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Centre bounce an AFL tradition the game can do without

Tradition is an important part of football. There's perhaps no better example than the annual angst over the possibility of shifting the AFL grand final from its customary 2.30pm start to a twilight or night ti...

Powering on to the AFL list

Congratulations to our new Rookie in Western Australia – Justin Power. Having umpired his first WAFL Grand Final in 2016 alongside two fellow GF debutants and close mates Nathan Williamson and Mark Worabec, ...

Rookie Kayne Nund returns to the list

2017 sees the return of Kayne Nund to the Rookie Squad in Queensland after serving as a Rookie before in 2014.   Kayne commenced a player to umpire pathway program in 2013 and has umpired three years in...

AFLUA Life Member – John Martin passes away

AFLUA life member, John Martin passed away peacefully on Tuesday February 14.  He was aged 92. John commenced his umpiring career in the VFL reserve grade competition in 1949 where he stayed until promo...

Eleni breaks the glass ceiling and makes history

With all the fan fare of the new AFLW league entering its third week of competition and new AFL fans craving news of their latest stars one of the most significant appointments in VFL/AFL history has virtually ...

Andrew Heffernan – newly listed rookie

Andrew Heffernan is one of the new Rookie squad umpires for season 2017.   Based in Victoria, Andrew joined the VFL Development Squad in 2013, after starting as a boundary umpire as a 12-year-old, then ...