The AFL Umpire Mentor Program is an initiative of AFL Development aimed at improving the recruitment, retention and development of beginning or learning umpires in under-age, school, local or ...

THE UMPIRES will don a specially designed indigenous shirt for the upcoming Sir Doug Nicholls round ... Worowa Aboriginal College has a close affinity with umpiring, with AFL Victoria running an ...

The AFL has suspended umpire Leigh Haussen after he dressed up as Osama bin Laden at an end of season event. The umpire, who made his debut in the AFL in 2017, dressed in the costume at a private ...

The AFL will continue to experiment with a fourth field umpire in Season 2016 following successful trials last year, with a view to introducing a permenant change in 2017. After canvassing all 18 ...

Caroline Wilson has revealed that AFL umpires feel they are being used as "decoys", after a handful of officials have been concussed due to player contact during games. Multiple umpires have been ...

But the rage around rule interpretation has reached such crescendo that a large proportion of clubs have already sought clarification from the AFL and umpire’s department. On Sunday night ...

“We’ll just leave that to the umpires though. If it gets a bit tougher and they’re hotter on it, we’ll try and adjust as quickly as we can.” On Tuesday afternoon, the AFL released a ...

An AFL umpire has been banned for one match for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden at an end-of-season function. Umpire Leigh Haussen will not be allocated a match in round one next season after ...

One of the AFL's most experienced umpires will take charge in Thursday night's Qualifying Final between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval. The League's second-most capped umpire ...

ORMER midfielder David Rodan is aiming to be an AFL-listed goal umpire by 2017 as he embarks on a new career this year. The ex-Port Adelaide, Richmond and Melbourne player will start as a VFL goal ...

A lifetime ban against a Carlton fan who had been accused of throwing a water bottle and injuring an AFL umpire will likely remain in place, despite all criminal charges being dropped. Alexander ...