The AFL's AFL Review Centre (ARC), crucial in the league's commitment to fair play, has faced intense scrutiny in recent years. The pressing question…
The AFL's AFL Review Centre (ARC), crucial in the league's commitment to fair play, has faced intense scrutiny in recent years. The pressing question…
Go with the whistle! Perhaps the greatest lesson in Australian sport has long been that one must accept the umpire’s decision. We are taught…
AFL news, in the lead-up to Round 22.
I am so sick of watching deplorably umpired games. The footballing fraternity has always qualified umpiring as such a hard job, that a few…
AFL news, as it happens.
The siren sounds to end the fourth quarter at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night. The Eagles' players raise their arms in celebration, but the…
St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has expressed his frustration at a lack of holding-the-ball free kicks, cheekily suggesting the Saints might as well give…
A young boy stands in any other year than this one. He’s barely nine, and he’s cold. It’s a crisp Sunday morning, and the…
While watching the St Kilda versus Port game on Saturday, I wondered what exactly has happened to footy. There was no flow, no rhythm…
Geez, umpire dissent is just about the stupidest penalty that the AFL has ever brought in. Just about. There have been so many kneejerk…
Geez, umpire dissent is just about the stupidest penalty that the AFL has ever brought in. Just about. There have been so many kneejerk…
Geez, umpire dissent is just about the stupidest penalty that the AFL has ever brought in. Just about. There have been so many kneejerk…
AFL is one of the hardest sports in the world to umpire. Not many other sports in the world require their umpires to cover…
AFL is one of the hardest sports in the world to umpire. Not many other sports in the world require their umpires to cover…
AFL is one of the hardest sports in the world to umpire. Not many other sports in the world require their umpires to cover…
AFL umpires will take a minimum 50 per cent pay cut during the shutdown period under a new agreement struck with league headquarters. The…
The AFL could look at recruiting senior club figures as part of a push to shift public perception around umpiring. While AFL football operations…
The current umpire contact confusion consuming the AFL is the biggest non-story of this season. Prior to the two suspensions handed out to Tom…
Free kicks would help disperse congestion. It's that simple. Instead of scoffing, think this through to its logical conclusion: a player picks up the…
Here we are, approaching the halfway point of the season: brace yourself for the declarations that thanks to the AFL's rule changes football this…
It's a job that when done to perfection goes completely unnoticed, but when sub-par, in even the thinnest of slivers, is the reason for…
When it comes to the laws of the game, footy fans don't ask for much. So long as umpires are consistent, fans aren't too…
Over the last month of football, the Western Bulldogs (AKA everyone's second team), have boasted a 105 to 52 free-kick differential. This is an…
Former Hawthorn head coach Peter Schwab has been dumped as head of the AFL umpiring department after less than a year in the position.…
Former Hawthorn head coach Peter Schwab has been dumped as head of the AFL umpiring department after less than a year in the position.…
Former Hawthorn head coach Peter Schwab has been dumped as head of the AFL umpiring department after less than a year in the position.…
The AFL's AFL Review Centre (ARC), crucial in the league's commitment to fair play, has faced intense scrutiny in recent years. The pressing question…