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A sliding doors moment and 50 AFL games

Field umpire Nick Foot was very happy as a youngster playing footy with his mates at North Hobart while his father coached opposition team Glenorchy. Nick was 14 years old, he played with mates on Saturday and ...

Round 10 shorts – Umps support the big freeze at the G

It was great to see all of the umpires walking onto the MCG yesterday in beanies supporting the big freeze event.  Chris Kamolins officiated at the toss still wearing his in support of this magnificent fund rai...

Book Launch – Anthenians and Red Invincibles

Former VFL umpire Murray Bird has produced a book called "Athenians and Red Invincibles" it tells the story of the beginnings of football in the north of Australia in 1866. If you are interested in attending...

Rob’s 250 game milestone in dreamtime at the “G”

Boundary umpire Rob Haala ran under the spotlight at the MCG on Saturday night with the footy focusing on the centre piece of the indigenous round, Dreamtime at the G and the great 400 game milestone of Dustin ...

Round 9 shorts

Highly experienced boundary umpire Rob Haala umpired his 250th AFL game in a significant encounter at the MCG on Saturday night, dreamtime at the G.  Rob moves into 15th place in total number of VFL/AFL games u...

Hosko hits 50

"I never expected to make the AFL panel on my first attempt after umpiring the 2011 VFL grand final.  I had only umpired 38 senior VFL games and it was my first final series, but you would never turn down the o...

Reflections on the day with Isabel Fitzgerald

As Hawthorn premiership defender Grant Birchall and Melbourne captain Nathan Jones shake hands before the pre-game coin toss, participating in awe is 19-year-old Isabel Fitzgerald. From her vantage point in the...

A familiar face at AFL training

Every Tuesday and Thursday night, there’s always a familiar face at AFL Umpires training down here in Melbourne. Head trainer Phil Watson is the man who makes sure each and every umpire is looked after when ...