Matthew Tomkins – 200 AFL Games Matt started his career with the Essendon District Football League in 2005 when a mate who ran athletics with him suggested he give it a try.  He completed two years at ...

Congratulations to Peter Challen who umpired his 100th AFL game at the Port Adelaide v St Kilda game at Adelaide Oval on Saturday 25th July 2020. Peter started his umpiring career in 1999 at secondary schoo...

Damien’s umpiring career started when he joined the Eastern Football League in 2008 and finished in 2012 with the Division One grand final, before being promoted to the VFL in 2013. He umpired 59 VFL, 9 AFL De...

Nathan started umpiring in 2002 and following two WAFL grand finals in 2003 and 2004, he was promoted to the AFL panel in 2005. His first AFL game was in Round 4 when he took to the field for the West Coast v ...

The AFLUA community was saddened to learn of the passing of AFLUA life member Frank Knight after a brief illness.  Frank has a strong history as an umpire and has always been an “association man.” F...

Having started his umpiring career with Riddell Umpires back in 2007, Jordan Andrews has come a long way when he walked onto the Sydney Showgrounds to officiate his 100th AFL game – GWS Giants v Brisbane on Sa...

The 3 P’s could best describe Sam Hunters’ appointment to umpire his first AFL match – Fremantle v West Coach on Sunday 19 July 2020 - Perseverance, Patience and Professionalism. Sam became a rookie AFL ump...

Well known to the airline industry Dean Margetts recently notched up his 350th AFL game when he umpired the Gold Coast v Fremantle game at Carrara on Saturday 27th June 2020. Dean commenced his career like ...