His cheeky smile will disarm you, his layback nature and easy conversation draws you to him instantly.  Walk across the white line onto an AFL ground and it's gloves off, concentration on and a relentless pursu...

For the second year in a row umpires donned the blue beanies in a show of support for Neale Daniher and his Freeze MND day at the MCG.  This year the goal umpires wore the beanies as part of their match day uni...

WHEN Celia Nash is asked to remove her Hawthorn scarf and jacket, she does so reluctantly. A one-eyed supporter who knows every player by heart, the 16-year-old bleeds brown and gold. Her Hawthorn gear is a...

We have to spare a thought for the players and umpires in Saturday's clash on the Gold Coast.  Strong storms lashed the whole eastern seaboard of Australia and dumped 278mm of rain on the Gold Coast mostly duri...

Leo Sutton is 88 years young.  He still weighs 63 kg - his running weight and is just as busy now as he was in his heyday as a boundary umpire on the VFL panel between 1950 and 1960. When former Prime Minist...

To say Sally Boud's life has changed in the last six months would be a massive understatement. Sally was promoted to the AFL goal umpiring list and started a new career teaching students in years 11 and 12. ...

A well-known quote ‘You get what you work for, not what you wish for’ is a great way to introduce newly promoted AFL boundary umpire Ryan Kukura who was awarded Heritage Number 567 when he umpired his first AFL...

Family tradition often dictates what walk of life a youngster follows.  So spare a thought for Josh Mather because umpiring was in his blood before he could walk.  He had no options but to follow in his grand f...