Congratulations to all of our milestone achievers this week.  Chelsea Roffey 200 games, Shane Thiele 150 games and Ben Ryan 100 games, have all made unique contributions to the game and made many sacrifices to ...

AFL umpires will join St Kilda and the Sydney Swans in the inaugural Pride Game at Etihad Stadium on Saturday 13 August to celebrate diversity and tackle homophobia in sport.  AFL goal umpires will wave rainbow...

The AFLUA is currently conducting further visits to interstate locations, as part of the association's communication and engagement strategy. The aim of the visits is to have a presence in those cities where...

Chris Esler is a man on a mission.  He comes across as an affable relaxed guy who just wants to knock about with his mates.  Under that calm composed exterior is a man with a passion for performance.  Coming of...

Field umpire Nick Foot took his appreciation of football to a new level on the weekend.  Nick was programmed to sit on two benches as the emergency field umpire in the Friday night clash at Geelong and the Satu...

"When I retired at the end of 2011, I was content that I had achieved all that I had ever wanted from umpiring.  I was at peace with myself and had no regrets," reflected Shaun Ryan when we spoke to him today a...

Boundary umpire, Chris Esler umpired his 100th AFL game on Friday night in the North Melbourne v Collingwood clash at Etihad Stadium. After looking at the appointments in some detail I smiled when I saw the oth...

Sixteen years on from his first game in 2001, Scott "Rove" Jeffery umpired his 300th AFL match becoming the 40th umpire (20th field umpire) to achieve that milestone.  Scott has been a model of consistency duri...