Week two of the finals always throws up some interesting ins and outs.  Grand final umpires in the past two years, Simon Meredith and Mathew Nicholls find themselves sitting on the benches this week as emergenc...

Leslie Edward Johnson, otherwise known as Edward or Ted depending which table you are looking at in the 2014 AFLUA year book announced his retirement from active duty last night in front of the AFL umpiring fam...

The AFL umpiring department has selected six first time finals umpires to take to the field over this weekend. Goal umpire, Brodie Kenny-Bell has created a 20 year record for a goal umpire by being selected ...

AFLUA Life member Allan Cook represented Australia in the masters 800 metre race at the IAAF world athletics championships being held in Beijing. Allan recorded a time of 2.05.59 to finish seventh in the fin...

Boundary umpire John Morris has stood the test of time.  A Benjamin Button type - the older he gets the younger he looks and more importantly on the football field, the better he performs. The Melbourne base...

Chris Appleton only looks forward and focuses on what he can control.  His hiatus in 2010 has been put to bed a long time ago.  "I use my experiences during that time as a spur.  I am not bitter at all, I have ...

In this stats driven environment of AFL football we can be forgiven for looking at James' career of 12 years (2003-2014), 136 games and assume his presence was a solid one and move onto the next stat. Howeve...