Premier C 2026

[bedford]

PARKDALE
ST.BEDES
PEGS
GLEN EIRA
MARCELLIN
MAZENOD
HAMPTON
FITZROY
PENINSULA
ORMOND
7 in the South

 

[Long time lurker]

The biggest question for Prem C 2026 is:-

Is Nathan Jones:-

first round draft pick,
multiple rising star nominee (3rd behind a couple of nobdies called J. Sellwood and S. Pendlebury),
Sandringham VFL premiership player,
3 times Melbourne B&F winner,
Melbourne Captain,
professional footballer since the age of 18,
302 AFL game player,
4 game OP veteran,

going around again in 2026?

Has there ever been a more decorated player play in the VAFA at any level?

 

[FWIW]

The biggest question for Prem C 2026 is:-

Is Nathan Jones:-

first round draft pick,
multiple rising star nominee (3rd behind a couple of nobdies called J. Sellwood and S. Pendlebury),
Sandringham VFL premiership player,
3 times Melbourne B&F winner,
Melbourne Captain,
professional footballer since the age of 18,
302 AFL game player,
4 game OP veteran,

going around again in 2026?

Has there ever been a more decorated player play in the VAFA at any level?

FWIW Robert Harvey played at Old Haileybury. So yes

 

[Long time lurker]

FWIW Robert Harvey played at Old Haileybury. So yes

Fair call, Banger has Jones covered, Jones probably one tier behind him. Banger also from the "district", one of John Paul College's finest.

 

[bedford]

The biggest question for Prem C 2026 is:-

Is Nathan Jones:-

first round draft pick,
multiple rising star nominee (3rd behind a couple of nobdies called J. Sellwood and S. Pendlebury),
Sandringham VFL premiership player,
3 times Melbourne B&F winner,
Melbourne Captain,
professional footballer since the age of 18,
302 AFL game player,
4 game OP veteran,

going around again in 2026?

Has there ever been a more decorated player play in the VAFA at any level?

I don't think he will
But no doubt will go after a few local pro's

 

[Jimmyjack]

Fair call, Banger has Jones covered, Jones probably one tier behind him. Banger also from the "district", one of John Paul College's finest.

Robert Harvey #1 for mine but Josh Kennedy would have to be next. AFL Premiership player, 3 x All Aust, 3 X B&F including in a premiership season, 5 years as Captain. Crazy to think he was discarded by the Hawks.

 

[DaveyFints29]

Robert Harvey #1 for mine but Josh Kennedy would have to be next. AFL Premiership player, 3 x All Aust, 3 X B&F including in a premiership season, 5 years as Captain. Crazy to think he was discarded by the Hawks.

Agree with Kennedy resume but Kennedy definitely not at the fitness/level he was at afl level, whereas jones is still very in tact.

 

[bedford]

Robert Harvey #1 for mine but Josh Kennedy would have to be next. AFL Premiership player, 3 x All Aust, 3 X B&F including in a premiership season, 5 years as Captain. Crazy to think he was discarded by the Hawks.

Should've had a Norm Smith as well

 

[Long time lurker]

Robert Harvey #1 for mine but Josh Kennedy would have to be next. AFL Premiership player, 3 x All Aust, 3 X B&F including in a premiership season, 5 years as Captain. Crazy to think he was discarded by the Hawks.

Kennedy leaves at the end of 2009 as he is well behind Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis, and Sewell as inside mids. A wealth of riches.

So we have two players that are more decorated than Jones, who played 2 games to qualify for a Div 1 finals campaign.

Does anyone on planet VAFA think 2 games is the right number for a player of Jones ilk?

I have no particular issue with him playing, but...

clearly IMO the qualifying number should be higher and he should have appeared in OP colours before 30th June to be consistent with rules for other similiar type player movements.

 

[Jimmyjack]

Kennedy leaves at the end of 2009 as he is well behind Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis, and Sewell as inside mids. A wealth of riches.

So we have two players that are more decorated than Jones, who played 2 games to qualify for a Div 1 finals campaign.

Does anyone on planet VAFA think 2 games is the right number for a player of Jones ilk?

I have no particular issue with him playing, but...

clearly IMO the qualifying number should be higher and he should have appeared in OP colours before 30th June to be consistent with rules for other similiar type player movements.

Re the first point – I’ll thrown in Tom Hawkins (yep - one thirds game but it’s still the VAFA). 3 x AFL premiership player, Geelong B&F (fair effort to win a 'mid fielders award' as a forward and in such a star-studded team), Coleman medal, 11 x Geelong leading goal kicker, 5 x All Australian. Also Stewart Loewe. 321 games. State rep, 2 x All Australian, club captain and B&F winner, St.Kilda team of the century. Actually played about 4 or 5 seasons in the VAFA at Old Haileybury and has been involved at the club and school for years so is a genuine VAFA person. Ironically I think he is also a Peninsula old boy. Notwithstanding Jones had an outstanding AFL career, I think if you were picking a side you would take Hawkins and Loewe before Jones.

Re the second point - I think the general consensus is that 2 games in not a reasonable qualification number, no matter the player or his background.

 

[Mike Olotripo]

Agree with Kennedy resume but Kennedy definitely not at the fitness/level he was at afl level, whereas jones is still very in tact.

Did you not see his statistics when he played in the VAFA after not having played for three years and playing about 50-65% game time? The man is still a star.

 

[Max Leader]

Re the first point – I’ll thrown in Tom Hawkins (yep - one thirds game but it’s still the VAFA). 3 x AFL premiership player, Geelong B&F (fair effort to win a 'mid fielders award' as a forward and in such a star-studded team), Coleman medal, 11 x Geelong leading goal kicker, 5 x All Australian. Also Stewart Loewe. 321 games. State rep, 2 x All Australian, club captain and B&F winner, St.Kilda team of the century. Actually played about 4 or 5 seasons in the VAFA at Old Haileybury and has been involved at the club and school for years so is a genuine VAFA person. Ironically I think he is also a Peninsula old boy. Notwithstanding Jones had an outstanding AFL career, I think if you were picking a side you would take Hawkins and Loewe before Jones.

Re the second point - I think the general consensus is that 2 games in not a reasonable qualification number, no matter the player or his background.

OH has Harvey, Loewe, Voss and Brown (Tony) all in the same side.

Loewe has to be a lot higher than Jones. He played over 70 for OH including the 2006 A Grade Premiership.

 

[Max Leader]

McMaster from Beauy only played 2 games for season before the finals. Should he be allowed to play.

 

[AM]

McMaster from Beauy only played 2 games for season before the finals. Should he be allowed to play.

I hereby dub thee “Mischievous Max”. A false equivalence as you well know.

 

[Max Leader]

I hereby dub thee “Mischievous Max”. A false equivalence as you well know.

One rule for all. Don’t see how this is different to Jones.

 

[bedford]

McMaster from Beauy only played 2 games for season before the finals. Should he be allowed to play.

Was he injured ? or is it another bullshit qualification

 

[Max Leader]

Was he injured ? or is it another bullshit qualification

Not sure. But he only played the last 2 games of the season, then finals. Very handy player.

 

[JimmyR20]

Crazy early ladder prediction.

Parkdale
St Bede's
Fitzroy
PEGS
Glen Eira
Ormond
Peninsula
Hampton
Marcellin
Mazenod

 

[bedford]

Crazy early ladder prediction.

Parkdale
St Bede's
Fitzroy
PEGS
Glen Eira
Ormond
Peninsula
Hampton
Marcellin
Mazenod

Not bad , i'll wait till after Xmas
6 school teams 7 in south

 

[unwise gamgee]

Not bad , i'll wait till after Xmas
6 school teams 7 in south

pegs and peninsula back in the same div for first time since 2022. fair hike that

 

[bedford]

pegs and peninsula back in the same div for first time since 2022. fair hike that

All freeway though

 

[FWIW]

FWIW Glen Eira advertising for a senior coach?

 

[bedford]

FWIW Glen Eira advertising for a senior coach?

The Karma bus

 

[footy2016]

FWIW Glen Eira advertising for a senior coach?

Where did guy go? Strange

 

[bedford]

Where did guy go? Strange

OH