Four AFL Canberra Umpires selected to feature in 2020 NAB AFLW Season
The NEAFL and the AFL Umpiring Department have announced their lists for the 2020 AFLW and NEAFL competitions featuring four Canberra Umpires. Nic McGinness, Sam Nipress (Field), Liam Cashion and Ben Felt (Boundary) have been selected as part of ten NSW/ACT umpires set to run out in 2020 NAB AFL Women’s season.
Cashion and Fely, who both started their careers with Marist Juniors, will return to the boundary with 61 games to be rolled out over a 10-week season
Nic McGinness, who has officiated three NEAFL Grand Finals in 2016, 2017 and 2018, as well as the 2019 AFLW Grand Final will return to the field alongside Sam Nippress who will make his AFLW umpiring debut. Nippress will enter sixth season in the NEAFL this year and regularly umpires games in Canberra and Sydney.
AFL NSW/ACT State Umpiring Manager Pierce Field said that the strong contingent of talent in the AFLW and NEAFL list was a great reflection of the strong work that has been done by the umpires’ junior clubs.
“There is a serious amount of talent on this year’s NEAFL and AFLW list and we are looking forward to watching them develop of the course of the season,” Field said.
“Our junior clubs are vital to the recruitment of umpires at the community level, so we felt it was only appropriate to acknowledge them and thank them accordingly.”
2020 AFLW Umpire List
Field Recruited From
Nic McGinness AFL Canberra/Eastlake JAFC
Matt Baigent AFL Sydney/Penshurst JAFC
Sam Nippress AFL Canberra
Boundary
Liam Cashion AFL Canberra/Marist JAFC
Ben Fely AFL Canberra/Marist JAFC
Ben Duce AFL Sydney/St Ives JAFC
Sam Button AFL Sydney
Goal
Victor Petrovic AFL Sydney/Newtown Swans JAFC
Nic Ford AFL Sydney/Drummoyne Power JAFC
Taylor Mattioli AFL Sydney
2020 NEAFL Field Umpires List
Name Recruited From
Matt Baigent AFL Sydney/Penshurst JAFC
Chris Brackenrig AFL Sydney/St Ives JAFC
Cameron Barr AFL Sydney/Southern FL (VIC)
Nic McGinness AFL Canberra/Eastlake JAFC
David Newell AFL Sydney/East Sydney JAFC
Sam Nippress AFL Canberra/AFL Central Aust
Dean Garroway AFL Sydney/Baulkham Hills JAFC
Joey O’Brien AFL Sydney/Singleton AFC (HCC)
Aaron Langdon AFL Sydney/Bankstown Sports
Sam Hurford AFL Sydney/St Ignatius College
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