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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.

There are some phrases that have a lovely ring to them and this is certainly one of them.  Luke has had to work harder than most and in the past few years has been rewarded for his persistence and dedication for his on-field performances with back to back to back finals.

Matt Laycock has gone about his business as a goal umpire in Western Australia for the past five seasons with little or no fanfare and has thirty-six games of AFL to his credit.  “I had second year blues and struggled with some errors that made it tough going,” reflected Matt when we caught up for coffee earlier this week.  

AFLUA life member and former goal umpire, Troy Mavroudis was finally and officially retired from the association.  Troy retired from AFL umpiring in September 2013 and rather than hanging around the Gold Coast, he packed his flags, his family and their belongings and headed to Wagga in NSW to take up an umpire development role with NSW/ACT AFL.

DECORATED VFL-AFL umpire Ross Castle will be recognised with some game’s greats at Murrumbidgee Turf Club on Friday night.