Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Living in Hubs and being away from home has been an experience for a number of umpires this year and Patrick Jackson is no different admitting “It is what it is!” Patrick who has spent almost 3 months away with time in Sydney, the Gold Coast and Cairns recently...
Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
“This has been a crazy year” is a good way to sum up anyone’s association with AFL football (and life in general) this year but spare a thought for Leigh Fisher who recently umpired his 150th AFL game – Adelaide v GWS on Tuesday 8th September at Adelaide Oval. In...
Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Luke’s umpiring experience began in mid 2005 when he decided to jump ship from playing across to umpiring. It happened by chance that the local amateur goal umpires were training at the same ground that he was playing local footy, so it was an easy transition...
Sep 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Never in his wildest dreams did Steve Piperno think he would be officiating his 100th game in the hot humid heat of the Northern Territory in late August, and then finishing the night with a cold beer to cool off at his hotel in Darwin. But there is very little about...
Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the most experienced and celebrated field umpire Shaun Ryan has announced his retirement following the 2020 AFL finals series. Shaun began his career in 2003 and has since umpired 346 AFL games including 38 finals and 8 AFL grand finals. He has been the...
Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The AFL ‘Player to Umpire Pathway’ was developed to establish a process for ex-players to move into umpiring. At present, there are three umpires who undertook this pathway program on the AFL panel. For the first time, Leigh Fisher, Brent Wallace and Andre...
