Fittingly umpiring the North's TSL teams, Launceston and North Launceston, Casey Fellows and Tom McIntee joined Nathan Geason as the field crew, while fellow Northern products Dominic Schiliro and Ollie Bennett ran the boundary.

Kaleb Lee was the also the emergency goal umpire as the North's officiating stocks shone on the big stage.

It's been a rather rapid rise into the TSL history books for 19-year-old Fellows, who is the son of Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame umpire Terry.

"It was something that we [Tom and I] talked about a few weeks ago during the season, hoping that it would happen but obviously it's a very competitive thing and the chances of that actually happening, I thought, were very slim," he said.

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"When we found out it was both of us doing it, it was something we were pretty excited about and to be able to go out there and do it with one of my good mates [was amazing].

"It's good to make the association proud as well, being able to represent them and obviously they've never had two Northern umpires do a grand final together before so it's something that's a real feather in the cap for both of us."

Taking up umpiring in 2018 while he was still playing under-16s for Prospect Hawks, it was something that Fellows had always thought about considering his dad's success.

Umpiring the NTFA under-18s grand final in his first season, he decided he'd have more luck umpiring than playing and took it up full time, moving through the pathway ever since.

Named emergency for the 2019 development league grand final, Fellows umpired the 2020 D-league decider before moving up to the seniors this year.

"It's extremely important and there's a lot of umpires that come through and do a bit of boundary umpiring but we don't have a lot of young field umpires," he said.

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"Just for young people in general I would encourage them to get involved in it because for me it's been something that's helped my development as a person.

"When I was a 16-year-old doing senior football, I was out there with blokes twice my age and you have to learn to be mature and calm and composed.

"It helped me with that tremendously and it's a good thing to do to better yourself as a person as well as the pocket money and the fitness you get from it."

While Fellows' rise has been fast, Sunday's grand final marked the pinnacle of a nine-year journey for McIntee.

Having umpired the past four development league grand finals in a row, the 23-year-old was ready to take his opportunity.

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"It was nice to get recognised for the year I've had and to do it alongside Casey as well, that was something special not only for myself and him but for the NTFUA as well," he said.

"Obviously I was a bit nervous to start with but once you get into it and after the first five minutes everything comes back and you get into the flow of it and it's a normal game really."

Starting his umpiring journey on the boundary line, McIntee admitted he "didn't really have strength" for throwing the ball in when he was younger, eventually progressing into field umpiring due to his elite running.

After transitioning into the TSL, he took a massive step in his umpiring journey, moving to the Northern Territory for a season during a break from uni studies.

"The people you meet and the culture, it's just a whole different world, they are footy mad up there which is great to see.

"Not only [that, but] the friends you make as well, they are lifelong friends from across Australia, living with guys from Queensland, NSW and WA."