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Interesting to read VT #23's comments on yesterday's topic via the GVFL thread. Young Scotty began 2006 at Sunbury Kanga's then went home to Violet Town In June.
Now we all know that the KDFL is a rung back in standard from the HDFL so where does this leave the Riddell League?

"As a player who played in both the riddell and Ky DFL's this year i would have to say the the KDFL would kick the ***** out of the RDFL."
 
Doona2 said:
Interesting to read VT #23's comments on yesterday's topic via the GVFL thread. Young Scotty began 2006 at Sunbury Kanga's then went home to Violet Town In June.
Now we all know that the KDFL is a rung back in standard from the HDFL so where does this leave the Riddell League?

"As a player who played in both the riddell and Ky DFL's this year i would have to say the the KDFL would kick the ***** out of the RDFL."
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It is an interesting comment indeed.. I would like to see that game of the KDFL vs RDFL, me personally, of course I would say that the RDFL would kick the sh it out of the KDFL every day of the week.
 
interesting that VT#23 would put ***** on the RDFL when he couldnt even get a kick in his time at sunbury!!!
 
goblues09 said:
interesting that VT#23 would put ***** on the RDFL when he couldnt even get a kick in his time at sunbury!!!
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It doesnt bother me that much, cause i didnt get a kick in the KDFL either, goblues.. It is just my opinion, i think the size of the grounds have abit to do with it, but from the games i played the KDFL just seemed a little more free flowing, especially when i played against stanhope it seemed quicker then playing against Diggers and Riddell, i think the difference isnt that great id like to see RDFL teams play against KDFL
 

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I smell a pre-season comp in arrangment here or even practise matches, perhaps Mr Nichols could put something together in his spare time for us all?
 
Trueblueroo said:
I smell a pre-season comp in arrangment here or even practise matches, perhaps Mr Nichols could put something together in his spare time for us all?
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Easily done:

RDFL v HDFL - Knockout tournament

Day 1, Week 1 at Broadford
Saturday, Feb 17
North Bendigo v Melton Central - Game 1
Broadford v Kilmore (feature) - Game 2

Day 2, Week 1 at Lancefield
Sunday, Feb 18
Woodend-Hesket v LBU - Game 3
Macedon v Huntly - Game 4
Lancefield v White Hills (feature) - Game 5

Day 1, Week 2 at Romsey
Saturday, Feb 24
Sunbury Kangaroos v Heathcote - Game 6
Romsey v Colbinabbin (feature) - Game 7

Day 2, Week 2 at Kilmore
Saturday, Feb 25
Diggers Rest v Elmore - Game 8
Riddell v Mount Pleasant (feature) - Game 9 - winner advances to grand final (plays practice matches against knocked out clubs if they chose to)

Day 1, Week 3 at Lancefield
Saturday, Mar 3
Winner of Game 1 v Winner of Game 2 - Game 10
Winner of Game 3 v Winner of Game 6 - Game 11

Day 2, Week 3 at Kilmore
Sunday, Mar 4
Winner of Game 4 v Winner of Game 5 - Game 12
Winner of Game 6 v Winner of Game 7 - Game 13

Day 1, Week 4 at Broadford
Saturday, Mar 10
Winner of Game 10 v Winner of Game 11 - Game 14
Winner of Game 12 v Winner of Game 13 - Game 15

Day 2, Week 4 at Romsey
Sunday, Mar 11
Winner of Game 14 v Winner of Game 15 - Game 16

GRAND FINAL at
Romsey, Lancefield, Kilmore or Broadford
Sunday, Mar 18
Winner of Game 9 v Winner of Game 16 - Game 17

To make travel arrangements easier, I have tried to make a fair and even draw with games played at Romsey, Lancefield, Kilmore and Broadford which are fringe areas in respective leagues. Obviously mistakes will happen, but this is just a first draft, feel free to add or suggest changes. Rockbank, due to their uncompetitiveness, have been left out. Sorry Rams fans. There are a couple of obvious flaws in this though.

1. Riddell or Mounts would miss match practice, they would need to play knocked out sides to get games, or sides from other leagues.

2. Teams coming into the game are coming off playing two matches in two days, coaches would need to significantly rest players and rotate them in what is expected to be hot conditions.

3. Time-wise, this is a long tournament.

4. Clubs would need a significant prize money pool to go hard for the top spot. Eg $5000 for first prize, $2000 for runners-up, $700 for top-five etc.

There are probably more and it won't happen (IMO) but its some fun to muck around with.
 
Doona2 said:
Interesting to read VT #23's comments on yesterday's topic via the GVFL thread. Young Scotty began 2006 at Sunbury Kanga's then went home to Violet Town In June.
Now we all know that the KDFL is a rung back in standard from the HDFL so where does this leave the Riddell League?

"As a player who played in both the riddell and Ky DFL's this year i would have to say the the KDFL would kick the ***** out of the RDFL."
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Do the KDFL and HDFL have an official team of the year? would like to see it Vs RDFL team of the year and compare...
 
While on the subject of lightning premiership,wat do u think of this idea for a pre season L/P?... Teams I think that it should consist of would be that of a sunbury based area/region, I know obviously we already have an RDFL with kangas + diggers, but lets not forget other sunbury teams that do exist in our community and a chance to play against some different opposition at the start of the year...

I believe it would draw a huge crowd due to the locals not having to travel far (all teams are within 30min of each other) ... Working on shortened quarters starting early morning in "pool form" where teams were split up into "pools" and say something like a top 2 from each pool would go through to knockout rounds and so-forth until a grand finalist plays a decent lengthed 4 quarters.

Teams that would play in this would be the likes of: Bacchus marsh,Melton,Darley,Sun.Kangas,Sun.Lions,Rupertswood,Diggers Rest,Riddell,Melton South,Gisborne,Cragieburn and Greenvale, hosted at somewhere like boardman or clarke oval.

I dont think prize money would be a problem considering i think just about ANYONE would pay to see Lions,kangas,Rupo,gizzy and riddell all playing on the same day.

Do u think that with enough organisation an event like this would be a yearly sucsess? On paper i think the team line-up looks great.Shortened quarter form would make some interesting results,ive seen it happen before

thoughts?
 
Animosity said:
While on the subject of lightning premiership,wat do u think of this idea for a pre season L/P?... Teams I think that it should consist of would be that of a sunbury based area/region, I know obviously we already have an RDFL with kangas + diggers, but lets not forget other sunbury teams that do exist in our community and a chance to play against some different opposition at the start of the year...

I believe it would draw a huge crowd due to the locals not having to travel far (all teams are within 30min of each other) ... Working on shortened quarters starting early morning in "pool form" where teams were split up into "pools" and say something like a top 2 from each pool would go through to knockout rounds and so-forth until a grand finalist plays a decent lengthed 4 quarters.

Teams that would play in this would be the likes of: Bacchus marsh,Melton,Darley,Sun.Kangas,Sun.Lions,Rupertswood,Diggers Rest,Riddell,Melton South,Gisborne,Cragieburn and Greenvale, hosted at somewhere like boardman or clarke oval.

I dont think prize money would be a problem considering i think just about ANYONE would pay to see Lions,kangas,Rupo,gizzy and riddell all playing on the same day.

Do u think that with enough organisation an event like this would be a yearly sucsess? On paper i think the team line-up looks great.Shortened quarter form would make some interesting results,ive seen it happen before

thoughts?
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Was a lot of hype at the start of the year regarding preseason for 07, lets get something into place! Would be huge event, i know just the yearly Sunbury v Gissy game draws a few, why not have them all in! Some big companies in the area would put money up for that!
 
If enuff people (7-10ppl) show enough interest online .. I will promise to start running petitions around 2/3 local areas with the same proposition and with enough signatures, can be taken seriously ...
 
forget using grounds in sunbury there is a lack of ovals and cricket uses them all just about right up to footy season the ground would have to have great lighting aswell. But it would be fantastic to see.
 

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Great idea but might need to consider an A grade and a B grade otherwise clubs like Sunbury Lions, Gisbourne and Melton Bloods would destroy the likes of the kangas and Diggers and Centrals. Rupo would be a hard one to place they would probably be somewhere in the middle.
 
Mormons fight Sunday footyKaren Collier

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A CHURCH-going footballer wants Sunday Grand Finals scrapped because of his religion.

Strict Mormon Campbell Walshe is taking legal action against his league, claiming discrimination after missing a premiership play-off last month.
The midfielder and two teammates, ruckman Jeremy Jose and fellow midfielder Stephen Hoare, abstained because their religion forbids sport on Sundays.

"Sunday is the Lord's day," Walshe said. "It is a day devoted to worship, attending church and spending time with family and friends."

Football authorities are monitoring Walshe's bid in what is shaping as a test case.

Walshe complained to the Equal Opportunity Commission earlier this year. He has now taken his grievance to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Riddell District Football League is resisting any changes to the grand final schedule.

RDFL general manager Neill Sharpe said the discrimination allegations would be defended. The league's last three seniors premierships have been held on Sundays.

The Mormons, or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, frown upon sport and other distractions, such as shopping, on Sundays.

Walshe spent time worshipping during his Diggers Rest team's 69-point Grand Final loss to Riddell on September 24.

"I could not even go to the match as a spectator," he said after a preliminary VCAT hearing yesterday. Walshe, 22, Jose, 24, and Hoare, 22, are among their club's top players.

Teammates supported their decision.

"Who knows what would have happened if we were all able to play?" Walshe said.

Walshe played for 20 other games, including two finals, this season.

Senior coach Glenn Hopkins and club president Peter Gulliver are backing the legal action.

"We respect these guys because their faith is so strong," Hopkins said.

"We understand they've got to stick by their beliefs."

Football Victoria is closely watching the case, which will proceed to a full hearing if mediation talks fail.

Chief executive Ken Gannon said although Saturday was most common, Sunday finals were timed to avoid clashes with nearby leagues.

Latter-day Saints spokeswoman Dorothy Petkoff urged sports officials to give Sunday sport the boot.
 
That is the biggest load of crap I have ever heard. It is just ridiculous that these guys are taking legal action. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking their faith. But everybody makes decisions in life. These guys made their decision. Their faith is more important than football. Sorry boys but you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Anyway, I thought that football was a leisurley pursuit that you do with your friends. The boys said that Sunday was for spending with family and friends and worship. Now football isn't worship but it is only 3 hours of the day. Do these guys really sit and pray for 12 hour straight on Sunday? I don't think so....

The league should not bow down to such a minority group. What's next? Blokes sue the league because their boss makes them work on Sunday. We all make sacrifices to play footy.

The league is much bigger than the individual. There would be over 200 blokes playing RDFL, not to mention all the supporters and they can make do with a Sunday game. And I'm sure the league benefits from having the GF on Sunday. The league should be looking after itself, not 3 blokes who can't play on Sunday.

For crying out loud we are living in Australia in 2006. Times have changed, these boys need to move with the times. If not don't blame the league for discrimination! Maybe they should blame their church for discrimination!
 
couldnt have said it any better ... and to quote

"The league is much bigger than the individual. There would be over 200 blokes playing RDFL, not to mention all the supporters and they can make do with a Sunday game. And I'm sure the league benefits from having the GF on Sunday. The league should be looking after itself, not 3 blokes who can't play on Sunday."

Is exactly right .... For a game where it *****ed cats and dogs and hosted in lancefield, the turnout was still great! ... u cant tell me that there wasnt a single person in the crowd who had to sacrifice something to do to be there on that day,

Besides: I think the rdfl G/F is played on a sunday because of the BFL (lions) and Vic Amatuers (Rupo) G/F's are hosted on saturdays ... i know for a fact A LOT of people from rupo and sunbury show plenty of interest in the RDFL ...some even go as far as following a BFL team AND an RDFL team, Crowd attendance would suffer badly if RDFL g/f was played on a satday.
 
not sure i can agree with this one, yes its hard when the GF is on a Sunday, Saturdays are much better nights for partying, and im sure Lancefield would sell far more grog with a Sat GF, but anyone whose been to an RDFL GF in recent times can see theres always a crowd consisting of premiership players from nearby leagues, still celebrating from the day before. If this league wants to keep growing and have guys with the calibre on Neill Sharpe at the helm, we need all the revenue we can get, and im sure the Sunday GF only enhances the bank balance! The boys know from the word go that Grand Final day is on a sunday, why was this now only a problem because they have made one and were unfortunately beaten??? Do they feel responsible for Diggers being runners up????
 
doesn't the jewish community have their day of rest on saturday maybe they should take action against the league because somebody may be out there wanting to play.
These boys need to look at themselves say goodbye to the rdfl and go to a league that only play on saturdays if it means so much to them.:D
 

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Does anyone know who lancefield or romsey are looking at getting into there clubs !
 
This is rubbish! These blokes knew all year that the Grand Final was on a Sunday, sorry boys but you choose to play the whole year knowing full well that the big one fall on a Sunday! You should have thought about that in round 1, knowing their may be a good chance of making it this year! Ok the three of them had excellent years, but 3 players doesn't account for the rest of us in the RDFL, leave it on a Sunday it's tradition.

And next year boys, you might think about taking up a mid week sport, one which won't let team mates down come September!
 
blues12 said:
both clubs looking for coaches, rumour is robbie watters will head back to tiger land for the position.
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Heard Dipper and Darren Lingard as a combination have applied for the Romsey role, and Morgan has also applied.

I don't think Fitzy is interested in senior coaching this year, may go back to juniors, but haven't spoken to him about it.

As for Lancefield, who knows? They are pretty tight lipped about it all. If Robbie Waters did return, and perhaps bring Matt, who kicked 100 goals for Huntly this season, then the Tigers would be well on the way.

Chris Collins is running the pre-season training this year and has committed for a full season. Scott Clark's shoulder is right to go (he played cricket with me on Saturday) and there are plenty of keen players around at the moment.
 
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