UMPIRE BIO

Josh Furman

AFLUA Heritage number: 579
AFL Matches at the end of 2025: 134
AFLW Heritage Number: 30
AFLW Matches at the end of 2025: 7
1st AFL Match: Rd 1, 2019, Melbourne v Port Adelaide
100th AFL Match: Rd 20, 2023, Geelong v Fremantle (Kardinia Park)
150th AFL Match: Rd 15, 2026, Richmond v North Melbourne (MCG)
Commenced umpiring career with: Southern Umpires Association, 2010

Honours in umpiring:
VFL Grand Final – 2018
AFLW Grand Final – 2018
Bill Sutton Medallion – 2020

Bio

Boundary umpire Josh Furman joins the Executive Committee in 2024. Josh umpired his first AFL match in Round 1, 2019, and in 2023 umpired his 100th AFL Match. He umpired the 2018 AFLW Grand Final and received the Bill Sutton Medallion for Most Promising Boundary Umpire in 2020.

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