Ray Chamberlain, Matt Stevic and Shaun Ryan will umpire Saturday’s AFL grand final.
The AFL has confirmed Ryan will umpire his eighth grand final and Stevic his seventh, while Chamberlain has been called up for the first time since 2010 when he umpired both the drawn grand final and the replay.
Chamberlain and Ryan umpired the preliminary final between Richmond and Geelong while Stevic was one of the three field umpires in GWS’ win over Collingwood.
“Shaun, Matt and Ray have performed consistently across the entire season and fully deserve their selection in what promises to be a great grand final,” AFL head of umpiring Grant Williams said in a statement.
The trio have more than 1,000 AFL games and more than 100 finals between them.
Simon Meredith, who has umpired five AFL grand finals, has been named as the emergency umpire.