Round 20 shorts – weekend of milestones
Congratulations of course to Shane McInerney for an amazing 500 games of AFL football. However, there were two other milestones of sorts that were shadowed with the focus on Shane. Mat Nicholls officiated in h...
Five hundred reasons to continue the celebration
The celebrations continue for our games record breaker Shane McInerney. Four AFL coaches arrived at training last Thursday night to recognise the enormity of Shane’s achievement. They arrived only to find eve...
Where are they now? Ray James ‘Splinter’ Prosser – Heritage Number: 347
Our next ‘Where are they now?” is boundary umpire Ray James ‘Splinter’ Prosser, Heritage number 347 who ran the boundary for 150 games in the two-boundary umpire system from 1977 to 1986.
Nicknamed ‘Splint...
Round 19 Shorts – Dillon Tee’d up a gem
Dillon and Eleni are not two people who want to be in the spotlight, but when Dillon took the opportunity to propose to Eleni on Saturday after their first AFL game together, the media were all over it. Not ...
Round 18 Shorts: Daniel Wilson keeps on keeping on
Sixteen years in elite sport, maintaining a very high level of performance, balancing work and life are all the battles that Dan faces each week and indeed each year to keep his spot on the goal umpiring panel....