Schoolboy Hayden Pearson will umpire the grand final.
Choir-faced Wangaratta schoolboy Hayden Pearson will become the youngest senior grand final umpire in league history when Wangaratta hosts Albury.
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Pearson is 16 years and three months.
“Really pumped to get out there, excited, really looking forward to it,” the Year 10 student said.
Pearson passes current AFL central umpire Jacob Mollison, who was 18 in 2002.
Pearson will partner Jason Raine and Ash Broughton.
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