Image: Pat Daniher (centre, left) at Northern Riverina FNL awards night and Gordon Browne (right) The Northern Riverina Football and Netball League has this year launched the Gordon Browne award for Umpire of the Year. Pat Daniher won the inaugural…
AFL NSW/ACT has received two grants from the NSW Government to foster women and girls’ involvement in footy. The grants – each worth $25,000 – came from the Her Sport Her Way program, which aims to assist eligible NSW state…
From 6-13 May, we will celebrate Community Umpiring Week with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian football at the community level. Throughout the week the AFL will be celebrating Community Umpiring Week across the country…
By Michael Whiting, AFL.com.au The decision by the AFL Appeals Board to increase Toby Greene’s suspension for intentional contact with an umpire sends a strong message regarding the importance of protecting umpires at all levels of the game. The…
Michael Barlow began his umpire journey as a 12-year-old kid in Canberra as a way to make some pocket money. Chasing a fatter wallet in his early high school years eventually gave way to chasing dreams of making it as…
Seventeen-year-old umpire, Cypress Hart, is the product of many different environments. He spent his early years regional Western Australia, moved to Rosebery in inner Sydney and is now based in Koolewong on the Central Coast (Darkinjung country). One thing that…
Josh Hollands came to umpiring as so many do: “I needed a part time job and thought getting to run around and umpire games of footy would be perfect,” he said. Then 15 years old, Hollands never expected umpiring to…
