
Champions of Change: Celebrating Women Coaches in the VAFA
This July, the VAFA proudly joins AFL Victoria in celebrating Women’s Coaching Month, now in its fifth year. The 2025 theme, “Champions of Change,” recognises the powerful role women and
Season 2012 highlights:
The senior competition will retain the same structure, namely ten team sections except for Division 3, which has twelve.
NATIONAL SIGNING DAY:
Wednesday 1 February.
SEASON 2012 OPENING DAY
Saturday 21 April, two weeks after Easter.
BYES:
All clubs will have a bye on the Queen’s Birthday weekend, which includes Saturday 9 June.
Premier, Premier B and Premier C will have a bye on the weekend of Saturday 14 July.
REPRESENTATIVE FOOTBALL:
Senior team: Saturday 31 March v Eastern Football League (@ Bayswater).
Senior team: Saturday 9 June v AFL Sydney (@ Bankstown).
U23: Saturday 2 or Sunday 3 June v Western Australia Amateurs (@ Sportscover).
U19: Saturday 14 July v VCFL (@ Pakenham).
FINALS
All senior sections except Division 3 will have a three week finals’ series. Division 3 has a final five with the series spread over 4 weeks.
Finals in Division 1, Division 2, Division 4, U19 and U18 sections will play a finals series over three weekends 1/2, 8/9, with the Grand Finals on 15/16 September.
Finals in Premier, Premier B, and Premier C will be held over weekends 8/9, 15/16, with the Grand finals on 22/23 September.
Division 3 finals will be held over weekends 1/2, 8/9, 15/16, with Grand finals on 22/23 September.
INVITATIONAL
VAFA U18: October 6-8 v AFL NZ in Wellington
HOME AND AWAY FIXTURE
It is anticipated that fixtures for all senior sections and U19 Premier will be available on Monday 5 December.
This July, the VAFA proudly joins AFL Victoria in celebrating Women’s Coaching Month, now in its fifth year. The 2025 theme, “Champions of Change,” recognises the powerful role women and
The VAFA congratulates Ryder Mantello from Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Football Club who has been nominated as the Round 11 Anytime Fitness Men’s Rising Star. Ryder is ranked 24th for average
The ladder is heating up more every week, with plenty of teams on equal points vying for spots and some only outside the top four on percentage; with each round