Veteran umpires chosen for AFL grand final

Veteran AFL umpire Matt Stevic will oversee his fourth grand final in a row, with the league announcing the match officials for Saturday's decider.

Matt Stevic will oversee his fourth-straight grand final, with the AFL announcing its umpiring panel for the 2017 decider.

Veteran umpire Stevic -- who will officiate in the fifth grand final of his career -- will be joined by Simon Meredith and Shaun Ryan for Saturday's premiership decider between Richmond and Adelaide, with Brett Rosebury named as the emergency.

"To be selected to umpire in a grand final is a fantastic achievement and a credit to each umpire who will be involved," AFL umpires boss Peter Schwab said on Tuesday.

"The umpires chosen have worked extremely hard to earn their place on the biggest stage and we have great confidence they will perform strongly."

Ryan will be umpiring his sixth grand final, while Meredith - who also controlled last year's decider - will officiate in his fifth.

Ryan, whose last grand final was in 2011 before retiring, rejoined AFL umpiring ranks in 2015.

The umpires will wear their light blue strip to avoid any confusion with the players.

Robert Haala, Mitchell Lefevre, Matthew Konetschka and Damien Cusack are the boundary umpires, with Luke Walker and Adam Wojcik the goal umpires.


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