VFA / VFL News

G'day everyone.  I'd just like to wish you all the best for Christmas and hope that next year is a great year for you and your respective footy clubs.

Looking forward to a bit more banter over 2024 with the standalone clubs hopefully the big improvers!

cheers, David.

From The Age website - Reported by Marc McGowan

Werribee VFL standout Shaun Mannagh still had not done enough to convince recruiters he was AFL-worthy when this year’s mid-season draft came and went.

Six months later – and after adding an extraordinary six-goal, 27-disposal grand final performance in a losing cause to his AFL pitch – Geelong made his dream a reality by taking him with the No.36 selection on Tuesday night.

From the Williamstown Football Club 

The memories you've made Ben Jolley. You will never be forgotten!

| Williamstown 2008-2018 & 2023 
| 306 VFL games (record holder) 
| 2015 Williamstown Premiership Captain 
| 233 Games for Williamstown 
| Multiple B&F’s 
| Multiple VFL Team of the Year

Fox Footy from Fox Sports

A national AFL reserves competition, or expanded VFL, could be on the cards in the coming years as West Coast flagged concerns over the club’s options in the west.

Code Sports reports Eagles CEO Trevor Nisbett fronted the WAFL club presidents on Tuesday after his struggling club was granted list concessions following a winless season and third wooden spoon in a row.

Frankston Football Club Welcomes Jackson Kornberg as Head Coach for a Transformative New Era

From the afl.com.au

BRISBANE'S Jarryd Lyons has won the 2023 J.J. Liston Trophy as the VFL's best and fairest player, becoming just the second player from a non-Victorian club to win the award.

Lyons polled 26 votes to finish two ahead of Southport midfielder/forward and former Port Adelaide goalsneak Boyd Woodcock.

Two-time Liston Trophy winner Tom Gribble from Werribee finished in a tie for third with Footscray skipper Lachlan Sullivan.

From the Wyndham Star weekly. 

Matt Hanson in game 100. (Belinda Vitacca Photography)