2023 VFL Season Structure

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Season 2023 - VFL Men’s Competition

2023 VFL Season structure has been announced here are the main points

Same 21 teams as this year - 22 rounds - 18 games - 4 games (Same as 2022)

Round 1 MARCH 25/26

Top 6 will automatically qualify for finals

Wildcard Round (August 26/27) - 7v10, 8v9 - 2 winners get remaining spots in the finals

Grand Final SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24

Box Hill Hawks back in VFLW

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Season 2022 Rebel VFLW

Been slack with sharing my VFL articles over the past month. So now it's time to catch up. On November 24, Hawthorn transferred its VFLW licence back to the Box Hill Hawks, returning Box Hill's name to the competition for the first time since 2017.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/868420/hawks-vflw-license-transferred-to-bo…

Liam Reidy and Tylar Young rookie drafted

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Victorian Football League - General Discussion

Been slack with sharing my VFL articles over the past month. So now it's time to catch up. On November 29, Frankston's Liam Reidy and Richmond VFL's Tylar Young were selected in the NAB AFL Rookie Draft by Fremantle and Richmond respectively.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/870555/big-men-receive-rookie-chance

Corey Wagner earns third AFL chance

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Victorian Football League - General Discussion

Been slack with sharing my VFL news updates over the past month, so now it's time to catch up. On November 28, Port Melbourne star Corey Wagner earned a third AFL chance after being drafted by Fremantle in the AFL National Draft. https://www.afl.com.au/news/870536/wagner-earns-another-shot

Ben Jolley returns to Williamstown

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Victorian Football League - General Discussion

Been slack with sharing my VFL articles over the past month. So now it's time to catch up. On November 10, Williamstown announced the return of Games Record Holder Ben Jolley and the star signings of Marty Hore and Oscar McDonald.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/864932/jolley-returns-to-seagulls

Swans list manager fumes over minimal VFL coverage.

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Media Coverage - TV, Radio, Print, Electronic

From SEN.COM.AU

Reported by Seb Mottram

Kinnear Beatson has hit out at what he says is a complete lack of coverage for the VFL, with the Sydney list manager describing it as “pretty frustrating”.

Beatson suggested the lack of coverage makes it harder for clubs to attract more players to the league. 

14 of the 21 VFL clubs are aligned with AFL clubs. The NEAFL and VFL merged in 2020 to create one second-tier competition across Australia’s eastern seaboard.

The SANFL, WAFL, TSL (Tasmania) and NTFL (Northern Territory) remain as standalone leagues.

As Beatson notes, the SANFL and WAFL in particular are covered in depth by those states’ respective media.

When questioned about whether he’d like to see more Under 18 games broadcast to the public, the Swans list boss was quick to vent his frustration with his own state league.

“Look it frustrates the hell of me (the lack of under 18’s footy coverage) but what frustrates me more is that we’ve got a new VFL competition, the best second-tier competition in the land behind the AFL and the lack of media on that competition is just staggering,” Beatson said on SEN’s The Run Home.

 

“To my recollection, there wasn’t an article in the Herald Sun or The Age about the second-best competition (in the land), so it’s pretty hard to promote players and attract players to play in it if it’s not promoted.

“I mean the SANFL and the WAFL - all be it clearly in different markets - they’ve got features on their news, their TV stations, the Adelaide Advertiser, they’d have full supplements on the teams, the scores, the best (on ground), what’s going on in the competition and we’ve got nothing.

“In the best competition behind the AFL, it’s just staggering and the apathy towards promoting this part of the football calendar... I don’t know who runs it or whatever but it’s pretty frustrating.”

The 2022 VFL premiership was taken out by Casey, affiliated wih Melbourne, after downing Southport in the Grand Final by 32 points. That game was attended by 4,500 fans.

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