Round 22 – Shorts
Shane McInerney heralded in his 400th game on Saturday with a panel of significant experience. Between the nine officiating umpires there was a total of 1873 games of AFL football including 131 finals and 19 g...
Round 21 – Shorts
The comebacks continued from VFL to AFL this week. Simon Meredith and Chris Kamolins were back from long term injury and illness. Both of these experienced umpires bolstered the ranks and brought a level of e...
Round 20 – Shorts
AFL goal umpire David Dixon has equalled Colin Hood's record of 311 games this weekend when he officiated in the St.Kilda v Western Bulldogs match at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. This puts David and Colin equal f...
Round 19 – Shorts
Twenty five weeks into a tough season that will go to the wire for teams fighting for a top 8 finish and our field umpires are dropping like flies. Heath Ryan has finally succumbed to a season ending Achilles ...
Round 18 – Shorts
Jason Venkataya represented umpiring with distinction at the AFL opening of the Multi-cultural round. Jason was part of a panel interviewed by Jason Mifsud, AFL head of diversity. He outlined his families jou...
Round 17 – shorts
It was a case of "old home week" for a number of the AFL umpires last weekend when our Tassie boys went back to Blundstone Arena and a welcome home. Scott Jeffery hadn't been back since 1998 when he travelled ...
Round 16 – shorts
While two of our senior umpires made solid comebacks on the weekend in the VFL, that was soured by a serious calf injury to our new Friday night specialist, Chris Kamolins. Chris was replaced at three-quarter ...
Round 15 – shorts
Justin Schmitt qualified for AFL life membership when he umpired the Hawthorn v. Collingwood match in round 14. Justin has umpired 271 home and away games plus practice matches and overseas exhibition matches ...