Australian rules football in Victoria, Australia
The footy club is often the lifeblood of small country towns. In this image Swifts Creek versus Buchan in the 2001 ODFL Grand Final in East Gippsland
Governing body	Football Victoria
Representative team	Victoria
First played	1858, Melbourne
Registered players	223,999 (total) 36,900 (adult)
Competitions
Club
- Victorian Football League
- Essendon District Football League
- Victorian Amateur Football Association
- Western Region Football League
- Southern Football League
- Diamond Valley Football League
- Ovens & Murray Football League
Audience records
Single match	121,696 (1970). VFL Grand Final Carlton v Collingwood (MCG, Melbourne)

Australian rules football in Victoria dates back to the origins of both the sport and the colony in the 1850s. Image File history File links Sc_v_buch_2001gf_2. ... Swifts Creek is located between Omeo and Ensay on the Great Alpine Road of Victoria Categories: Australia-related stubs ... Bold textItalic text HELLO AMERICA Buchan landscape looking from township toward bridge over Buchan river and football ground Buchan ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Buchan Road, in the East Gippsland Shire near the Snowy River. ... John Longstaffs Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898, depicting the Red Tuesday bushfires that ravaged Gippsland For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gippsland. ... Football Victoria is the state-level sport governing body for Australian rules football in the state of Victoria, Australia. ... Victoria State of Origin guernsey. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For other uses, see VFL (disambiguation). ... The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is an Australian rules football Amateur League, based in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria comprising of 24 clubs. ... The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. ... The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football amateur league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors. ... The Southern Football League is an Australian Rules Football Amateur League, based in the south, south eastern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors. ... The Diamond Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Diamond Valley region of suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Ovens and Murray Football League, often locally referred to as simply the O&M, is an Australian Rules Football league based around ten clubs in the north-eastern Victoria, Australia and southern New South Wales, Australia, and is affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, and sometimes known as the VFL/AFL, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. ... Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, The Maggies or The Pies, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... “MCG” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia). ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ...

Victoria remains the sport's spiritual home.

The state is home to ten of the sixteen teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), a league which began as a suburban competition in the state's capital and whose five Melbourne games per week currently attract an average 35,000 people per game. The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, and sometimes known as the VFL/AFL, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ...

The AFL Grand Final, one of the biggest sporting events in Australia (and in the world in terms of attendance), is played on the last weekend in September at the world famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), a massive arena that has held over 120,000 spectators. Part of the pre-match entertainment at the 2006 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... “MCG” redirects here. ...

History

See Also Origins of the Game

Tom Wills began to devise Australian rules in Melbourne in 1858. High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... Thomas Wentworth Wills was an Australian sportsman who is credited along with Henry Harrison as one of the inventors of Australian rules football. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

(Although H.C.A. Harrison, Wills' cousin, was also named, much later, as an official father of the game his role does not, now, seem to have been significant at this very early stage.) A letter by Wills was published in Bell's Life in Victoria & Sporting Chronicle on 10 July 1858, [2] calling for a "foot-ball club" with a "code of laws" to keep cricketers fit during winter. An experimental match, played by Wills and others, at the Richmond Paddock (later known as Yarra Park next to the MCG) on 31 July, 1858, was probably the first game of Australian football. However, few details of the match have survived. Henry Colden Antill Harrison (16 October 1836 – 2 September 1929) was a notable early Australian rules football player and administrator. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Yarra Park has become the premier sporting precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and numerous sporting fields and ovals, including the associated sporting complexes of Melbourne Park and Olympic Park. ... “MCG” redirects here. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

On 7 August 1858, two significant events in the development of the game occurred. The Melbourne Football Club was founded, one of the world's first football clubs in any code, and a famous match between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College began, umpired by Wills. A second day of play took place on 21 August and a third, and final, day on 4 September. The two schools have competed annually ever since. However, the rules used by the two teams in 1858 could not have had much in common with the eventual form of Australian football since Wills had not yet begun to write them. is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The title of the worlds oldest football club, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several codes of football. ... Melbourne Grammar School is an independent school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1858. ... For other schools named Scotch College, see Scotch College. ...

A game at the Richmond Paddock in the 1860s. A pavilion at the MCG is on the left in the background. (A wood engraving made by Robert Bruce on July 27, 1866.)

The Melbourne Football Club rules of 1859 are the oldest surviving set of laws for Australian football. They were drawn up at the Parade Hotel, East Melbourne, on 17 May, by Wills, W. J. Hammersley, J. B. Thompson and Thomas Smith (some sources include H. C. A. Harrison). The 1859 rules did not include some elements that soon became important to the game, such as the requirement to bounce the ball while running, and Melbourne's game was not immediately adopted by neighbouring clubs. Before each match the rules had to be agreed by the two teams involved. By 1866, however, several other clubs had agreed to play by an updated version of Melbourne's rules. Download high resolution version (1000x698, 198 KB)An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock, Melbourne, in about 1866. ... Download high resolution version (1000x698, 198 KB)An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock, Melbourne, in about 1866. ... Yarra Park has become the premier sporting precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and numerous sporting fields and ovals, including the associated sporting complexes of Melbourne Park and Olympic Park. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... “MCG” redirects here. ... Thomas Bewick. ... East Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The First League

In 1877, the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the game's first league, was formed by 14 clubs: Albert Park, Ballarat, Barwon, Beechworth, Carlton, Castlemaine, East Melbourne, Essendon, Geelong, Hotham (later North Melbourne, now Kangaroos), Inglewood, Melbourne, Rochester and St Kilda. Six of these clubs were from the Victorian country. At the time, Essendon was regarded as a semi-junior club rather than a full member, and was allowed concessions such as fielding teams of 25 players, instead of the standard 20. See also Australian Football League. ... Club guernsey The Albert Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA during the 19th century and now plays in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. ...

Formation of the VFL

A banner for Essendon Football Club

A rift in the VFA led to the formation of the Victorian Football League (VFL), which commenced play in 1897 as an eight-team breakaway of the stronger clubs in the VFA competition: Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne. The first season concluded with Essendon finishing as the premiers (winners). Image File history File links Footybanner. ... Image File history File links Footybanner. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... For other uses, see VFL (disambiguation). ... Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, The Maggies or The Pies, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ...

Another five VFA clubs joined the VFL later, as Richmond and University joined the VFL in 1908 (University folded in 1915). Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne joined in 1925, by which time VFL had become the most prominent league in the game. Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... Melbourne University Football Club – often known simply as University – is an Australian Rules Football club, which played in the games most elite competition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Victorian Football League (or VFL, the forerunner of the AFL). ... Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...

National League & Current Issues

Victoria State of Origin guernsey.

In 1982, in a move which heralded big changes within the sport, one of the original VFL clubs, South Melbourne Football Club, relocated to the rugby league stronghold of Sydney and became known as the Sydney Swans. Image File history File links Vic-1989. ... Image File history File links Vic-1989. ... State of Origin is the name used in Australia for sporting events or other competitions which involve teams from different States or Territories. ... Wally Lewis passing the ball in Rugby League State of Origin. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4. ... Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

In the late 1980s, strong interstate interest in the VFL led to a more national competition; two more non-Victorian clubs, the West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Bears began playing in 1987. West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...

The league changed its name to the Australian Football League (AFL) following the 1989 season, later gaining further West Australian and South Australian teams. The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, and sometimes known as the VFL/AFL, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ...

As the game has grown, the state has struggled to come to terms with its place in the bigger picture.

The VFA/VFL became a secondary league, although even it has grown to accommodate a team from Tasmania. Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114...

Even the biggest locally grown suburban clubs, elevated into the national league, continue struggle for survival, competing for marketshare. Fourteen years after South Melbourne's difficulties led them to move to Sydney, similar problems at the Fitzroy Football Club result in a merger, forming the Brisbane Lions. Although a small consolation of these club's recent success has been establishing renewed interest with their Melbourne based supporters, other clubs, such as the historic Demons, Bulldogs, Kangaroos and powerhouse Carlton are assisted by the AFL to remain in the national competition. Many suggestions have been made in response to issues of overcrowding[3] but the AFL has been somewhat reluctant to make a drastic change, due to both the history and supporters' passion for their club. Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ... Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...

There is still an anti-expansionist element in many Victorian supporters of the game, who would prefer to see it kept to themselves. This has forged a fierce rivalry with South Australia, who also lay claim to a substantial football history.

The construction of the Telstra Dome and the national competition and emerging international participation has put further pressure on the MCG and Melbourne to remain the spiritual home of football.

Participation

Women's Australian rules football is growing in popularity in Victoria.

In 2004, with 36,900 senior players in Victoria, more than any other state in Australia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1730x1280, 361 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Australian rules football Victorian Womens Football League Sport in Australia Womens Australian rules football Australia... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1730x1280, 361 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Australian rules football Victorian Womens Football League Sport in Australia Womens Australian rules football Australia... Melbourne University Mugars player jostles for best position in a overhead Marking contest while tackled Darebin Falcons player lies down. ...

With a total participation of 223,999^[1], Victoria has a participation rate of around 4% per capita, makes it the equal third most supported state (with Western Australia and South Australia). ^[2]

Audience

Attendance Record

• 121,696 (1970). VFL Grand Final Carlton v Collingwood (MCG, Melbourne)

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Major Australian Rules Events in Victoria

2005 Community Cup

• Australian Football League Premiership Season
• AFL Grand Final (annual)
• Victorian Football League Grand Final (annual)
• International Rules Series (biennial)
• Australian Football International Cup (quadrennial free event)
• E. J. Whitten Legends Game (annual charity event)
• Community Cup (annual charity event)
• Multicultural Cup (annual free event)
• Ovens & Murray Football League Grand Final (annual)

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Great Victorian Footballers

Great players from Victoria to participate in elite football include: Tony Lockett, Gary Ablett, Ted Whitten, Ron Barassi, Leigh Matthews, Kevin Murray, Francis Bourke, Greg Williams, Jack Dyer, Roy Cazaly, Paul Salmon, Paul Roos, Dermott Brereton, Robert Flower. Anthony Howard Tony Lockett (born in Ballarat on March 9, 1966) is a former Australian rules football player. ... Gary Ablett, Sr (born October 1, 1961) is a former champion Australian rules football player. ... Edward James Ted Whitten (born July 27, 1933, died August 17, 1995) was an Australian rules football player, considered by many as being one of the greatest players of all time: in 1966, he was the first inductee to the Australian Football Hall of Fame and given Legend status. ... Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr (born 27 February 1936) was an Australian rules football player and coach. ... Leigh R. Matthews (born March 1, 1952) is widely regarded as one of the greatest Australian Rules footballers of all time, playing for Hawthorn in the VFL from 1969 to 1985. ... Kevin Bulldog Murray (born 18 June 1938) was a champion Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 333 games over 18 seasons. ... Francis William Bourke (born April 2, 1947) was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. ... Greg Diesel Williams (born September 30, 1963) was a former champion Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans, Geelong Football Club and the Carlton Football Club. ... John Raymond Dyer senior (November 15, 1913 - August 23, 2003), always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the VFL between 1931 and 1952, and later... Roy Cazaly was an Australian rules football player famous his high marks, and for giving rise to the phrase Up there Cazaly. Cazaly was born in Albert Park, a suburb of Melbourne on January 13, 1893. ... Paul Salmon (born January 20, 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer. ... Paul Roos Paul Roos is a player and coach in the Australian Football League. ... Dermott Brereton (born August 19, 1964) is a former champion Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League. ... Robert Flower (Born August 5, 1955) was an Australian Rules Footballer with the Melbourne Football Club. ...

Notable Victorian Players in the AFL

Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is the premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. ... Robert Jeffrey Harvey (born August 21, 1971) is an Australian Rules Football Player in the Australian Football League recognised as one of the Leagues best midfielders and noted for his supreme endurance. ... Matthew Scarlett (born June 5, 1979) is an Australian rules footballer. ... David Wirrpanda (born August 3, 1979, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian rules footballer. ... Scott West (born November 14, 1974) is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. ... Luke Hodge (b. ... Jonathan Brown (born 29 October, 1981) is a three-time Australian Football League premiership winning forward for the Brisbane Lions. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Ryan Lonie (born March 4, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League // Early Career Lonie starred as a junior footballer with his twin brother Nathan (Hawthorn, now Port Adelaide). ... Brad Johnson (born July 18, 1976 in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria) is an Australian rules footballer with, and Captain of, the Western Bulldogs Football Club. ... Josh Fraser (born January 5, 1982) is an australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ... Nick Stevens (born January 3, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Chris Tarrant (born September 18, 1980 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian rules football player for the Fremantle Football Club. ... Nigel Lappin (born 21 June 1976) is an Australian Rules footballer. ... Peter Spida Everitt (born May 3, 1974) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans. ... Nick Dal Santo (born February 22, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL with the St Kilda Football Club. ... Luke Power (born January 8, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer. ... Heath Scotland (born July 21, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ... Robert Murphy (born June 9, 1981) is an AFL player who was drafted to the Western Bulldogs with pick 13 in the 1999 National Draft. ... Anthony Koutoufides (born January 18, 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. ... Jeff White is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Melbourne Demons. ... Anthony Rocca (born August 15, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the AFL. Of Italian descent, Rocca is the younger brother of fellow Australian rules footballer and former teammate Saverio Rocca. ... Gary Ablett Junior (born May 14, 1984) is an Aussie rules footballer currently playing for the Geelong Cats in the AFL. He is the eldest son of Gary Ablett, who was a champion Australian rules football player at Geelong and Hawthorn between 1982 - 1997. ... Luke Ball (born 25 May 1984) is an Australian rules footballer. ... For the Australian rules footballer with Melbourne, see Nathan D. Brown Nathan Gordon Brown (born February 10, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer, in the Australian Football League. ...

Governing Body

The governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria is Football Victoria. A sport governing body comes in several forms. ... Football Victoria is the state-level sport governing body for Australian rules football in the state of Victoria, Australia. ...

Leagues & Clubs

Professional Clubs

• Carlton Blues (Australian Football League)
• Collingwood Magpies (Australian Football League)
• Essendon Bombers (Australian Football League)
• Hawthorn Hawks (Australian Football League)
• Kangaroos Football Club (Australian Football League)
• Melbourne Demons (Australian Football League)
• Richmond Tigers (Australian Football League)
• St Kilda Saints (Australian Football League)
• Western Bulldogs (Australian Football League)
• Geelong Cats (Australian Football League)

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Open

Statewide Leagues

• Victorian Football League

For other uses, see VFL (disambiguation). ...

Melbourne Metropolitan Leagues

• Diamond Valley Football League
• Eastern Football League
• Essendon District Football League
• Southern Football League
• Victorian Amateur Football Association
• Western Region Football League

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Regional Leagues

• Victorian Country Football League Official Site (governing body over regional Victoria)
• Alberton Football League
• Ballarat Football League
• Bellarine Football League
• Benalla & District Football League
• Bendigo Football League
• Central Goulburn Football League
• Central Highlands Football League
• Central Murray Football League
• Colac & District Football League Official Site
• East Gippsland Football League Official Site
• Ellinbank & District Football League Official Site
• Geelong Football League Official Site
• Geelong & District Football League Official Site
• Goulburn Valley Football League
• Golden Rivers Football League
• Hampden Football Netball League Official Site
• Heathcote Football League Official Site
• Horsham & District Football League Official Site
• Kowree Naracoorte Tartiara Football League
• Kyabram & District Football League
• Lexton Plains Football League Official Site
• Loddon Valley Football League Official Site
• Mallee Football League Official Site
• Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League Official Site
• Mid Gippsland Football League Official Site
• Millewa Football League Official Site
• Mininera & District Football League Official Site
• Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Official Site
• Murray Football League Official Site
• North Central Football League Official Site
• North Gippsland Football League Official Site
• Omeo & District Football League Official Site
• Ovens & King Football League Official Site
• Ovens & Murray Football League
• Picola & District Football League
• South West District Football League Official Site
• Sunraysia Football League Official Site
• Tallangatta & District Football League Official Site
• Upper Murray Football League Official Site
• Warrnambool & District Football League Official Site
• West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Official Site
• West Gippsland Football League Official Site
• Western Border Football League Official Site
• Wimmera Football League Official Site
• Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League

The Victorian Country Football League (often abbreviated to VCFL) is the governing body for Australian Rules Football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of Football Victoria. ... The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. ... The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia. ... The Ellinbank and District Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, for both seniors and juniors. ... The Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. ... The Kyabram & District Football League (KDFL) is an Australian Rules Football league in Victoria. ... The Mid Gippsland Footbal League [1] is an Australian Rules Football League in south-east Victoria, Australia. ... The Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (MPNFL) is an Australian rules football competition, governed by the Victorian Country Football League. ... The Murray Football League is a semi-professional Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. ... The Ovens and Murray Football League, often locally referred to as simply the O&M, is an Australian Rules Football league based around ten clubs in the north-eastern Victoria, Australia and southern New South Wales, Australia, and is affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. ... The Picola & District Football League is an Australian Rules Football league in Victoria, Australia. ... The Tallangatta & District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the district of North-East Victoria & the Southern/Border region the riverrina in New South Wales. ... The West Gippsland Latrobe Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in south-east Victoria, Australia. ...

Junior

• Riddell District Junior Football League Official Site
• Yarra Junior Football League
• Waverley Junior Football Association Official Site
• Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League Official Site
• Dandenong & District Junior Football League Official Site

Masters

• Victorian Metropolitan Superules Football Official Site
• Victorian Country Masters Australian Football Official Site

Masters Australian Football (also known as Superules) is a sport based on the game of Australian rules football for players 30 years and over. ...

Women's

• Victorian Women's Football League
• Youth Girls Competition Official Site

Womens Aussie Rules is a fast growing sport played in Australia, United States, Papua New Guinea and Japan. ... The Leagues logo. ... The logo Image:Youth fall. ...

Representative Team

The Victorian representative team is known as the Big V and have played State of Origin test matches against all other Australian states. They still play at U19 level. State of Origin is the name used in Australia for sporting events or other competitions which involve teams from different States or Territories. ...

See Also Interstate matches in Australian rules football

Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. ...

Principal Venues

“MCG” redirects here. ... Jolimont can be: Jolimont railway station, Melbourne Jolimont, Western Australia This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This page is for Telstra Dome, Melbourne. ... The Melbourne Docklands is a new inner city suburb and Urban renewal project in Melbourne, Australia. ... With an all-seated capacity of 35,000, MC Labour Park (or Princes Park Football Ground) has been the home ground of the Carlton Football Club since the formation of the VFL/AFL in 1897, and is the single longest serving ground in the competition. ... Carlton is the name of many places: Carlton, Bedfordshire is a small village in the county of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... Since Collingwoods departure the famous ground has moved upmarket with its conversion to a Council tip. ... Collingwood may refer to: Collingwood, Victoria The Collingwood Football Club of the Australian Football League Collingwood, Ontario Collingwood, New Zealand Collingwood, Northumberland HMS Collingwood, four ships of the Royal Navy Collingwood 50005, a British Rail Class 50 locomotive Collingwood School, a university-preparatory school in West Vancouver, British Columbia Collingwood... Moorabbin Oval is an Australian Rules Football oval based in Linton Street, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia. ... Whitten Oval is a stadium in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Footscray is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after the English village of Foots Cray. ... Not to be confused with Skilled Park, future home ground of the Gold Coast Titans. ... - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 km² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/km² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003 census) located on Corio...

References

• Australian Football League
• Victorian Football League
• Football Victoria
• Opinion: Memo to AFL - Victoria needs you!

External links

• Victoria Team of the Century (from Full Points Footy)