My Observations of a night at Training

AFL umpires have the hardest jobs in the game.  They have to interpret many rules that exist in our game.  The group trains at Princess Park twice a week and many do this after a day at work.    They turn up...

Steve Axon – Life Member

It's hard to believe that baby faced goal umpire, Steve Axon has been around for 10 years.  He umpired four SANFL grand finals (2001-2004) before he could emerge and make the AFL panel and it was touch and go a...

Mark Hill awarded Life Membership

Boundary umpire, Mark Hill comes from good umpiring stock in South Australia.  His father, Graeme was the fitness coach of the SA field umpires for a few years in the late 90's. Graeme umpired before that at SA...

Experience comes to the fore

Standing in the middle of oval number 2 at the now disused AAMI stadium in Adelaide one thing becomes very apparent, the AFL listed umpires in this state lead by example. Axon, Norton and Wilson ran the goal...

The comeback kid

A familiar face was among the four umpires to take charge of the Geelong v Adelaide game last Thursday. After three years in retirement, Shaun Ryan was one of the men in green and the umpiring hierarchy at A...

AFLUA supports AFL Pride Match

This week’s AFL Pride Match acknowledges the importance of embracing and providing a safe and inclusive environment for gay and lesbian men and women in our game. This is an important milestone. It acknowl...

Queensland – a full list to choose from

Footy has turned a full circle in Queensland over the past few years with a strong full list to choose from in the early 2000's, to a list that struggled to find the depth required at the elite level over recen...

Hayley is leaving our organisation

Just over seven years ago, a young Sportsready trainee walked through the doors of the AFLUA eager to make her mark on the world.  Now, in 2015 a talented young woman is leaving to pursue her business career. ...