2024 in Australian rules football in Victoria
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The 2024 Victorian football season was the 155th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria.[2][3] A total of 920 clubs (including more than 8,700 teams) competed across 85 leagues.[4][5] All leagues were affiliated with AFL Victoria, with the exception of the Picola & District Football Netball League (PDFNL).[6][7]
Date22 March – 27 September 2024
Highest scoreM: 54.23 (347)[1]
Sandhurst (Bendigo FNL)
Sandhurst (Bendigo FNL)
| 2024 Victorian football season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 March – 27 September 2024 |
| Highest score | M: 54.23 (347)[1] Sandhurst (Bendigo FNL) |
Clubs
Mergers
The following clubs were established through mergers ahead of the 2024 season:
| Original clubs | New club | League | Founded | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maryborough Rovers |
 Maryborough Giants |
Maryborough Castlemaine District | 26 June 2023 | [8] |
 Royal Park | ||||
 Balwyn Greythorn |
 Balwyn |
Yarra Junior | 5 October 2023 | [9] |
 Boroondara Hawks | ||||
 Southern Mallee Giants |
 Southern Mallee Thunder |
Wimmera | 27 October 2023 | [10] |
 Jeparit-Rainbow |
Premiers
Men's
| League | Division | Premiers | Runners-up | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Score | Club | Score | |||
| Ballarat | Melton | 11.6 (72) | East Point | 7.13 (55) | [11] | |
| Bellarine | Torquay | 16.17 (113) | Anglesea | 7.9 (51) | [12] | |
| Bendigo | Sandhurst | 10.8 (68) | Gisborne | 10.4 (64) | [13] | |
| Central Highlands | Daylesford | 7.8 (50) | Bungaree | 3.5 (23) | ||
| Central Murray | Nyah Nyah West United | 15.16 (106) | Kerang | 7.10 (52) | [14] | |
| Colac & District | Lorne | 7.8 (50) | Irrewarra-Beeac | 4.8 (32) | [15] | |
| East Gippsland | Boisdale Briagolong | 15.17 (108) | Lucknow | 11.9 (75) | ||
| Eastern | Premier | Balwyn | 7.11 (53) | East Ringwood | 7.9 (51) | [16] |
| Division 1 | Mitcham | 8.7 (55) | Park Orchards | 2.3 (15) | [17] | |
| Division 2 | Boronia | 13.14 (92) | Croydon | 4.5 (29) | [18] | |
| Division 3 | Surrey Park | 12.12 (84) | Donvale | 12.10 (82) | [19] | |
| Division 4 | Scoresby | 16.13 (109) | Whitehorse Pioneers | 3.10 (28) | [20] | |
| Ellinbank & District | Buln Buln | 8.6 (54) | Ellinbank | 2.10 (22) | [21] | |
| Essendon District | Premier | Keilor | 17.12 (114) | Pascoe Vale | 8.13 (61) | [22] |
| Division 1 | Maribyrnong Park | 14.14 (98) | West Coburg | 5.9 (39) | [23] | |
| Division 2 | Taylors Lakes | 8.14 (62) | Westmeadows | 5.13 (43) | [24] | |
| Geelong | Leopold | 12.11 (83) | South Barwon | 9.8 (62) | [25] | |
| Geelong & District | Thomson | 14.5 (89) | Belmont | 4.11 (35) | [26] | |
| Gippsland | Traralgon | 11.12 (78) | Leongatha | 7.11 (53) | [27] | |
| Golden Rivers | Ultima | 11.10 (76) | Hay | 11.9 (75) | [28] | |
| Goulburn Valley | Echuca | 22.22 (154) | Shepparton Bears | 9.4 (58) | [29] | |
| Hampden | South Warrnambool | 4.5 (29) | North Warrnambool | 3.10 (28) | [30] | |
| Heathcote District | White Hills | 17.11 (113) | Leitchville Gunbower | 6.6 (42) | [31] | |
| Horsham District | Harrow Balmoral | 7.10 (52) | Noradjuha Quantong | 5.9 (39) | [32] | |
| Kyabram District | Murchison-Toolamba | 13.13 (91) | Shepparton East | 6.8 (44) | ||
| Loddon Valley | Marong | 8.13 (61) | Pyramid Hill | 3.7 (25) | [33] | |
| Maryborough Castlemaine District | Natte Bealiba | 20.10 (130) | Trentham | 7.9 (51) | [34] | |
| Mid Gippsland | Fish Creek | 7.4 (46) | Yinnar | 6.8 (44) | [35] | |
| Millewa | Bambill | 15.14 (104) | Cardross | 7.7 (49) | [36] | |
| Mininera & District | Penshurst | 8.5 (53) | Wickliffe Lake Bolac | 7.6 (48) | [37] | |
| Mornington Peninsula | Division 1 | Mt Eliza | 12.3 (75) | Pascoe Vale | 7.10 (52) | [38] |
| Division 2 | Edithvale-Aspendale | 11.16 (82) | Chelsea | 11.11 (77) | [39] | |
| Murray | Congupna | 9.11 (65) | Finley | 9.10 (64) | [40] | |
| North Central | Sea Lake Nandaly | 7.5 (47) | Birchip-Watchem | 4.10 (34) | [41] | |
| North Gippsland | Woodside-District | 9.8 (62) | Traralgon Tyers United | 5.17 (47) | [42] | |
| Northern | Division 1 | Heidelberg | 9.19 (73) | Montmorency | 4.9 (33) | [43] |
| Division 2 | South Morang | 10.5 (65) | Diamond Creek | 8.11 (59) | [44] | |
| Division 3 | Old Paradians | 17.8 (110) | Fitzroy Stars | 13.17 (95) | [45] | |
| Omeo District | Omeo Benambra | 16.9 (105) | Swifts Creek | 4.5 (29) | [46] | |
| Outer East | Premier | Narre Warren | 14.10 (94) | Wandin | 7.12 (54) | [47] |
| Division 1 | Healesville | 9.9 (63) | Warburton-Millgrove | 1.5 (11) | [48] | |
| Ovens & King | Greta | 16.12 (108) | Bright | 6.4 (40) | [49] | |
| Ovens & Murray | Wangaratta Rovers | 11.6 (72) | Yarrawonga | 9.15 (69) | [50] | |
| Picola & District | Waaia | 12.9 (81) | Katandra | 5.7 (37) | [51] | |
| Riddell District | Riddell | 15.12 (102) | Wallan | 11.5 (71) | [52] | |
| South West District | Tyrendarra | 9.6 (60) | Dartmoor | 7.9 (51) | [53] | |
| Southern | Division 1 | Cheltenham | 8.11 (59) | Dingley | 8.9 (57) | [54] |
| Division 2 | Murrumbeena | 13.9 (87) | East Malvern | 9.5 (59) | [55] | |
| Division 3 | Frankston | 11.16 (82) | South Mornington | 6.11 (47) | [56] | |
| Division 4 | Hampton | 8.12 (60) | Hallam | 5.9 (39) | [57] | |
| Sunraysia | Imperials | 6.11 (47) | Wentworth | 6.8 (44) | [58] | |
| Tallangatta & District | Yackandandah | 10.11 (71) | Chiltern | 7.5 (47) | [59] | |
| Upper Murray | Bullioh | 7.8 (50) | Cudgewa | 6.7 (43) | [60] | |
| VAFA | Premier | Old Scotch | 14.11 (95) | Old Brighton | 10.17 (77) | [61] |
| Premier B | Old Haileybury | 19.15 (129) | De La Salle | 5.5 (35) | [62] | |
| Premier C | Old Carey | 20.17 (137) | Hampton Rovers | 7.6 (48) | [63] | |
| Division 1 | Prahran | 5.6 (36) | Parkside | 2.10 (22) | [64] | |
| Division 2 | Elsternwick | 4.17 (41) | Brunswick | 3.10 (28) | [65] | |
| Division 3 | Canterbury | 11.22 (88) | St John's | 9.5 (59) | [66] | |
| Warrnambool & District | Nirranda | 9.10 (64) | Merrivale | 9.6 (60) | [67] | |
| West Gippsland | Nar Nar Goon | 14.3 (87) | Phillip Island | 10.3 (63) | [68] | |
| Western | Division 1 | Hoppers Crossing | 13.12 (90) | Werribee Districts | 14.5 (89) | [69] |
| Division 2 | Sunshine | 8.8 (56) | Albion | 6.13 (49) | [70] | |
| Wimmera | Ararat | 14.3 (87) | Southern Mallee Thunder | 10.3 (63) | [71] | |
Women's
| League | Division | Premiers | Runners-up | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Score | Club | Score | |||
| AFL Barwon | Division 1 | Grovedale | 2.8 (20) | Geelong Amateurs | 1.6 (12) | [72] |
| Division 2 | Anglesea | 5.9 (39) | St Joseph's | 3.5 (23) | ||
| Division 3 | Belmont | 1.7 (13) | Modewarre | 1.2 (8) | ||
| Gippsland | Lindenow South | 7.5 (47) | Boisdale Briagolong | 5.1 (31) | [73] | |
| Mornington Peninsula | Division 1 | Warragul Industrials | 7.3 (45) | Mornington | 5.5 (35) | [74] |
| Division 2 | Bonbeach | 3.6 (24) | Edithvale-Aspendale | 1.4 (10) | [75] | |
| Division 3 | Frankston | 2.4 (16) | Seaford | 1.4 (10) | [76] | |
| VAFA | Premier | Old Scotch | 10.4 (64) | St Kevin's | 5.2 (32) | [77] |
| Premier B | Old Geelong | 5.6 (36) | Fitzroy | 4.5 (29) | [78] | |
| Division 1 | Old Brighton | 5.9 (39) | Marcellin | 2.6 (18) | [79] | |
| Division 2 | Glen Eira | 9.11 (65) | Hampton Rovers | 1.4 (10) | [80] | |
| Division 3 | Therry Penola | 7.8 (50) | La Trobe University | 1.8 (14) | [81] | |
| Division 4 | St Kevin's | 2.5 (17) | MCC | 2.4 (16) | [82] | |
Awards
AFL Victoria Community Football Awards
- Senior Coach of the Year: Ashley Watson – Rochester (Goulburn Valley League)[83]
- Female Coach of the Year: Tina Henshaw – Seaford (Frankston & District JFL)[84]