'Nothing will change': More is needed to boost Australian women's referee numbers

The share of female referees in three of Australia's biggest sporting codes is static or declining, despite an explosion in the number of women playing sport.

Manuela Nicolosi, Cuneyt Cakir, Stephanie Frappart and Michelle O'Neill. Source: AAP

In the space of two years, four women will have made Australian sporting history by stepping on to the field to officiate top tier men's games.

In 2017 Eleni Glouftsis became the first female field umpire in AFL history, and Claire Polosak the first woman to umpire a men's domestic cricket game.

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