15 Sep 2022

An umpire shortage could hamper summer sport

From Morning Report, 8:56 am on 15 September 2022

Summer is around the corner, the rugby posts are coming down and the cricket pitches are getting prepared.

One problem, however, is the shrinking number of umpires available to officiate matches.

It's prompted one association to take to popular job website SEEK to look for candidates.

RNZ reporter Leonard Powell pitched this story so we sent him into bat.