Umpire AFL

The AFLW Academy took on the Under 23 All-Stars at Marvel Stadium on Sunday. Congratulations to all umpires selected to officiate this game! 🙌

National Volunteer Award nominations are now open! Nominate an outstanding volunteer at your umpiring club and they could win a Toyota Hilux AND win and/or a 3-day AFL Grand Final experience in Melbourne! All State winners also receive a prize. Nominations close July 10.

Click here to apply: https://www.play.afl/clubhelp/recruitment-and-recognition/afl-national-volunteer-awards/

Congratulations to Michael Barlow who will officiate in his 100th game during the Sydney v St Kilda game at the SCG tonight. Run well Michael 🙌

Over the weekend, Regional Director of Umpiring at , Jock Hillgrove, went down the Fight MND slide at the nest 🙌🏽

AFLW Umpiring Talent Development Day made its way to Tassie on Sunday 🙌🏽

VFL Field umpire, Andrew Talbot will break history this weekend by umpiring the record number of VFA/VFL games.

Talbo will umpire his 236th match this weekend when the Box Hill take on Williamstown.

Congratulations Talbo, massive achievement 🙌🏽

This international Women’s Day, we celebrate the role of women in Australian football and .

We have more than 2000 women involved in umpiring and we thank you for your dedicated to our great game!

Click on the link in our bio to login to your account and complete the module today.

Congratulations to this year’s AFL Grand Final panel!
From debutants to a 10th appearance, each umpire has taken many hours of dedication and professionalism to apply their craft week-in, week-out.
Well done and enjoy what will be a day filled of many memories to add to each of your careers!

💚Umpire Appreciation💚
Well done to this talented young lady! Sienna Walsgott from the AFL Wimmera Mallee Umpires will be the first female appointed to a senior level Grand Final in the region, but before that, she’ll be singing the National Anthem!
Sienna is part of the V/Line Community Umpire Talent Academy in Victoria in the GWV Academy. She is also a very handy triathlete.
Congratulations Sienna! You have a very bright future ahead of you 🤩

💚Milestone Alert💚
A massive shout out to the one and only Matt Stevic. After being appointed to the most ever finals matches, this weekend he will clock up game number 450!
To umpire that many games at the highest level, mixing that in with the amount of finals and Grand Finals appointments shows just how consistent he has been at an elite level for such a long period of his career.
Well done Stev!

💚State League Grand Final Panels💚
The VFL and NAB League Grand Final appointments were announced Tuesday night.
Well done to all the umpires appointed across both games and all 4 states/territories of the VFL competition.
A grand final appointment is the final result of many hours of training and education that happens away from the field over the long season.
Well done and everyone in the umpire family wishes each of you the most enjoyable and memorable day!vflw

💚AFLW Indigenous Round💚
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This week we head into the start of the AFLW Indigenous round and to celebrate, we would like to announce that AFLW history is being made this season with the appointment of Joshua James being the first ever Aboriginal Field Umpires Coach at AFLW level.

Josh is a proud Noongar man and has been heavily involved in umpiring for over 20 years as both an Umpire and Coach and is extremely passionate about umpiring. Josh has also played a key role in umpire recruitment and progression for first nations people for a number of years.

If you're interested in becoming an umpire please visit http://umpire.afl or if any First Nations people want to connect with other First Nations umpires, contact your community or state umpiring coordinator, or email [email protected]

Boorda Warang

AFL Women's AFL AFL Umpires Association

💚AFLW Season 7💚
To mark the start of the first full 18-team AFLW season, we are also recognising the contribution of females in other roles in football! The season opener plays host to Sarah, Talia, Sarah and Isabel from the who don the green every weekend! Head to umpire.afl to find out more and join the other 1,500 female umpires around Australia!

Everyone at Umpire AFL wishes to congratulate all the umpires selected to officiate in Season 7 of the

With a total of 32 Field, 42 Boundary & 29 Goal Umpires, Season 7 now includes representatives from the NT and 25 new debutants!

See the full list & match statistics at the AFLUA website
https://aflua.com.au/umpires/aflw-umpires/
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Are you looking for opportunities outside of umpiring? Riddell Umpires are now taking expressions of interest for a number of roles within their umpire club for 2023. If you'd like to know more, contact David Hilli at [email protected]

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💚Milestone Alert💚
A HUGE congratulations to AFL Umpire, Rob Findlay, who this weekend officiates in game 300! Rob came through the Dandenong Juniors and Southern Umpires Association in AFL South East and now wears field umpire heritage number 415.
You can catch Rob during the Richmond and Hawthorn game on Sunday at the G. We all hope the game is a memorable one!
AFL AFL Umpires Association Richmond FC Hawthorn Football Club

💚Female Umpire Appreciation💚

The VAFA, in conjunction with the VAFAUA, on Sunday were fortunate enough to be able to appoint two panels of female umpires to a William Buck Premier Women's Senior and Reserves match. This was a great opportunity to highlight the outstanding work and commitment of our female umpires. It was also the first time our female umpires got the chance to work together as a team.


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💚💛Congratulations to Australian Marathoner, Liam Adams, on his 4th place at the Comm Games💛💚
Liam also boundary umpired when he was younger at the Essendon District Football League in Victoria, and also had a short stint at the VFL before choosing to focus on Athletics.

Liams Adams appreciation post.

35-years-old. Full-time Electrician. Third Games. Fourth in the Marathon. Epic.

💜V/Line Cup Umpires💜
Last but not least, we have the field umpires who will be attending the carnival. Umpires from all disciplines will be exposed to State League coaches and hopefully put their best foot forward in progressing their umpire journey as State League umpires!

💜V/Line Cup Umpires💜
It’s the Boundary umpires turn today. This upcoming carnival will see a record 31 boundary umpires attend from across Victoria! You know the drill to see the attendees 👀
V/Line AFL Victoria Greater Shepparton City Council NAB League

💜V/Line Cup Umpires💜
Over the next few days, the umpires for the V/Line Cup in Victoria will be announced. We will start with the Goal Umpires today.
Scroll ▶️ to see where they come from!
V/Line AFL Victoria Greater Shepparton City Council

Everyone at Umpire AFL sends their condolences to family and friends of Peter Bird, who passed away during the week. Peter was a community football icon in the region, not just as an umpire!
The region will today wear black armbands and have a minutes silence before matches to honor the contribution Peter had.