Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Rowan Sawers lifelong commitment to umpiring Australian football was recognised in the 2022 Australia Day honours with the award of a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). That commitment began as a teenager in the Southern Umpires and progressed through the VFL...
Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Matt Stevic who was named AFL All-Australian Field Umpire for season 2021. Matt has shown amazing consistency having now won the award on 8 occasions – 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021. On behalf of AFLUA members and...
Dec 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is with great sadness that in the early hours of Saturday 11th of December WANFLUA Life Member and Hall of Fame umpire Mike Ball passed away. For more than two decades Mike was a leading umpire in the WAFL, VFL and AFL. He was at the forefront during...
Dec 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Following Alistair Meldrum’s retirement, Tom Sullivan has been promoted to the AFL goal umpires’ list in Queensland for season 2022. A lover of Aussie Rules, Tom played footy as a serviceable midfielder at the age of 10 in the juniors, but quickly realised that...
Nov 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
After six years at the elite level of AFL football, Alistair “Molly” Meldrum has announced his retirement from umpiring AFL football. Alistair joined the AFL list in 2016 and was fortunate to have two experienced colleagues on the list – Tristan Symes and Shaun Apted...
Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chris Appleton has announced his resignation from the AFL Goal Umpires’ Coach role and will finish up on Friday. Chris admitted it was a tough decision and goal umpiring has been part of his life every winter since he was 15 years old. “I’ve been lucky enough...
