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Sometimes it not even worth trying to explain Chris. It is what it is. You can hope for change but its never going to happen. Just got to hope the kids have a thick skin and weather it long enough. Must admit, some saturday afternoons i think it would be better to be home playing with the kids.

Well said mate.

All you guys having a crack are more than welcome to come down to Macpherson Park Wednesday and have a go at umpiring yourself. You won't need much training as you all seem like experts already. Happy to lend a whistle if you need.......

Keston is right, 20 plus time on but it is the definition of time on. RDFL does not play full AFL time on rules. The clock does not stop for ball ups/ out of bounds unless the umpire signals time off ie ball went over the fence. You will find quarters are anywhere from 23-27 minutes in the...

Wow. Bit of an overreaction. I don't think 2 frees difference is one sided. Your captains exact words at 3qtr time was "having 3 is great, you haven't missed a thing". Very surprised to hear your reaction. I'll admit we got one or 2 wrong. Would you like to provide some specific examples of what...

It was a great game. Broadford are the real deal. If they finish 6th, the team that finished 3rd will really wish they had made the top 2. However Skip, not sure where you got your stats from. Just rewatched the 1st half and the free kick count was broadford 10, Riddell 12.

Riddell was in great condition saturday. Barely any mud at all.

I think you will find there hasn't actually been too many reports this season. I have only heard about one or 2. I'm not sure if you are aware but we have lost one of our avenues before reporting. Now that the RDFL is aligned with with the VCFL there are no longer send offs in...

This week marks AFL community umpiring round. Aim of the round is to provide recognition of the role umpires play in local level sport. A number of our umpires will be visiting AFL umpires training tomorrow and we have a few AFL umpires visiting our training wednesday. Also to engage with the...

Must admit it is difficult for us sometimes to work out who our fellow umpire is and who the runners are. I have actually thought i was handing over control to the other umpire only to realise that is was the runner and then i had to bust my arse to catch up to the play. Now it must be pointed...

That 100 includes juniors, boundary and goal umpires. We have about 40 saturday field umpires and the guy you think should retire is clearly still in our best 14 that need to do senior footy each week.

It is out of bounds the second the entire ball crosses the line. Doesn't matter where the ball ends up.

Obviously i have no idea about yesterday's game but you had a 3 time senior grand final umpire who has 3 years VFL experience and an at least 6 time senior grand final umpire yesterday.

Scores are never wiped for a headcount. Goal umpires will note the time and the current score and all information will be put on the match report for the league to decide. Only the captain can request a headcount to the field umpires. If the captain is off, then a nominated vice captain should...

Try doubling that total. It was between 80-90. Simon Clarke would have outscored them on his own. He is going to make a massive difference to the kangaroos. Especially when he gets delivery from the likes of the murphy's and house like he did yesterday.

The Riddell Umpires wish to congratulate former umpire Jordan Andrews who today received an AFL contract to run the boundary in 2015.

down Calm down champ. Not basking in anything, just pointing out who i am and not hiding behind my alias. 2 weeks is a long time in football. Ask Barry Hall what he thought about my game last week. There is a correct channel that can be used by officials. As for having an opinion. Everyone is...

Actually was 2 years ago and they won. That aside, Tim Rath is one of the best umpires we have ever had i like many others would never question his integrity because we know what sort of bloke he is.

Not really a fair statement there OMNI. I have never had any issues at Romsey. I have known Deano for quite a while and he along with the majority of Romsey players are respectful of umpires.

Well we would love to be paid higher dollars (not saying what we are paid isn't enough). Some of the talented umpires that we had in the past might not have left if we were paid more. Maybe suggest it to your club because they are the ones that pay. If they were willing to pay more, and we could...

Would be very interested to hear an example of when "player welfare" was an issue because i must have been at a different game. Yesterday the gluey surface made it difficult to move and change direction and the sun over the clubrooms made it particularly hard. As the game was filmed, i will...

I haven't been called young in a while. Don't feel young tonight.

New topic of conversation, what are people's thoughts on public holiday games, especially with Good Friday and Anzac Day so close together. Can't say i'm a massive fan but if I wasn't working i'd probably put my hand up for a game. Better than watching the Good Friday Appeal.

The coaches try to make an effort to take into account the game and its requirements but at this stage on the season its hard getting enough people on the park. We have had numerous people doubling up so far this season which isn't ideal. Also we have new umpires that the coaches haven't really...

There you go. It's things like this that piss us guys off. How would you like it if I came straight out and said what I'm sick off and who I thought we should get rid of to make the league a better place. That wouldn't be acceptable now would it. I know exactly who and what we are talking about...

We're not going to bring that up again are we....... As I said a few months back, if anyone has umpire related questions they wish to ask, feel free, more than happy to answer what I can about rules, our group etc. Not really up for umpire bashing sessions though. As ChrisThaLedg said, we are...

Always know the right thing to say don't you Leighroy.

I'm happy with the $$$ i get but something isn't working. Really struggling for numbers. We really need more saturday field umpires.