From The Age - www.realfooty.com.au
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The AFL has confirmed that 22 licences have been granted for the second-tier competition to showcase football on the eastern coast from next year.

Historic Victorian club the Northern Bullants will come back from the dead to feature as a standalone team.

localfooty.com.au has just published an update for the 2021 season.

Ins and outs of the VFL for 2021

Media Release:

The Northern Bullants Football Club are pleased to confirm the club has officially accepted a formal license to join the newly formed VFL/Second Tier competition in 2021.

The AFL sent license offers to clubs from the Victorian Football League and North East Australian Football League across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, with a mandate for clubs to confirm their participation.

Northern Bullants President, Stephen Papal said: “We are delighted to confirm the Ants are back.

Anybody heard word on competition structure? Looks to me like we're gonna have 23 teams, so am guessing they're gonna have two conferences. Surely there's some word on the street?