The AFL is pleased to announce the umpiring panel for the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final between Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions at the MCG this Saturday

Veteran whistleblowers Matt Stevic and Simon Meredith will lead an umpiring team featuring a grand final debutant when Sydney meets Brisbane at the MCG on Saturday.

Field umpire Nick Foot will officiate his first AFL grand final after being selected for the season decider alongside Craig Fleer, Simon Meredith and Matt Stevic.

One preliminary final was preferred to another when it came to selecting grand final field umpires among a massive team of officials.

Nick Foot will umpires his first AFL grand final alongside second-timer Craig Fleer and veteran whistleblowers Matt Stevic and Simon Meredith.

In typical understated fashion, All-Ireland winner Conor McKenna would rather the focus be on his Brisbane Lions teammates instead of himself when he walks out in front of 100,000 supporters in the AFL Grand Final at the MCG on Saturday.