Week 2 - Eastern Football League

1 Andrew Wheeler
2 Jordan Buckingham
3 Matt Donat
4 Andrew Buldt
5 Alasdair Gall
6 Luke McIlroy
7 Cameron Fruzynski
8 Ben Lingard
9 Steve Docherty
10 Jason Hermann
11 Jarrod Reid
12 Warren Hillier
13 Hayden Lowe
14 Dan Beard
15 Emily Cornelius
16 Bernie Mills
18 Gerard Moore
THe WHISTleBlOWerS
By Michael Vozzo – EFL Head of Umpiring
DeLiBerate rusheD BehinDs
Deliberate rushed behind adjudication has confused
many players, supporters, officials and maybe even
sometimes umpires over the past two to three years.
But just to clarify to all, our interpretation of the rule is
somewhat more lenient than at AFL level.
The EFL wants to only penalise the blatant ‘in play’
rushed behinds when a player has had significant
opportunity to keep the ball in play and is not under
any imminent pressure.
A deliberate rushed behind will be awarded when:
– a defender, at a kick out, kicks the ball back over
the scoring line
– a defender, at a kick out, has kicked the ball to
himself, played on and disposed of the ball over
the scoring line
– a defender has been awarded a mark and/or free
kick, played on and disposed of the ball over the
scoring line
– a defender has knocked the ball over the scoring
line on the full from a boundary throw-in or field
ball-up
In assessing whether a free kick shall be
awarded, the umpire shall give the benefit of the
doubt to the defender.
UMPIre NUMBerS 2011
19 Steve Marsden
20 Lester Kerber
21 Jason Moore
23 Wayne Duke
24 Nicholas Browne
25 Magnus Vaisnys
26 Michael Rosel
27 Mark Corrie
28 Jacob Carroll
29 Paul Ewart
30 Jade Pawley
31 David Scollary
32 Jeff Mollison
33 Gerard Bolton
37 Jamie Beattie
38 Daniel Wild
40 Maurice De Vincentis
umpires reQuireD
With Round 1 beginning in Division One this weekend
and with numerous field umpires injured and/or
unavailable, we have had to unfortunately double up
many umpires.
One umpire to double up for us this weekend is the
newest AFL/VFL player to umpire “project”, Brent
Wallace (son of Hawthorn legend Terry). Brent has
shown in his first few matches, including last weekend’s
Mitcham v Ringwood Under 19’s game, he has a great
feel for the game and a genuine ability to adjudicate the
game at a high and consistent level.
Considering some clubs have excess playing numbers
and some players missing out on games weekly, we
believe it would be a great opportunity for them to stay
‘in touch’ with the game by field umpiring matches on
Saturday mornings and even Sunday’s in the juniors.
Whilst umpiring their own clubs wouldn’t be feasible,
we could appoint these players/umpires at the ground
nearest to their club to ensure they could make it back
in time to watch their team in action.
We would appoint an experienced umpire as a mentor
with a player and there is no doubt this would be a great
way for the players to maintain a high levels of fitness
whilst not being picked to play.
Any player and/or club who are interested in taking us
up on the offer need to contact mvozzo@efl.org.au or
contact the office on 9762 5766.
42 Jack Murfett
44 Tim Phillips
45 Matthew Brereton
47 Ray Phillips
48 Adrian Owen
49 Arthur McCarthy
50 Anthony Grace
51 Sean Clarke
52 Chris Piastrino
54 Andrew Gillies
55 Justin McDonald
57 Paul Jones
58 Paul Manolitsas
59 Craig Johnson
60 Adam Jaffrey
39 THE EASTERN FOOTBALLER 2012