in Yarrawonga.