Umpire Shorts

Photo courtesy of: Grant Case Here we are with the blink of an eye on the brink of another season ending finale to match all finales.  When did a season go down to the wire like this one? Snow fell on Canberr...

I might sound like a broken record at times, but the football world should stop momentarily and salute an umpiring champion who equaled a record this week and should break the record in round 16.  Hayden Kenned...

Another senior field umpire has succumbed to injury.  Serious questions now need to be asked about the four into three field umpire trial over the bye rounds and the potential future of the system.  The system ...

Congratulations to field umpire, Ray Chamberlain, who umpired his 300th game last Friday night at Marvel Stadium when Essendon took on Hawthorn.  Ray’s transition onto the AFL list was a little out of the ordin...

You could be excused for thinking that at the start of the bye rounds, with only 6 games on, that footy might just slip from front of mind as some teams take a well earned rest.  Waking up on Tuesday morning th...

WA based field umpire, Jeff Dalgleish umpired his 200th AFL match on Sunday, just under a week after the birth of his second child.  No amount of distraction would keep Jeff from taking the field in the WCE v W...

Boundary umpire Michael Marantelli was the 142nd umpire, but only the 49th boundary umpire to officiate in 200 AFL games.  Michael achieved this feat in the Richmond v Hawthorn match at the MCG. In reaching thi...