SIX PROMISING female field umpires have been picked for a national academy established to fast-track their development. The AFL’s National Female Umpiring Academy will serve as a pathway for young ...

GRAND Final umpire Matthew Nicholls says the next frontier for the game is to have female field umpires officiating at AFL level. On Tuesday, the AFL announced that South Australian Eleni Glouftsis ...

Eleni Glouftsis will become the first female field umpire in football history after being named to officiate in Sunday's clash between Essendon and West Coast. The AFL confirmed on Monday that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

"If (umpires) can't bounce well – male or female – we don't want to exclude them if they ... it takes a fair toll on the body." Kennedy said the AFL Umpires Association would "work towards" putting ...

THE AFL won't introduce a fourth field umpire as a permanent fixture during season 2016, despite several successful trials last year. Further experimentation is set to be undertaken this season, with ...

with strength and conditioning manager Rob Jackson leaving to take charge of the AFL umpires' fitness program. Jackson, who was the second in charge to elite performance manager Dave Misson at the ...