2026 VAFA Finals Fixture – August 29-30
The fixture has been released for Week 2 of the 2026 VAFA Finals Series, featuring Men’s Thirds Preliminary Finals, Premier B, Divisional Women’s Preliminary Finals and Holmesglen U19 Finals. PREMIER
Sunday finals action saw St John’s beat Therry Penola in a heartbreaker to win a spot in the Grand Final and promotion to Div 1 in 2012. Therry came from behind to level the scores late in the piece but St John’s responded and won the day by eight points.The game was marred by a shocking leg break suffered by Wade George.
In Premier, Xavs stunned Uni Blues in the first half, leading by 73 points at half-time. The Red and Blacks were beaten badly in the second half, as the Varsity got its game going, though the reigning premier was never in danger of losing. Matt Handley was a sensation with seven goals. They meet St Bede’s Mentone Tigers next Sunday.
St Bernard’s dominated the second half to move to next week’s Premier B prelim against St Kevin’s. Tate Pearson kicked five for the Snow Dogs. Old Camberwell proved too strong for Mazenod and will meet AJAX in Prem C next week.
In Division 3, Monash Gryphons were too good for Ivanhoe, and will meet Yarra Valley in the preliminary final next week.
DATES, TIMES AND VENUES FOR ALL OF NEXT WEEK’S FINALS WILL BE CONFIRMED TOMORROW MORNING.
The fixture has been released for Week 2 of the 2026 VAFA Finals Series, featuring Men’s Thirds Preliminary Finals, Premier B, Divisional Women’s Preliminary Finals and Holmesglen U19 Finals. PREMIER
It’s the final weekend of Premier footy, and we have finals and relegation race games to enjoy across William Buck Premier Men’s and Holmesglen Under 19 Premier. It kicks off
We’ve reached the final home & away round of this unpredictable 2026 William Buck Premier Men’s season and, sure enough, the relegation race won’t be finalised until the last day.
The VAFA congratulates Joe Holden from Parkside, who has been nominated as the Week 19 VAFA Men’s Rising Star. Joe booted 10 goals in Parkside’s Division 1 victory over Monash
