Umpire Shorts

Some fifty young Down Syndrome participants and their siblings got the thrill of a lifetime when they got to have a “kick on the G” prior to the Melbourne v GWS match on Sunday.  The AFL, MCC and Apricot Consul...

Field umpires, Justin Schmitt and Troy Pannell stood in front of their Melbourne colleagues before training on Thursday night and announced their retirements from AFL Football at the end of the season. Scott Je...

Matt Stevic - 350 AFL games, Shaun Ryan - 300 AFL games, Tristan Symes - 150 AFL games and Chelsea Roffey floored by Oscar McDonald in the Melbourne v Sydney clash. It doesn’t get bigger than this. Shaun Ryan ...

There is no doubt that Ballarat would’ve made some type of football history on Sunday. Played in arctic temperatures with hail, wind and rain the weather bureau said the temperature felt like minus 5 degrees.  ...

Some of our best umpires seem to have been cursed this season and no matter how hard they work, recover and rest they just can’t seem to get a break! Scott Jeffery comes on in round 16 to replace the injured N...

State Umpire Manager in SA, Shane Harris has been a fantastic supporter of our FM MDE program since its inception.  This weekend he took it a step further with the help of Maureen Lawlor from Down Syndrome SA w...

Scott Jeffery and Mitch Le Fevre were honoured in a roll call of Tasmanian football champions on Saturday night in Hobart’s, Wrest Point Casino. Scott Jeffery was elevated to Legend status (a first for a Tasma...

The jury is still out after 6 games of the 2018 version of the four umpire trial.  Free kicks were up slightly and commentators who were previously forwards in the game certainly relished the additional protect...