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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Eleni Glouftsis(23)primary school teacher set to make history as the AFL's first female field umpire Sunday February 28,2016

 
Eleni Glouftsis risked it all by leaving her comfortable teaching job in Adelaide to chase her dream of becoming an AFL umpire.

On Sunday February 28,2016 her dream becomes a reality when she becomes the league's first on field female umpire when Carlton take on Essendon in the NAB pre-season challenge.
 Glouftsis is one of 12 AFL rookie umpires in the AFL this year and joins three other women officials in the AFL
 Eleni Glouftsis will umpire the NAB challenge pre-season match between Carlton and Essendon at Ikon Park in Melbourne
Eleni Glouftsis is set to become AFL's first female on field umpire  on Sunday as she officiates a preseason match in Melbourne
The match, at Carlton's Ikon park in Melbourne, will not be the first time that the Essendon players have come across Glouftsis as she umpired Essendon's intra-club trial last weekend.

The AFL already has three female umpires on its officiating roster – Chelsea Roffey, Rose O’Dea and Sally Boud – who are all behind goal.

In football, Katie Patterson became the first woman to referee a match involving an A-League team during an FFA Cup match in September 2015.

A year previously, Belinda Sleeman broke new ground in the NRL by running touch, although a woman is yet to take full control of a professional rugby league game in Australia.

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