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Six New Umps Join AFL Ranks

by | November 13, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

Six umpires have been promoted to the AFL senior list for 2026, including just the second-ever woman field umpire. Field umpires Jordyn...
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Where are they now? – Ian Clayton

by | October 30, 2025 | Member News | 0 Comments

To follow your infamous father in an umpiring career would be hard as my next ‘Where are they now’ Ian William ‘Clayts’ Clayton knows all too...
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AFL Scraps Bounce In 2026

by | October 2, 2025 | Blog, News | 0 Comments

The AFL has announced that the centre bounce will be removed from the game in the 2026 season. An official AFL media release cited the...
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Vale Wally Hopkins

by | September 25, 2025 | Member News | 0 Comments

The association lost its oldest living life member (aged 101) with the passing of Wal Hopkins on 19 September 2025. Wal was the sixth known...
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2025 AFL Grand Final Umpiring Panel

by | September 25, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

The AFL has released the umpiring panel for the 2025 Grand Final between Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions. Field umpires Andrew Stephens,...
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