Stuart Wenn
Encyclopedia
Stuart Wenn is an Australian rules football
field umpire in the Australian Football League
. He has umpired 193 career games in the AFL.
and Collingwood
. Shannon Grant
from the Kangaroos, was awarded a 50 metre penalty, which should have had him kicking for goal from the goal square instead of 15 meters out. Grant hit the post, resulting in a point, and the kangaroos went on to lose the game by 3 points
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
field umpire in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. He has umpired 193 career games in the AFL.
Famous matches and reports
- In round 19, 2005, St Kilda ruckman Justin KoschitzkeJustin KoschitzkeJustin Gregory Koschitzke is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career overview:Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick number two, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age...
was charged for rough conduct against this umpire in a game against Geelong. - In 2005 he umpired the Sydney SwansSydney SwansThe Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
v GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
semi final made famous for Nick DavisNick DavisNick Davis may refer to:* Nick Davis , American football player* Nick Davis , Australian rules footballer* Nick Davis * Nick Davis * Nick Davis, a character on All My Children...
kicking the game-winning goal with seconds to spare. - In round one, 2007, he umpired the infamous Kangaroos v Collingwood match where he gave away a 50-metre penalty (see Controversies below) to the Kangaroos for a Magpies infringement. However Collingwood won the match by three points.
- In round three, 2007, he reported FremantleFremantle Football ClubThe Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
's Des HeadlandDes HeadlandDesmond "Des" Headland, Jr is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Subiaco in the West Australian Football League. He plays as a half-forward flanker or midfielder. Headland was selected with the first overall draft pick in the 1998 AFL Draft by the Brisbane Lions...
for rough conduct against West CoastWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
's Adam SelwoodAdam SelwoodAdam Murray Selwood is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Career:...
, which culminated in a landmark tribunal appearanceAFL TribunalThe AFL Tribunal is the disciplinary tribunal of the Australian Football League .-Points system:Source: AFL Tribunal 2011 Guidebook...
. - In round six, 2007, he reported BrisbaneBrisbane LionsThe Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
's Chris Johnson for allegedly headbutting Fremantle's Shane ParkerShane Parker (footballer)Shane Parker is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club. He made his debut in 1995, Fremantle's inaugural year in the Australian Football League....
. However after charges were reviewed on the following Monday (7 May) Johnson was cleared by the tribunal. - Wenn reported Sydney SwansSydney SwansThe Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
forward Barry HallBarry HallBarry Hall is a former Australian rules footballer. Hall is considered to be one of the best forwards of the modern era, being named All-Australian, leading his club's goalkicking on nine occasions and captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory...
for his famous punch to the jaw of West CoastWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
defender Brent StakerBrent StakerBrent Staker is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL, who plays for the Brisbane Lions.-Early life:Staker grew up in Broken Hill in remote country New South Wales....
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Controversies
In the first round of the 2007 AFL Season, Wenn came under controversy for awarding a free kick, in the wrong position in a match between the KangaroosNorth Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
and Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
. Shannon Grant
Shannon Grant
Shannon Grant is a retired Australian rules footballer who was known as one of the premier midfielders in the AFL. He began his career at the Sydney Swans in 1995 before moving to the Kangaroos in 1998 and being a part of their 1999 premiership side, in which he also won the Norm Smith Medal for...
from the Kangaroos, was awarded a 50 metre penalty, which should have had him kicking for goal from the goal square instead of 15 meters out. Grant hit the post, resulting in a point, and the kangaroos went on to lose the game by 3 points