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 wit...

“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 – Adelai...

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 wa...

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 ...

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 inclu...

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.  F...

Our next “Where are they now?” Donald Casey may not have set the world on fire blowing the whistle at VFL level, but he certainly had a very good record in country football.  Donald was born on the...

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