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    Female goal umpire on the weekend

    This young lass looks about 12 years old. Obviously she is not. I have seen her a couple of times now

    I remember when Chelsea Roffey first started what a lot of publicity there was, and then she became the first female goal umpire to do a grand final (ours).

    Is this a good thing when the young lass I referred to above gets no mention? Does this mean that it is becoming more commonly accepted and not worthy of publicity?

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    I had no idea there was a second female umpire until a news article on Monday relating to Women's Round where they spoke with Both Chelsea and Rose O'Dea.
    (And YES, she does look like she is 12)

    I found this article from the 1st of April 2014
    Female goal umpire prepares for AFL debut - AFL.com.au

    I thought from the interview that they may be umpiring together in women's round. Maybe I misunderstood. I can't seem to find any proof of that.

    When prompted about the possibility of umpiring on GF day, Chelsea was quick with the response "We're both available that day".

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    I believe Rose O'Dea was one of the rotating group of goal umpies who did our preseason game in canberra (from memory she is based in CBR), I remember her umpiring in that game.

    and yes, looks like they're umpiring the 10 May game at the MCG between Melbourne and the Dogs.

    177th Senior AFL Match - Round 4, 2009 - Sydney vs Carlton, SCG. This is obviously out of date. I suppose I'll update it once I could be bothered sitting down with the fixture and working it out....
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    Yes she's from Canberra and has done plenty of Neafl games

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