The AFL will trial four field umpires in the pre-season competition, with the extra umpire possible in future premiership seasons. Please click here to view the full article from The Age newspaper....

Graeme Lindsay uttered these words when he umpired his last game on the VFL panel in 1972, "It was a very sad moment, a realisation that many great times as an active central umpire were at an end.  A true mile...

Jack began umpiring with the Northern Football League in 2004 and not long after realised his potential and set himself a long term goal to umpire in the AFL, 11 years later Jack is thriving under the pressure ...

Newly listed AFL goal umpire, Brodie Kenny-Bell has a passion for footy and loves a challenge. When we caught up with him for a chat about his footy he was already at training an hour and a half early, "work wa...

My experience so far down at AFL has been truly amazing. Training has been a massive step up from previous years, but a challenge I’ve enjoyed working through. Everyone is so welcoming, encouraging and suppo...

The AFL Boundary Umpires year officially kicked off across the country in mid-January. As has been the case for a number of years, the 5km Time Trial formed part of the first week for the panel. With that now c...

When five time grand final umpire, Shaun Ryan retired at the end of 2011 it bewildered many of his colleagues and caught the AFL by surprise.  Shaun was just not enjoying his football anymore.  Despite his succ...

Newly listed field umpire, Nick Brown is not far away from achieving his goal, “to umpire at least one AFL game.” As a fresh faced 14 year old Nick began boundary umpiring with the VAFA. He then switched to fie...