NEW AFL goal umpire Rose O'Dea admits she's a mixture of nerves and excitement ahead of her debut match on Sunday. O'Dea will become the third female ever – after fellow goal umpires Katrina Pressley ...

THE AFL Umpires department has added another female goal umpire to its ranks, with West Australian Sally Boud the latest addition. The 25-year-old has been rewarded for nine years of consistent form ...

The AFL would like a female field umpire to ... we’ve had senior games of football officiated by all female umpires – field, goal and boundary. “When you see that happening in the last ...

"There were no female AFL umpires to look up to [when I started ... no all-in celebration for a first goal, and no "Gatorade shower" after the match. "It's just a matter of catching up with ...

Four years after Chelsea Roffey was a goal umpire at the AFL grand final, Eleni Glouftsis will become the league's first female field umpire. Eleni Glouftsis is the latest trailblazer for women in ...

the appointment of Chelsea Roffey as a goal umpire ensures this grand final will become part of history. Roffey, the first female to officiate at AFL level, swapped musical notes for the theatrics ...

The AFL has previously had three female goal umpires, with Chelsea Roffey umpiring during the 2012 grand final between Sydney and Hawthorn.

“We look forward to an invitation from the AFL to collaborate ... Other complaints include female umpires being forced to share change rooms with naked goal umpires described as “grandpas ...

A female AFL goal umpire has been praised for her remarkable toughness after being flattened in a brutal collision at the MCG on Sunday. Chelsea Roffey found herself in the wrong place at the ...