query: when did the vfl change to the afl

pos: History of the Australian Football League the Australian Football League in 1990 to reflect the new national perspective; the VFA later took over the Victorian Football League name in 1996. Functionally, the AFL gave up control over its Victorian-based minor grades at the end of 1991 – clubs continued to field reserves teams in the independent Victorian State Football League, while an entirely new under-18s competition (the TAC Cup) was established with new, zone-based clubs. Without minor grades, the McClelland Trophy was now awarded to the senior minor premiers. Collingwood won the AFL Premiership in 1990, ending a 32-year premiership drought, which featured a string of

pos: Fitzroy Bulldogs league. Peter Gordon once described the merger as an arranged marriage orchestrated by the VFL. Whether or not that was the case, Fitzroy is the only one of the eleven Victorian clubs from 1989 which no longer competes in the AFL competition as of 2017 (now currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association); but the VFL did go on to change its name to the Australian Football League from the 1990 season, and became the "de jure" national administrative body for the sport in 1993 when the National Football League was dissolved. Fitzroy Bulldogs The Fitzroy Bulldogs was a

pos: History of the Adelaide Football Club and then the expansion into Western Australia (West Coast Eagles) and Queensland (Brisbane Bears) in 1987. However, the SANFL was against a South Australian team joining the VFL under the financial terms offered throughout the 1980s. To circumvent this, the VFL negotiated directly with both the Port Adelaide and Norwood Football Clubs during the late 1980s, but did not come to an agreement. After the VFL was renamed the AFL for the 1990 season, the SANFL clubs unanimously resolved, in May 1990, that a team would not be entered into the AFL until season 1993. The AFL refused to accept

pos: Proposed VFL/AFL clubs to Sydney, there were a number of developments in the 1980s when new clubs were proposed as the League became the pre-eminent competition in the country. In 1980 East Perth of the West Australian Football League applied to join the VFL as the League's first non-Victorian club. Nothing came of this application. In 1982 the Norwood Football Club had sought discussions with the VFL about admissions but these met with cold responses. When Port Adelaide were privately seeking admission into the AFL during 1990, the AFL approached the club but Norwood decided to follow the SANFL's decision with its intentions

pos: VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final. The grand final has been played in all VFL/AFL seasons except for 1897 and 1924 (where the premiership was awarded without a grand final being played), and has been an annual tradition in its current format since 1931. Since the introduction by the

pos: VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics a senior, reserves, under-19s and night premiership in a single year. VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final. The grand final has been played in all VFL/AFL seasons except for 1897 and 1924 (where the premiership was awarded without a grand final being played), and has been an annual tradition

pos: Barry Young (footballer) Barry Young (footballer) Barry Young (born 26 June 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond, Essendon and Hawthorn in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Young, who could play both ends of the ground, began his league career at Richmond and made his debut in the 1989 VFL season. A St Arnaud recruit, he missed a total of eight games in 1990 through two separate suspensions, for kneeing in round one and striking later in the year. However, when he did play in 1990, he performed well enough to be selected in the Victorian team to play

pos: Victorian Football League same name which had been used by the rival VFL/AFL competition until 1990. Despite the change in name and administrative structure, the on-field competition is considered continuous, and VFA records are recognised in the VFL era. The VSFL intended that each TAC Cup team would be affiliated with a VFL club, so embarked upon a period of expansion to represent the four TAC Cup teams from country Victoria, as well as Tasmania (which was represented in the TAC Cup for a period of time). In this expansion, existing powerhouse country clubs North Ballarat and Traralgon joined the league in 1996,

pos: 2010 AFL Grand Final Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. The first was held on 25 September 2010. The game was attended by 100,016 spectators, the highest crowd for a VFL/AFL game since the 1986 VFL Grand Final. The match ended in a draw, with both teams scoring 68 points. This was the third draw in a VFL/AFL grand final, the previous two occurring in 1948 and 1977. The premiership was decided by a full replay on 2 October 2010. It was attended by 93,853 people. Collingwood defeated St Kilda by 56 points, marking Collingwood's fifteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory and their first since 1990. It

neg: Proposed VFL/AFL clubs Proposed VFL/AFL clubs Proposed VFL/AFL clubs are clubs that at various points in the history of the Australian Football League have been or were distinct possibilities but either did not or have not yet eventuated. Due to their association with the national Australian competition, they have drawn a large amount of controversy and media attention. The VFL was formed in 1896 when Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda left the Victorian Football Association. A number of other VFA clubs were touted as becoming members of the League at this time, the most notable being North

neg: Jay Viney Jay Viney Jay W. Viney (born 20 December 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Viney played senior football at Sturt before being reunited with his elder brother Todd when Melbourne recruited him in the 1987 VFL Draft. He found it difficult to put together regular VFL/AFL appearances but he did play in the last 11 home and away games of the 1991 AFL season. However he was then let go by Melbourne and returned to the South Australian National Football League where he captained the embattled Double Blues under

neg: Alex Rance 2007 AFL national draft. He began his first season at the club by playing two levels below AFL, with the reserves side of Richmond's VFL affiliate, the Coburg Football Club. He played his first match at VFL level in mid April, before spending another month in development. When he returned in mid-May he became a regular selection, gathering 35 disposals and five tackles in a mid-June match. Though he spent some time in the lower level, he began to impress enough at VFL level that he was named an emergency for AFL games late in the season. He did not

neg: 2009 VFL season hiatus since the original statewide league's collapse at the end of 2000, and having the Tasmanian VFL club competing for attention and players did not fit with this vision. As a result, the VFL was reduced to thirteen clubs. Additionally, two pairs of VFL-AFL reserves affiliations were altered: As a result, the size of the VFL was reduced to thirteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliates, two AFL reserves team, and two stand-alone VFL teams. 2009 VFL season The 2009 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 128th season of the Australian Rules Football competition. The premiership was won by the North

neg: Australian Football League reserves affiliations had lost its purpose. As a result, the AFL relinquished direct control of the Victorian reserves and junior grades at the end of 1991. The change for the under-19s grade was significant: it was replaced by the TAC Cup, and the AFL clubs' under-19s teams were discarded entirely in favour of new, independent, zone-based under-18s clubs. The change to the reserves league was mostly administrative: it became known as and was governed by the Victorian State Football League, but it was otherwise identical to the former VFL/AFL reserves and is considered a direct continuation. The VFL/AFL reserves and the VSFL

neg: 2018 VFL season would be affected. In particular, the clubs involved in affiliations with AFL clubs, where most of the senior players on any given week are AFL-listed reserves players, were concerned that they would be reduced to having almost no players of their own, reducing their identity or utility as football clubs. The VFL Women's competition, now in this third season since coming under the VFL brand, will also undergo a significant change for the 2018 season, with a view towards aligning the competition more directly with the AFL Women's national competition, and with Victoria-based AFL clubs taking more direct roles in

neg: Proposed VFL/AFL clubs until 2028 at the earliest. If successful, the team would play its home games at TIO Stadium in Darwin and at Traeger Park in Alice Springs. Listed below are potential clubs that have been suggested by lobby groups, local governments or the AFL itself as regions that the league has expressed interest in granting licences. Proposed VFL/AFL clubs Proposed VFL/AFL clubs are clubs that at various points in the history of the Australian Football League have been or were distinct possibilities but either did not or have not yet eventuated. Due to their association with the national Australian competition, they

neg: Sam Hunt (Australian footballer) his AFL debut until Round 20 of the 2002 season. He scored a goal with his first kick in the AFL, but did not score another goal in his AFL career. He played in two more games that year, including the elimination final, when he was selected a late replacement for James Hird, who was injured. However he did not play in the AFL again until mid-2005, spending the entire 2003 and 2004 seasons playing for Bendigo in the VFL. Despite playing in the final two games of the 2005 season, he was delisted by Essendon at the end of

neg: Tyson Stengle eighth most of any player in the league. He did not add to that tally in the VFL finals series however when Richmond's reserves side were eliminated following consecutive losses to and . He won the club's reserves goal-kicking medal for his 33 goals over 19 matches in the VFL, but failed to earn an AFL match in 2018. In the off-season that followed Stengle became the focus of trade speculation, with an "AFL Media" report in mid-September claiming that he was delaying acceptance of a two-year contract extension at Richmond while weighing up rival interest from . Less than

neg: Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry history. Carlton did not show any bitterness towards Collingwood or Strickland, but this would change the history and upcoming of the Collingwood Football Club. Strickland's arrival at Collingwood turned the club around. They quickly became Premiership contenders and under Strickland's captaincy, Collingwood won their only VFA Premiership, in 1896 against South Melbourne. In 1897, both Collingwood and Carlton were part of the eight teams which broke away from the VFA to form the Victorian Football League. In Round 7 of the 1897 VFL season, the clubs played against each other in their first encounter in the new VFL. This was

neg: James Podsiadly Collingwood in the AFL Pre-Season competition of 2002. However, he did not play during the regular season and was delisted at the end of the year. Before being recruited to the AFL, Podsiadly played seven seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He qualified for VFL life membership in 2009, represented the VFL in three state games and was named in the VFL's team of the year in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. Podsiadly was recruited by the VFL club, Werribee for the 2003 season. He won the club's best & fairest award and the Frosty Miller medal as the

neg: Southern Football League (South Australia) Mar – Marion, Maw – Lonsdale/Mawson, Melb – Melbourne (AFL/VFL), MV – Morphett Vale, Noar – Noarlunga, Nwd – Norwood (SANFL), NM – North Melbourne/Kangaroos (AFL/VFL), OSB – O'Sullivan Beach, Ply – Plympton, PortM – Port Adelaide (SANFL), PortP – Port Adelaide (AFL), PtN – Port Noarlunga, Rey – Reynella, Rich – Richmond (AFL/VFL), South – South Adelaide (SANFL), Sturt – Sturt (SANFL), Syd – Sydney Swans/South Melbourne (AFL/VFL), Vale – McLaren Vale, WB – Western Bulldogs/Footscray (AFL/VFL), WCE – West Coast (AFL/VFL), West – West Adelaide (SANFL), Will – Willunga, WWT – Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) The Southern Football League

neg: Luke Tapscott the AFL Under 18 Championships and being named in the All Australian team, he was picked as the 18th overall pick in the 2009 AFL Draft, by the Melbourne Football Club. At the time he was compared to 2009 AFL Rising Star winner Daniel Rich. After injuring his hip in the 2010 pre-season, Tapscott missed most of the season and was unable to break into Melbourne's senior side when he did return, instead playing for Melbourne's VFL-affiliate Casey, before injuring his shoulder at the end of 2010. After an impressive 2011 pre-season, Tapscott made his AFL debut in Round One

neg: Victorian Football League that its Victorian clubs retained VFL-affiliations, and offered a disincentive in the form of an inflated licence fee for fielding a stand-alone team; however, the AFL did not otherwise prevent teams from fielding stand-alone reserves teams if they are willing and able to pay the fee. The total licence and running costs for an AFL club to field its reserves team in the VFL were estimated to be $500,000 per year in 2011. These days the VFL is moderately popular in Victoria, although not nearly as well-supported as the dominant Australian Football League. Matches now attract both traditional fans of

neg: Shannon Corcoran club he again struggled to play regular senior football and was delisted, only to be given another opportunity when Sydney selected him with the 34th pick of the 1996 AFL Draft. Shannon Corcoran Shannon Corcoran (born 22 February 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray, the Brisbane Bears and Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Picked with the 49th selection of the 1988 VFL Draft, Corcoran spent six seasons at Footscray but could only manage 23 AFL games. He did however play all three of their finals in 1992, including the semi

neg: 2013 Carlton Football Club season home ground, Visy Park. The Northern Blues finished 9th out of 14 in the VFL, missing the final eight by four premiership points and percentage; there had been speculation that the Northern Blues could have been promoted to the eighth if the AFL and AFL Victoria had decided to exclude the eighth-placed Essendon reserves team from the VFL finals as part of the punishments for the club's supplements scandal, but the league did not apply this punishment. 2013 Carlton Football Club season The 2013 AFL season was the 117th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football

neg: Box Hill Hawks Football Club Report", which recommended the amalgamation of the Victorian-based AFL Reserve Grade competition with the VFL competition into a revamped and stronger VFL commencing in season 2000. Victorian based AFL clubs were to be permitted to participate in the VFL competition either by fielding its reserves teams or by entering into an "alignment" partnership with an existing VFL club, whereby the VFL club hosted players from the AFL club, effectively fielding a hybrid team. Due to the complexities involved in finalising the details of such an arrangement, only 3 AFL clubs participated in an "alignment" partnership in the VFL in 2000.

neg: Princes Park (stadium) 62,986 at the 1945 VFL Grand Final between Carlton and . After 2005, when the ground hosted its last Australian Football League (AFL) game, two stands were removed and replaced with an indoor training facility and administration building, reducing the capacity. Austadiums lists the current capacity of the stadium at around 22,000. Princes Park was first used in 1897 by the Carlton Football Club, during the inaugural season of the AFL/VFL. The club went on to win 673 of its 962 VFL/AFL games at the venue. The Alderman Gardiner Stand was designed in 1903 and completed in stages between 1909

neg: Aaron Davey Palmerston Football Club. He moved to Melbourne to further his prospects of an Australian rules career, and trialled with the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After an exceptional debut season in the VFL, Davey was voted the VFL player most likely to succeed AFL level. In 2003, Sandringham Coach Graeme Yeats believed "Davey is the fastest VFL-listed player in the competition" Surprisingly he was overlooked by all clubs in the 2003 AFL Draft. However, he caught the eye of Melbourne Football Club talent scouts and was selected at Pick #3 in the rookie draft. When

neg: Australian Football League reserves affiliations strong opposition from the clubs. Since the merger, the VFL has served as both a distinct second-tier senior competition and a reserves competition for AFL clubs. Since the merger, there have been three types of club participating in the VFL: Currently, there are no limitations on how many AFL-listed players may play in a VFL team on any given weekend—except during finals, when only players who have played a certain number of VFL games during the season are eligible. There was previously a rule known as the "12–10 Rule", which stated that in a match between an affiliated VFL team

neg: Andrew Krakouer playing 4 games. Krakouer's final League career game tally was 227 games which included: 102: Richmond (AFL) 35: Collingwood (AFL) 40: Coburg Tigers (VFL) 13: Collingwood VFL (VFL) 32: Swan Districts (WAFL) 4: West Perth (WAFL) Krakouer's final League career goal tally was 271 goals which included: 102: Richmond (AFL) 50: Collingwood (AFL) 58: Coburg Tigers (VFL) 5: Collingwood VFL (VFL) 48: Swan Districts (WAFL) 8: West Perth (WAFL) Krakouer also played in five League Grand Finals in his career and averaged 2.40 goals per game which was an excellent return for a small crumbing forward: Andrew Krakouer Andrew James

neg: 1991 AFL Grand Final premierships in nine years. The game also represented the final game of VFL/AFL football played by Michael Tuck. His record includes Hawthorn's next premiership would not come until 17 years later, when it defeated the 2008 season's most dominant team, Geelong, in the Grand Final. West Coast did not have to wait long for a maiden flag, defeating Geelong in the 1992 AFL Grand Final. The two teams would not meet in another Grand Final again until 2015, with the Hawks again winning that encounter. The day was also memorable for the half-time entertainment which featured a parade of sporting

neg: Australian Football League reserves affiliations VFL was responsible for the very strong senior AFL performances of those two clubs between 2007 and 2011, during which time they shared four of the five AFL premierships. In Victoria, some VFL clubs with a strong existing identity were also interested in ending their AFL affiliations after the strong performance of stand-alone VFL side Port Melbourne in its unbeaten 2011 season. This represented a shift from the prevailing thinking of the 1990s, when the affiliations were arranged. At that time, particularly during the early 1990s recession, many clubs' finances were tight, so operating costs drove many decisions. At that

neg: Shane Hamilton more regular game time than he did when he was with the stronger Geelong. Hamilton now coaches the Huntly Football Club in the Heathcote and District Football League. Shane Hamilton Shane Hamilton (born 18 August 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL. Hamilton was only 17 when he made his league debut for Geelong and in just his third game kicked 7 goals 4 against Sydney at the SCG. He played six games in 1989 but four of them were finals, including the famed 1989 VFL Grand Final against

neg: 1961 VFL Grand Final the end courtesy of a dominant third quarter in which they kicked six goals to just one by Footscray. The Bulldogs did not appear in another Grand Final until 2016, which they won. The 1961 Grand Final is the oldest currently available on DVD. Videos of the 1962, 1963 and 1964 Grand Finals have not yet surfaced. It is also the first Grand Final in VFL/AFL history that did not include any of the original eight clubs that formed the VFL in 1897 (Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St. Kilda, South Melbourne). Umpire: Frank Schwab 1961 VFL Grand Final

neg: 2014 VFL season to sixteen teams in 2014, following the end of two VFL-AFL affiliations: The Development League was reduced from ten teams to nine, with North Ballarat withdrawing its team; this left only the nine metropolitan VFL clubs competing in the seconds competition, with all five AFL clubs and both regional VFL clubs (North Ballarat and Bendigo) absent. The top two non-AFL teams from the 2013 VFL season – Box Hill and Williamstown – competed in the 2014 Foxtel Cup. Williamstown won the competition, defeating WAFL team West Perth in the Grand Final. Features of the fixture included: Source: VFL season 2014

neg: Daniel Nicholls Daniel Nicholls Daniel "Danny" Nicholls (born 2 March 1987) is an Australian footballer with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. A hard running forward pocket rover, Nicholls played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football League (VFL) throughout 2006 and was retained for season 2007. He made his AFL debut in Round 2 of the 2007 season, but did not play another game in the AFL. Whilst on the Collingwood list he suffered a stress fracture to his foot that caused him to miss most of the season. He has since continued to play in the VFL, switching

neg: Richmond Football Club nominees given by the Richmond Football Club in 2008 to celebrate their centenary year of competition in the VFL/AFL. The awards were mostly given to players but also club moments and campaigns. On Saturday, 28 June held a centenary celebration at Punt Road Oval before the centenary game at the MCG against arch rivials later that day. VFL/AFL Best & Fairest VFL/AFL leading goalkicker Grand Final Best & Fairest "First Awarded 1979" AFL Rising Star "First Awarded 1993" Mark of the Year Goal of the Year All-Australian selection "First Awarded 1953" AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year AFL

neg: Jacob Townsend the VFL home and away season Townsend suffered a severe ankle injury. The fractured fibula sustained in the incident came with an expected recovery period of at least two months and saw Townsend's season effectively ended at both VFL and AFL levels. He had played 10 senior matches and kicked 12 goals at AFL level in addition to seven matches and seven goals in the reserves competition. Townsend did not receive a contract extension offer from Richmond during the 2018 season and media reports in July suggested Townsend's future at the club would depend heavily on the free-agency decision of

neg: Trevor Barker the ball. Barker's 230 games did not include a final, a VFL/AFL record, and he is one of only five players in the AFL/VFL to play 200 games or more without appearing in a final (the other four are Steve Smith and Gary Hardeman of , teammate Geoff Cunningham and Ted Pool of ). As he got older he would regularly miss games through chronic injury until he retired after the 1989 season. Many football experts noted that Barker could have easily fitted into the powerhouse teams of the competition and there were plays for his services but his loyalty

neg: Brent Crosswell achievements received formal recognition when he was one of the inaugural inductees into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005. In July 2012, he was upgraded to Icon status. Crosswell's son Tom Kavanagh also played in the VFL/AFL. Brent Crosswell Brent Tasman Crosswell (born 8 August 1950 in Launceston, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented , and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. A charismatic and versatile player, Crosswell is part of a select group of VFL/AFL footballers to have won premierships with two clubs. The son of Darrell and

neg: Essendon District Football League one junior team in divisions 1, 2 or 3 for each age group, however many clubs have more in divisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. EDFL players who have gone on to play in the VFL/AFL The following is an incomplete list of EDFL players who later played in the VFL or AFL: VFL/AFL players who have played in the EDFL The following is an incomplete list of VFL and AFL players who later played in the EDFL: Essendon District Football League The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a professional Australian rules football league based in the north-west

neg: 2018 VFL season a combined win-loss record in 2016 and 2017 of 4–32 – was also a factor. The suspension brought to an end North Ballarat's 22-year association with the VFL, which included three premierships. Although the club will not contest the 2018 season, it will have the opportunity to reapply for its licence as Frankston had done; AFL Victoria maintains an interest in maintaining an ongoing VFL presence in Ballarat, although is not necessarily committed to North Ballarat providing that presence. Another significant change to the VFL's structure prior to 2018 was the abolition of the Development League competition, ending 90 years

neg: VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought. As St Kilda did not contest the 1916 and 1917 seasons, the duration of this drought was either 68 contested seasons, or 70 calendar years. "Table correct to the end of the 2018 season". "Table correct to the end of the 2018 season". "Table correct to the end of the 2018 season". The most VFL/AFL premierships won consecutively is four, achieved only once, by (1927–1930). Teams have won three premierships

neg: Australian Football League 1960s, all Melbourne stations (ABV2, HSV7, GTV9 and, after it commenced in 1965, ATV0/ATV10) broadcast some games. However, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the VFL was concerned that direct telecasts may affect attendances and stations were only permitted to telecast a delayed replay of the last quarter of games. In the 1980s, the Seven Network was given exclusive rights to VFL/AFL games. The only year Seven did not telecast games was 1987, when the rights were bought by Broadcom, which on-sold the rights to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The exclusive rights were won back by Seven in

neg: Richard Champion Richard Champion Richard Champion (born 14 April 1968 on Yorke Peninsula in Kadina, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) and South Australian National Football Leagues (SANFL). Originally from SANFL club Woodville, Champion was a high draft pick by the Brisbane Bears in 1988 VFL Draft, but did not move to Brisbane until the 1991 AFL season. A solidly built and tough backman, Champion wore the number 1 guernsey for Brisbane and was a Bears stalwart through some of the club's darkest years, and a poster player in an era when the club

neg: George Horlin-Smith number 37 in the 2010 AFL national draft. After suffering a shoulder injury in the lead-up to the 2011 season, Horlin-Smith was unable to break into Geelong's strong senior team, but he did manage nine games for Geelong's VFL side. Horlin-Smith's development continued in 2012, playing three games with Geelong's AFL side. His 2012 season in Geelong's VFL side garnered a premiership medal with the Cats, and the Norm Goss Memorial Medal for best player afield in the Grand Final. He finished the regular season as Geelong's highest vote getter in the J.J. Liston medal, coming 5th overall. Horlin-Smith was

neg: Jack Trengove After strong form in the VFL, he made his long-awaited return to AFL football in the eighteen point loss against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round eleven, in which he recorded nineteen disposals and four clearances. He played the next two matches before he was omitted for the first match after the mid-season bye, the round fifteen match against Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He did not play another AFL match for the year, and instead played in the VFL, helping Casey claim the minor premiership and reach their first grand final since 1999, in which the club

neg: Shaun Hampson at AFL level. He also managed just six appearances with the club's reserves side in the VFL. He played in round 1 of the VFL season in 2018 but did not play another match after that due to a re-occurrence of the same back issues. Hampson announced his immediate retirement from AFL football on 26 June 2018, citing the ongoing effects of his two-year back troubles. ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |

neg: Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry marks of all time. As a result, Lee had broken the ankle strap on his boot after taking the mark. He removed his boots and kicked the goal with his bare foot. This match was the first VFL draw between the clubs. Collingwood 8.8 (56) drew Carlton 6.20 (56) Many Carlton and Collingwood players worked in the local brewery, as did Collingwood coach Jock McHale, who was a foreman. It was therefore a suspicious coincidence when, on the morning of the 1938 VFL Grand Final between two sides, Carlton captain-coach Brighton Diggins was rostered to clean barrels in the brewery

neg: 1933 VFL Grand Final the 1934 VFL Grand Final it was Richmond which emerged victorious. South Melbourne did not win another premiership for 72 years, eventually winning the 2005 AFL Grand Final — as the "Sydney Swans" — having relocating to Sydney in 1982. South Melbourne: Richmond: 1933 VFL Grand Final The 1933 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1933. It was the 37th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the

neg: Rankin family of Geelong Sam is reported as not being selected in the senior team, while Tom served the club in 47 matches in the 1904–06 seasons. Albert 'Bert' Rankin (1893–1971) features in a number of VFL/AFL family records. In 1912, less than two years after his father Teddy had retired as a player, Rankin was playing senior football, which still stands as the VFL/AFL record. In 1923, Bert Rankin became Geelong captain. When his brother Cliff was appointed vice-captain in the same season, the Rankins became the first brothers to fill both positions in the same VFL team. It was also the first

neg: Australian Football League reserves affiliations time, some Victorian AFL clubs favoured the establishment of a WAFL/SANFL style of affiliation, with reserves players scattered throughout the VFL, because it would result in minimum management costs for the AFL club. The desire for teams to re-establish stand-alone reserves teams came at a time when most clubs were in a much stronger financial position. The total licence and running costs for a stand-alone team were estimated to be $500,000 per year in 2011. Through the 2000s, the AFL preferred that its Victorian clubs retained VFL-affiliations, and offered a disincentive in the form of an inflated licence fee for

neg: Shannon Corcoran Shannon Corcoran Shannon Corcoran (born 22 February 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray, the Brisbane Bears and Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Picked with the 49th selection of the 1988 VFL Draft, Corcoran spent six seasons at Footscray but could only manage 23 AFL games. He did however play all three of their finals in 1992, including the semi final win over St Kilda when he had 16 disposals. Corcoran was let go by Footscray after the 1994 season and secured by Brisbane in the pre-season draft. At his new

neg: Bayley Fritsch the Fothergill–Round Medal as the VFL's best young player and he was named on the half-forward flank in the VFL Team of the Year. Furthermore, he finished second in Casey's best and fairest behind then- player, Jack Trengove. Towards the end of the season, he was being touted as a potential AFL draftee when he was one of ten VFL players invited to the Victoria combine, with Casey Demons coach, Justin Plapp, saying Fritsch could become a "serious player" in the AFL if given the chance. Fritsch was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club, Casey's AFL affiliate team, with their

neg: 2014 AFL Grand Final votes, for his 35 possessions and 2 goals. He edged fellow midfielders Jordan Lewis (37 possessions) and Sam Mitchell (33 possessions), both with 9 votes, for his second Norm Smith Medal, having also won it in 2008. Sydney did not change its team from the previous week's preliminary final, while Hawthorn omitted Jonathon Ceglar and Jonathan Simpkin in favour of Cyril Rioli and Ben McEvoy. Rioli was returning to the team after missing almost three months with a hamstring injury; he had appeared for Box Hill for limited playing time in the previous week's VFL Grand Final, which was his

neg: Sam Hunt (Australian footballer) Sam Hunt (Australian footballer) Samuel (Sam) Hunt (born 13 April 1983) is an Australian Rules Footballer who has played for Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL), Geelong and Bendigo in the Victorian Football League (VFL), the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup and South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Hunt, a tall defender, was drafted by Essendon with the 32nd selection in the 2000 AFL Draft from the 2000 TAC Cup premiership winning Geelong Falcons. He played the entire 2001 season in the VFL with Essendon's affiliated reserves team, the Bendigo Bombers, and did not make

neg: Craig Smith (Australian rules footballer) Craig Smith (Australian rules footballer) Craig Smith (born 27 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A defender from Lalbert, Smith finished second in the 1986 Richmond best and fairest, which was his debut season. He played 20 games that year, the most he would ever play in a VFL/AFL season, with his career being restricted by injury. Smith, who started as a half-back flanker but was also used as a centreman and on the wing, played 10 games in 1987, then did not feature at all in 1988

neg: Athas Hrysoulakis Athas Hrysoulakis Athas Hrysoulakis (born 5 January 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Hrysoulakis, a Lalor recruit, played his first league season in 1987, when he put together nine games. He did not play senior VFL football in 1988 but the following year played the best football of his career late in the season. Playing as a forward, Hrysoulakis kicked five goals against the Sydney Swans at Victoria Park in round 18 and after some more good games kept his spot in the side for the elimination final. Collingwood

neg: Victorian Football League playing on Sundays at a time when the VFL was played solely on Saturdays. Since 1995, the league has been administered by AFL Victoria (and its predecessors), and serves as one of the second-tier regional Australian semi-professional competitions which sits underneath the fully professional Australian Football League. From the 2018 season it will comprise 15 teams from throughout Victoria, nine of which have a continuous VFA heritage. Since 2000, the VFL has served partially as a reserves competition for the AFL, with some Victorian-based clubs fielding their reserves teams in the VFL and others affiliated such that their reserves player

neg: Dennis Cometti all states apart from Victoria. In 1988, when Seven regained the VFL television rights, Cometti immediately became the highest profile commentator of VFL/AFL matches (based in Western Australia where he presented the evening news sports segment). He stayed with Seven until 2001, as main sports anchor for "Seven News" in Perth, when they lost the rights to broadcast AFL matches. He has since been succeeded by Basil Zempilas, who reads the sport news on "Seven News". In the late 1990s, he was among those to have been sent up by impersonator Andrew Startin on "Live And Kicking". Actor Eric Bana

neg: Victorian Football League in the decade since the VFL and VSFL merged, as well as a shift in the arrangement preferred by the AFL clubs. Initially, only four of the ten Victorian AFL clubs were involved in a VFL affiliation, with the rest fielding reserves teams. At its peak of between 2003–2006, nine of the ten Victorian AFL clubs were involved in an affiliation, with only Geelong fielding its own reserves team. Many clubs have since migrated away from this model, and since 2014 there have been five AFL clubs fielding stand-alone reserves teams in the VFL. Through the 2000s, the AFL preferred

neg: Ryan Garthwaite play as a carryover emergency for the club's forthcoming AFL qualifying final against . Richmond's football manager Neil Balme publicly spoke out against the scheduling issue that forced both Garthwaite and teammate Sam Lloyd to miss the match, blaming a lack of cooperation between officials at the AFL and VFL. Garthwaite would ultimately go unselected in that AFL final, but would be available for the following VFL semi-final against Essendon. Despite his return, the club would endure a second straight VFL finals loss that saw them knocked out of the finals series and ending their season. With the club's AFL

neg: Australian Football League reserves affiliations and a stand-alone VFL senior team, the affiliated team could play of at most twelve AFL-listed players, with the other ten to be VFL-listed players; and, where the AFL club had more than twelve reserve players available, the extras would play in the VFL reserves. The rule was abolished in 2011. For all clubs in this list, the club fielded a reserves team in the VFL/AFL reserves up to 1991, and then in the VSFL from 1992 until 1999; additionally, the Fitzroy Football Club fielded a reserves team in these competitions until the club merged with the Brisbane Bears at

neg: 2008 VFL season 2008 VFL season The 2008 Victorian Football League (VFL) was a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring thirteen teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania. It was the 127th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the North Ballarat Football Club, who defeated Port Melbourne by 45 points in the Grand Final on 26 September. It was the first VFL premiership in North Ballarat's history. Prior to the 2008 season, there were several changes to the VFL-AFL reserves affiliations: As a result, the size of the VFL increased to fourteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliations,

neg: Tony Liberatore to witness the Bulldogs' unlikely triumph, celebrating with Tom in the rooms after the game. Tony Liberatore Anthony "Tony" Liberatore (born 11 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the in the Australian Football League (AFL). Liberatore is the only player to have won league best-and-fairest medals in all three grades of VFL/AFL football (under 19s, reserves and seniors). Liberatore is one of the shortest players to have played in the VFL/AFL competition and the shortest player to have won a Brownlow Medal. Playing as a rover, Liberatore was a long-time holder of the VFL/AFL record for

neg: Tony Liberatore Tony Liberatore Anthony "Tony" Liberatore (born 11 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the in the Australian Football League (AFL). Liberatore is the only player to have won league best-and-fairest medals in all three grades of VFL/AFL football (under 19s, reserves and seniors). Liberatore is one of the shortest players to have played in the VFL/AFL competition and the shortest player to have won a Brownlow Medal. Playing as a rover, Liberatore was a long-time holder of the VFL/AFL record for most career tackles. Liberatore was born in Australia to Italian parents. Liberatore played junior football

neg: 2014 Richmond Football Club season 2014 Richmond Football Club season The 2014 season marked the 107th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL. Source:AFL Source: AFL Tables Source: AFL Tables In 2014 Richmond broke away from their affiliated status with Coburg to field a stand-alone reserves side for the first time in over a decade. The team competed in the VFL and played home games at the club's Punt Road home. Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players.

neg: Australian Football Championships Night Series West Coast Eagles resulting in the AFC Board disbanding and the Night Series reverting to a VFL-run competition featuring only the VFL teams. The 1987 competition was pushed earlier into the year, with the final played on 28 April. By 1988 the competition did not overlap with the day premiership season at all, and became entirely a pre-season competition. The AFC Night Series is generally considered to be of equivalent importance as the VFL-AFL pre-season competition and the VFL Night Series (1956–1971/1977-1978,1987), and records relating to the three competitions are often combined. The AFC Night Series was mostly played as

neg: 1977 VFL Grand Final after he was found guilty of striking Hawthorn's Michael Tuck in the Second Semi-Final, and, regular defender Ian Cooper who had played the first 21 matches of the season before chipping an ankle bone. North Melbourne were without captain Keith Greig, who missed two-thirds of the season with a knee injury. The game, attended by 108,224 spectators, was only the second Grand Final in VFL/AFL history to end in a draw. The first draw was 1948 VFL Grand Final between Melbourne and Essendon. A third draw in VFL/AFL history occurred in the 2010 AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and St

neg: 2015 Richmond Football Club season 2015 Richmond Football Club season The 2015 season marked the 108th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL. Source:AFL Source: AFL Tables Source: AFL Tables Nominations: For the second consecutive season, the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team finished 13th out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of five wins and thirteen losses. Each of

neg: Richard Champion end of the 2000 AFL season after 183 AFL games. Champion is currently a television presenter and radio commentator in Brisbane and a local celebrity. In 2006, he appeared in the television show "It Takes Two". Richard Champion Richard Champion (born 14 April 1968 on Yorke Peninsula in Kadina, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) and South Australian National Football Leagues (SANFL). Originally from SANFL club Woodville, Champion was a high draft pick by the Brisbane Bears in 1988 VFL Draft, but did not move to Brisbane until the 1991 AFL season.

neg: 2000 VFL season own reserves teams, fielding them in the VFL; or, they could enter a reserves affiliation with one or more existing VFL clubs. Under the affiliation structure, listed players who were not selected in the senior AFL team would be made available to play for their affiliated VFL club; the VFL club would then make up the balance of the team from its own playing list. Under the new arrangement, four AFL clubs entered into affiliations with existing VFL clubs. These were: A fifth affiliation was established with the creation of a new club, the Murray Kangaroos. The Murray Kangaroos was

neg: Simon Beasley Simon Beasley Simon Beasley (born 26 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Swan Districts in the WAFL and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known as the Australian Football League (AFL). Recruited from Swan Districts in the WAFL, Beasley moved to Melbourne in 1982 to pursue his career as a stockbroker, and signed with Footscray in the VFL. He made his debut in the Round 1 of the 1982 VFL season against a rampant Essendon side at Windy Hill, the Bulldogs losing heavily by 109 points. However, Beasley did not take long to

neg: Southern Football League (South Australia) SFL but had gone on to achieve at a higher level. One player, Hendrick "Taffy" Waye was selected in both the 125 Year Team and the Greatest Exports Team. Key: Adel – Adelaide Crows (AFL), Ald – Aldinga, BDOS – Brighton Bombers/Brighton District and Old Scholars, BrisL – Brisbane Lions (AFL), CB – Christies Beach, Clrmt – Claremont (WAFL), Fitz – Fitzroy (VFL/AFL), FH – Flagstaff Hill, Flat – McLaren Flat/Hillside, Freo – Fremantle (AFL), Glen – Glenelg (SANFL), Glchy – Glenorchy (TANFL/TFL/TSL), GWS – (AFL), Hack – Hackham, Haw – Hawthorn (VFL/AFL), HV – Happy Valley, Kang – Kangarilla,

neg: 2009 Carlton Football Club season was the Bullants' first Grand Final appearance since 1984. The Bullants had finished third on the ladder after the home-and-away season. Carlton rookie-listed player David Ellard, who did not play at AFL level during the season, won the Laurie Hill Trophy as the Bullants' best and fairest. 2009 Carlton Football Club season The 2009 AFL season was the 113th season in the AFL to be contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton finished 7th out of 16 teams. The season marked the first time that Carlton had played finals since 2001, ending a club record drought of seven consecutive VFL/AFL

neg: Cameron Pedersen one match before he was omitted from the side and returned to the senior side a week later for the two-point loss against at AAMI Stadium in round eight as a late inclusion, before being dropped again after the one match. He did not play any more matches in the AFL for the remainder of the season, and instead played in the VFL. He had strong form in the VFL, and North Melbourne senior coach, Brad Scott, declared that, although Pedersen was playing well in the VFL and he was close to selection each week, competition for spots made it

neg: Peter Schwab Peter Schwab Peter Schwab (born 22 September 1960) is the Umpiring Director for the AFL and former List Manager at AFL football club, Brisbane Lions. He is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL/AFL and has held many roles in VFL/AFL football. Recruited from Bennettswood Football Club, Schwab played with Hawthorn from 1980–1991. He played 171 games and kicked 38 goals. Schwab was used mainly as a utility. After being part of the 1983, 1986 and 1988 flags with Hawthorn, Schwab missed Hawthorn's 1989 VFL Grand Final victory after he was suspended for striking Essendon's Andrew Manning.

neg: 1973 VFL Grand Final in League history, that's what." For the second time in their history, Richmond would go on to win successive premierships, defeating North Melbourne in the 1974 VFL Grand Final and cementing Tom Hafey's reputation as one of the all-time great VFL/AFL coaches. Carlton's next appearance in a premiership decider came six years later, when it won the 1979 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood. 1973 VFL Grand Final The 1973 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between and at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 1973. It was the 77th annual Grand Final of the Victorian

neg: AFL Grand Final result of history, as the presentation of a flag first occurred in 1895 when the VFA recognised Fitzroy's first premiership win, while the cup was not introduced until 1959 (retrospective cups were awarded by the AFL in 2010 for VFL/AFL premierships in 1897 to 1958). The winner of the grand final is presented with the AFL "premiership cup". The current premiership cup is silver (with the exception of 1996, when a gold cup was awarded instead of the usual silver one in recognition of the AFL/VFL's 100th season) and manufactured by Cash's International at their metalworks in Frankston, Victoria. The

neg: 2016 Hawthorn Football Club season four-peat in VFL/AFL history after (1927–1930), and the first four-peat in the AFL era. Hawthorn became the 6th team since the introduction of the AFL final eight system to be eliminated in straight-sets, joining (2001), (2007), and (2014), and (2015). This was the first time since 2010 Hawthorn didn't win a final, the first time since 2010 Hawthorn didn't advance to the preliminary final, and the first time since 2011 Hawthorn didn't advance to the AFL Grand Final. The 2016 AFL season is the 120th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in

neg: 2006 VFL season result, the competition stayed constant at thirteen teams: ten VFL-AFL affiliations, one AFL reserves team () and two stand-alone VFL teams (Port Melbourne and Frankston). Prior to the season, Springvale came to an arrangement with the City of Casey to relocate to the new Casey Fields multi-sports complex in Cranbourne East. The club changed its name to the Casey Scorpions. 2006 VFL season The 2006 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring 12 teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania. It was the 125th season of the Australian rules football competition. Prior to the

neg: 2001 VFL season at Devonport Oval in Devonport in its first season. Consequently, there were sixteen teams in the VFL in 2001: eight clubs with VFL-AFL affiliations, three AFL reserves teams, and five stand-alone VFL clubs. 2001 VFL season The 2001 Victorian Football League season was the 120th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Box Hill Football Club, after defeating Werribee by 37 points in the Grand Final on 23 September. It was the first top division premiership won by Box Hill in its 51 seasons in the VFA/VFL. In a continuation of the VFL's amalgamation

neg: 1989 WAFL season a national VFL/AFL competition. A more pressing issue was the off-field debate between Indian Pacific (the holders of the Eagles’ VFL licence) and the WAFL over the running of football in Western Australia, with Indian Pacific demanding an independent West Australian Football Commission rather than one controlled by the WAFL which was felt to be depressing standards. The dispute after the VFL allowed the Eagles to field a reserves team in exchange for a larger list continued: the VFL wanted the Eagles’ reserves playing in the VFL/AFL reserve grade competition, but that was unacceptable to the WAFC due to the

neg: Melbourne Hawks South Melbourne to Sydney, and saw the league change its name from the VFL to the Australian Football League (AFL). The expansion led to Victoria holding a disproportionately large number of teams relative to the other states. By the mid-1990s, there were eleven teams based in Victoria – ten of those in the inner suburbs of Melbourne – and concerns were raised about the long term viability (both on the field, and economically) of some of the weaker Melbourne-based clubs. Members of the AFL Commission (the governing body for the competition) began to worry that, relative to the new interstate

neg: 2016 AFL Grand Final 2016 AFL Grand Final The 2016 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Sydney Swans and the at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2016. It was the 120th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers of the 2016 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,981 spectators, was won by the Bulldogs by a margin of 22 points, marking the club's second VFL/AFL premiership victory and first since 1954. It was also the first time in VFL/AFL history that a team won the

neg: 2000 VFL season threatened to use their power to sack the AFL Commission over the changes. Consequently, the two competitions had run in parallel between 1995 and 1999. Prior to the 1998 season, the AFL again announced plans to amalgamate the VFL and the AFL reserves into a single competition, giving the clubs two years to make arrangements before the combined competition was to begin from the 2000 season. Although most of the AFL clubs were still opposed to the changes, on this occasion they accepted them. Under the new arrangement, AFL clubs were given two options: they could continue to operate their

neg: Nick Carter (footballer) of the 1999 season. Carter nominated for the 1999 AFL Draft, but he was not selected, thereby ending his AFL career. After failing to be picked up in the 1999 Draft, Carter began playing with the Bendigo Diggers in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played for Bendigo for eight seasons and was captain and assistant coach of the club during that time. In 2003 Carter was Bendigo's best and fairest player for the season, his third win of the award in four seasons. Carter also regularly represented the VFL when playing against other state leagues, such as the SANFL

neg: Andrew Macnish Subiaco Football Club. During his VFL career, Macnish gained a civil engineering degree and when the VFL became the AFL, graduated with his Masters Degree in Business Administration in March 1991 (possibly making him the first AFL player to do so). Following his football career, Macnish was CEO at the Shire of Bridgetown from 1998 - 2003, CEO at Busselton from 2003-2010 and has since held executive business roles. He completed three more tertiary qualifications including another Masters Degree (in Sustainability Management) and now consults. Andrew Macnish Andrew Geoffrey Macnish (born 11 September 1965) is a business consultant, and former

neg: James Byrne (footballer) VFL. Byrne retired at the end of the 2008 AFL season. He joined Essendon as a Development Coach at the beginning of the 2012 Season. James Byrne (footballer) James Byrne (born 23 April 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 24 AFL games with the Adelaide Crows and after he was delisted he has played for several other clubs. He was captain of the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 2007 he led the Geelong Football Club VFL side to a grand final win over the Coburg

neg: Sam Lloyd (footballer) the finals series' first match as a carryover emergency for the club's forthcoming AFL qualifying final against . Richmond football manager Neil Balme publicly spoke out against the scheduling issue that forced both Lloyd and teammate Ryan Garthwaite to miss the match, blaming a lack of cooperation between officials at the AFL and VFL. Lloyd would ultimately go unselected in that AFL final, but would be available for the following VFL semi-final against Essendon. Despite his return, the club would endure a second straight VFL finals loss that saw them knocked out of the finals series and ending their season.

neg: 2000 VFL season had been in use since 1989. The Victorian State Football League was superseded by a newly established body, Football Victoria, which administered the league. As a result of this large suite of changes, the size of the VFL grew from eleven to eighteen clubs, the largest it had been since 1987. The size of the competition during the 2000 season was the largest ever to contest the premiership in a single division in VFA/VFL history. The clubs were: Stand alone VFL AFL reserves teams AFL reserves affiliated 2000 VFL season The 2000 Victorian Football League season was the 119th season

neg: 2010 VFL season of senior football in the VFL in 2010 before its AFL senior debut. The VFL continued to serve as both the top state-level football league in Victoria, and as a reserves competition for Victorian-based clubs in the Australian Football League, as had been the case since 2000. The affiliation agreements between VFL and AFL clubs were unchanged from 2009. The preliminary finals and the reserves Grand Final were moved from TEAC Oval to Box Hill City Oval because heavy rain and frequent use during September had left TEAC Oval unplayable. 2010 VFL season The 129th season of the Victorian Football

neg: Harry Brereton was one of the most accurate kicks in the VFL at the time with the long-obsolete place kick, rebounded solidly in 1911 to kick 46 goals and be second in the goalkicking behind Vin Gardiner. He kicked five of his team’s six goals on the coldest-ever VFL/AFL match day of in the twelfth round against eventual premier Essendon. The following year, he did even better, heading the VFL goalkicking with fifty-six goals, but a long-term illness meant Brereton could not play a single match in 1913, and despite expectations he would return for 1914, a recurrence meant he again could

neg: 2018 Geelong Football Club season Essendon and Western Bulldogs player Stewart Crameri (16) in the 2018 rookie draft. Geelong did not participate in the corresponding pre-season draft. The 2018 VFL squad was finalised in March 2018, and consisted of 24 players—nine of whom were retained from the prior season—as well an additional development squad consisting of 10 players. In addition to this squad of players, senior and rookie-listed players for Geelong's AFL team are eligible for selection in VFL matches. The VFL Women's squad for the 2018 season consisted of 39 players who were eligible for selection in matches: 2018 Geelong Football Club season The

neg: Mick Dwyer Mick Dwyer Mark "Mick" Dwyer (born 16 November 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Dwyer made his VFL debut in 1986 at the age of 17, after arriving at the club from Lyndale. A centreman and utility, Dwyer had an injury plagued career but did manage to play all 22 games in the 1989 VFL season. He had 456 disposals for the year which was just three behind club leader Peter Russo. In 1992 he spent most of the season in the reserves but forced his

neg: Luke Lowden the Sandringham Dragons in 2008, which led to him being drafted. Lowden did not play for Hawthorn in his first few seasons, instead playing for their VFL affiliate side, Box Hill. Lowden began in Box Hill's reserves and was promoted to their senior side in 2010. He played in a premiership with Box Hill in 2013. Lowden finally made his AFL debut in round 12 of the 2014 season, against , and kicked three goals playing as a ruckman opposed to Dean Cox and Nic Naitanui. Despite his strong performance Lowden did not play another AFL game for the season,

neg: Victorian Football League the VFA/VFL clubs, and fans of affiliated AFL clubs keen to watch their reserves players in action. The match of the week and most finals continued to be televised live in Melbourne by the ABC until 2014, and since 2015 by the Seven Network as a lead-in to its AFL coverage. The VFL is seen as a viable pathway into the AFL for players who are not drafted at eighteen, with several mature aged players drafted out of the VFL each year. The first award for the Association best and fairest player was the Woodham Cup, first awarded in 1923;

neg: AFL Commission Commission took over the role of the Australian National Football Council in 1993, and in 2005 also replaced the International Australian Football Council. The eight commissioners are elected by the 18 AFL clubs, with each club entitled to make nominations. The Commission was formed to set policy and has directed the VFL/AFL (known then as the VFL) as the game's most professional league since December 1985. In 1993, the AFL Commission assumed national governance of the sport (see Principle 2 below) following the dissolution of the Australian National Football Council. At the same time, control of the AFL passed from

neg: North Ballarat Football Club listed teams of) much larger AFL clubs. The North Ballarat Roosters separated their association with the North Melbourne Football Club at the end of the 2015 season and struggled to transition as a stand-alone team against the AFL backed teams. At the end of the 2017 season, AFL Victoria revoked North Ballarat's VFL licence due to difficulties in the club's governance and on-field performance, citing difficulties at board level and the club's divided attention between its VFL team and its North Ballarat City BFL team, ending the club's stint in the VFL after 22 seasons. The club will have the

neg: 2016 Richmond Football Club season the club's nine home matches were played at the Punt Road Oval. 2016 Richmond Football Club season The 2016 season marked the 109th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL. Source:AFL Source: AFL Tables Nominations: The 2016 season marked the third consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team finished ninth out of 15 participating

neg: 2018 Richmond Football Club season 2018 Richmond Football Club season The 2018 season was the 111th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL. Nominations: The 2018 season marked the fifth consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team was captained by former AFL listed defender Steve Morris. Hugh Beasley, Jake Aarts, Jacob Ballard and Tom Silvestro are also in the