User:Sampyu/sandbox
Jarod Bridge, (Born 28 July 1999) is a former Boundary Umpire who officiated in the Western Australian Football League known as the (WAFL). He was added onto the WAFL panel and made his WAFL debut Round 1 2018.
| Jarod Bridge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jarod Bridge | ||
| Nickname(s) | Bridgey | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1999 | ||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Umpiring career | |||
| Years | League | Role | Games |
| 2018–2020 | WAFL | Boundary Umpire | 37 |
| Career highlights | |||
| |||
Jarod was commonly picked during his WAFL career and only missed out on a couple of occasions and he only appeared in 3 matches in the WAFLW League and wore number 15, Two of these occasions he was getting over a three month injury in 2020 which ruled him out for seven WAFL games before coming back to officiate in what would be his final two WAFL matches.
On Saturday 12 September, Jarod decided that the last round of the 2020 WAFL Season would be his final WAFL match officiating in, Held at Leederville Oval. And later on confirming his retirement from all formats of the game.
WAFL career
During the 2017 Season the WAFL coaches and selectors were eyeing off to potentially selecting Jarod to come across for the 2018 WAFL Season, And to be part of the squad, Where he would end up to officiating in upto three Seasons and was very active who overcome some big obstacles. He was lucky to only miss out on little occasions, And in 2020 of the WAFL seasons COVID 19 effected the competition which resulted in just only 9 Rounds of the season Jarod took the opportunity to train hard he took the time too loose up to 11kg by training in the off period during this as the season was getting back into gear Jarod suffered a three month tendon injury set back in his left leg and then followed by a Hamstring injury which resulted him being ruled out for upto seven WAFL matches, Before Jarod was able to officiate in the final 2 Games of that WAFL season, Jarod ended up officiating in 37 Games before retiring from WAFL and from all formats of the game.
Two months from WAFL retirement Jarod was offered an extra contract for 2021 possibly to rejoin the WAFL Squad by a phone call, In hopes to bring him out of retirement, Jarod had quickly declined the offer and said “I’m done! I'm not interested in it any more it’s time for me to move on.”
Early life
Jarod Played his junior football in the Demons Districts for Kenwick, Jarod then made the move across to the WAAFL as an official, During his time he was apart of 4 Grand finals from 2014 to 2017, where he would be apart of 77 games. While at the WAFL Jarod officiated in up to 12 more Games in the WAAFL from 2019 to 2020 and a grand final appearance in 2019.