Shane McInerney (born 19 October 1970) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

field umpire in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

. Active between 1994 and 2019, McInerney umpired in 500 senior VFL/AFL games, the most of any umpire in the league's history.AFL Umpire Statistics
/ref> He was raised in Ballarat, Victoria. McInerney umpired in two grand finals: the

2004 AFL Grand Final The 2004 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 2004. It was the 108th annual grand fi ...

alongside Brett Allen and Matthew James, and the

2007 AFL Grand Final The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual ...

alongside

Scott McLaren Scott McLaren (born 11 April 1968) is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League (AFL). He umpired 328 career games in the AFL. McLaren was awarded the All-Australian Umpire award in 2001, as well as hi ...

and

Stephen McBurney Stephen McBurney (born 14 November 1967) is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League, and the most recent Australian Building and Construction Commissioner between February 2018 and February 2023. In ...

. He umpired a total of 26 AFL finals throughout his career.

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