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    D2 Division 2 2026

    NB will have a tough year on and off field. They are playing their home games out at Jacana while Allard Park is being resurfaced - which has now blown out to the entire season (they were originally supposed to be back on it mid season). They are still using Allard for social events but it...
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    SFNL Div 1 2026

    Bit of a reality check for the Colts after a surprisingly good R1. Today's Colts side seemed to be mainly made up of recent ex-U19s. There's some talent there - Nos.9 and 20 were quick with the ball and had good footy sense - but not much height and no weight. Narre had some big bodied...
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    D3 Division 3 2026

    Merger with South Yarra (who actually play in North Balwyn) would also be worth looking at. SY also chronically starved of success and recently dropped back into thirds. Also a ticket into SFNL, where a merged club might be successful. AFL Vic would surely only let a merged BHN/EP go to EFNL...
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    SNFL Div 4 2026

    Made a very brief stopover at St John's while on way through the area. Turn up was good, but perhaps a bit down on what I expected. About 20 or 30 fans were at the east end around a trailer selling beer. More were inside, but not that many - partly due to small supporter base of Narre South...
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    Future of the WRFL

    It worries me that Port Colts were one of the not so nasty clubs. The rest must have been completely savage. Think it was the other way around - hard to recall, as Colts and Spotty played off two or three years running. My memory (I think it was in the last one) is that the Colts got out to...
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    VAFA General Discussion

    Lifted this from the D3 thread, as it is general to the whole VAFA: Some excellent points on here. Shorter season, with smaller divisions to make them fair: I like it, but need feedback from the clubs / players. As I've posted elsewhere, I'm against limiting thirds - blocking social...
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    VAFA General Discussion

    Agree. Thirds footy is social footy - footy that you play with your mates. If I was turned away from the club where my mates were because the club wasn't allowed to field any more sides and it already had too many players, I wouldn't think "gee, I think I'll go to some club where I have no...
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    VAFA General Discussion

    In some ideal world, I'd agree with you. If the choice was just having blokes either (a) play divisional (quality) footy or (b) play thirds (social / 'park') footy, I'd rather they chose (a). But in the real world, blokes have the choices (a) playing divisional footy, (b) playing thirds footy...
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    SFNL Div 1 2026

    That's as far back as it goes - SEFNL was only established in 2015. Before that, clubs were part of the MPNFL (Casey - Cardinia section).
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    Just got around to looking at the fixtures and was a bit disappointed that there is no Good Friday footy this year - in either Div 1 or 2. I'm surprised no club was up for it. The Albion game last year was well attended, had a good atmosphere and should have turned a few $ for the club. And...
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    SFNL Div 3 2026

    Wikipedia reckons St Kilda City Sharks started up in 1992. I can certainly remember St Kilda City having women's footy later in the 90s - way back before women's footy was a thing (or the thing it is now).
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    No - we're a bunch of old farts talking about the olden days.:) The game he is referring to was back in the 90s. Nothing to do with recent events.
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    D3 Division 3 2026

    I'll have to take your word for it. I went to Swinburne in the late 90s but I was only a TAFE pleb. We didn't have much to do with the important people in higher ed (uni) section. There were also cultural issues back in my day. TAFE students students made up a large chunk of the student...
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    I don't remember anything about an umpire being hit, but my memory of it is pretty vague. Did the umpire get kinged by a player or a ground invader? Pretty wild even for the 90s if it was the latter.
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    D3 Division 3 2026

    Think it may be more to do with being a side from a second tier uni. Since covid, a lot of uni courses are being run mostly / entirely online. Students who rarely / never set foot on campus or meet fellow students in person would probably be less likely to want to play for the uni. This...
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    D3 Division 3 2026

    I'm surprised their facilities are bad (haven't been there in years so can't comment directly) - they were only built about 20 years ago. I can remember there was a fire there and they had to build a new pavilion.
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    D3 Division 3 2026

    A lot of people can't afford a 'little holiday'. Also, a lot of people can't commit to two nights and every Sat. Plenty of blokes have a casual second job or side hustle with unpredictable hours. The VAFA can't do much about people who can't play because of injury concerns (especially...
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    VFL 2026

    I was in the city today so I had a went to the State Library and had a crack. Staff are very helpful. Excellent readability is entirely due to the librarian. I also included p.23 in case anyone else was interested in reading it.
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    I don't think there could be a formal link with any of the old Newport sides. Surely they would have been liquidated / wound up soon after their demise. On the one occasion I saw (current) Newport playing at Martyn Oval, there was a past players for blokes from the old Newport that wore maroon...
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    Nice find Churner. I think you may be thinking of an earlier blue, SS. I have no memory of Newport East or Williamstown United - think they exited from the old WSFL in the 80s or early 90s. I think Turbo may be on the money - I seem to remember some of the players being in maroon jumpers. I...
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    SNFL Div 4 2026

    No idea about Clayton or Doveton Eagles, but think St John's should be very competitive. I saw St John's last year and also watched the Div 4 GF, and think either of the GF sides would have beaten St John's by about 4-5 goals (from what I saw on the day). St John's aren't that skilful but have...
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    D3 Division 3 2026

    The higher ups at Masala must be very optimistic or completely nuts. Their firsts finished last in Div 2 of Thirds. Their seconds finished second last in Div 5 of Thirds with three wins, a 229pt flogging and a late season forfeit. Both sides seemed to be dropping away in the second half of...
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    Wikipedia page for WFNL says that Central Altona got canned for "a variety of on-field violence and abuse issues, and they were also in trouble for re-registering banned players". It cites a Williamstown Star article but I can't find the original. I seem to remember a Newport side (may not...
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    WRFL Div 2 Discussion 2026

    Good points, but there's a few differences. The area you mention had maxed out in population 40 years ago and many parts of it were declining, particularly in the football playing demographic. Truganina and Manor Lakes are growth areas, where setting up new football clubs is getting ahead of...
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    D1 Division 1 2025

    The current Prahran used to be Southbank CBA and played at the old Lakeside Oval (South Melbourne VFL) ground for a while. They were previously the Commonwealth Bank team. They also took over the old State Bank team when the Commonwealth Bank took over the State Bank of Victoria in the early...
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    VAFA General Discussion

    There's a few others I can think of (other than those posted above). Mt Lilydale (EFNL) - now North Croydon / MLOC St Francis Xavier (SFNL) - now Narre South Southern Dragons (SFNL) - not clear on this. Think they started in SFNL, came to VAFA, went back to SFNL then died. But your point is...
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    D2 Division 2 2026

    Surprisingly little chat on here considering the pointy end of the season is here. Prelim final: think SMS should do it. They and OYC were a clear class above from the halfway point of the season. In normal conditions I would tip SMS by 5 goals. Given the dire weather forecast (strong...
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    SNFL Div 4 2025

    Agree.:thumbsu: But a top effort by DW as well, going down by 15pts in a game many (myself included) expected Hallam to win by a mile. Apart from R1 (1pt over DW, at DW) this was Hallam's narrowest win of the year. DW got within 4pts halfway through the last quarter and really troubled...
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    VAFA General Discussion

    They will not be moving any faster than they ever have. Premier clubs will just be protected from relegation. Whether 1 up or 2 up is better will vary from division to division and from year to year. In some cases, you will have two sides worthy of promotion (both finished 16-2, GF decided by...
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    D2 Division 2 2026

    SMS v SMD (res and snrs) Elsternwick Park on Sunday, at 12.30pm and 2.55pm. Strange times, considering there doesn't seem to be a morning match to allow for.

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