{"id":645860,"date":"2026-05-02T23:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645860\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T23:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:48:14","slug":"afl-umpire-nick-jankovskis-joins-junior-umpire-james-gunther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645860\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Umpire Nick Jankovskis joins junior umpire James Gunther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f3b417_8e10c7b510ce4145b0bfc0ac7d4da986~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.efnl.org.au\/afl-umpire-nick-jankovskis-returns-to-the-efnl\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/f3b417_8e10c7b510ce4145b0bfc0ac7d4da986~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1536,h_1024,al_c,q_85\/f3b417_8e10c7b510ce4145b0bfc0ac7d4da986~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wH46u FvsWF rcl0D SSmro\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-l8nvh944\">An Eastern Football Netball League\u00a0junior clash at Morton Park today will showcase a special moment for the league&#8217;s junior umpiring space, as AFL umpire Nick Jankovskis\u00a0partners with emerging junior umpire James Gunther.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wH46u FvsWF rcl0D SSmro\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-sc2i8369\">The duo will take charge of the U12A clash between Blackburn and North Ringwood at 10am this morning, providing a unique opportunity and experience for James to have AFL experience on the field as mentorship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wH46u FvsWF rcl0D SSmro\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-o5q9m932\">Jankovskis has established himself as a key umpire at the professional level for the last five years, first umpiring an AFL clash in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wH46u FvsWF rcl0D SSmro\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-tmbkf2525\">A former Eastern Football League umpire, Jankovskis started with the league in 2010 before getting on a VFL list and progressing through the ranks. His highlights at the top level include umpiring the 2022 AFLW Grand Final.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wH46u FvsWF rcl0D SSmro\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-qk8ve371\">Today&#8217;s involvment by Jankovskis to partner with one of our emerging umpires helps strengthen the pathway for junior umpires within the EFNL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Eastern Football Netball League\u00a0junior clash at Morton Park today will showcase a special moment for the league&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-645860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}