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Cameron Manthey Recognised as Queensland’s Best

The AFL Umpires Association would like to congratulate Cameron Manthey on being awarded the 2023 AFL Queensland Umpire of the Year last Sunday. He now joins four-time winner Andrew Stephens and two-time winner ...

Chris Gordon – another milestone reached

Congratulations to boundary umpire Chris Gordon, who will mark his 350th career AFL match this weekend when he takes to the field for the 2023 AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and Brisbane Lions at the MCG. ...

2023 AFL GRAND FINAL UMPIRES – UPDATE

Congratulations to the umpires selected to the 2023 AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and Brisbane at the MCG on Saturday. The following is the full list of umpires for Saturday’s title showdown. The numbe...

2023 AFL PRELIMINARY FINALS UMPIRE APPOINTMENTS

Congratulations to the 24 umpires who have been selected as part of the officials’ panel for the 2023 AFL Preliminary Finals, which will be played across Friday and Saturday (22-23 September 2023). The first...

‘Where Are They Now?’ – GRAEME KEITH WILLIAMS

Well, here we go! If my next ‘Where are they Now?’ profile is not an umpiring man, then I have not seen one. Graeme Keith Williams has done it all. Starting as a Field Umpire; 6 Senior VFL games; 10 VCFL Gra...

AFL SEASON 2023 FINALS UMPIRING PANEL UPDATE

Congratulations to the panel of 40 umpires who have been selected to officiate in the 2023 AFL Finals Series. The panel includes 16 field and boundary umpires each, and eight goal umpires. This season’s cont...

JOSHUA JAMES’ RISE FROM LOCAL FOOTY UMP TO HISTORY MAKER

When umpire Joshua James officiated in the Carlton v Gold Coast match in AFLW Season 2023 Round 1, he became the first Aboriginal person to do so in an AFLW match. Read more about Joshua’s umpiring journey a...

2023 AFL ALL-AUSTRALIAN UMPIRES

The AFLUA would like to congratulate field umpire Robert Findlay, boundary umpire Matthew Konetschka and goal umpire Adam Wojcik, who were selected as the 2023 All-Australian Umpires at the recent AFL Awards fu...