Round 1 VAFA Women’s Rising Star: Eden Ackland
The VAFA congratulates Eden Ackland from Old Yarra Cobras Football Club, who has been nominated as the Round 1 VAFA Women’s Rising Star. Eden made an immediate impact in her
The second round of the 2025 season is in the books as we lead into the Easter break – here’s a look at some of the highlights from the weekend.
Old Ivanhoe continued their charge in Premier B Men’s although it didn’t look likely at the 16 minute mark of the third term, trailing by 32 points. From there, they went on a 69-10 run to defeat Old Carey by 27!
Uni Blues turned around their one-point loss last week to beat Collegians by five points at Harry Trott Oval, with Will Carrington sealing the deal.
A great tradition is seeing clubs unveil their Premiership flags and that continued on the weekend with teams at home for the first time this season. Therry Penola unfurled their 2024 Division 3 Women’s flag with CEO Jason Reddick and Vice President Sarah Delbosc in attendance.
Round 2 was Tackle Your Feelings Round, where a number of clubs handed our TYF Medals for players judged best on ground. For the Division 2 Women’s game between La Trobe University and Parkside, medals were presented to Kate Bond and Annabelle Crisp.

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You can watch all matches from William Buck Premier Men’s and Women’s, Premier B and C Men’s on-demand via VAFATV, see all the results thanks to GYG here, and stay tuned to the VAFA website for reports from the weekend’s action.
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The VAFA congratulates Eden Ackland from Old Yarra Cobras Football Club, who has been nominated as the Round 1 VAFA Women’s Rising Star. Eden made an immediate impact in her
The Division 3 Women’s season got underway early Saturday morning — a long pre-season for many clubs finally concluding. Hathorn 5.10.40 def Mazenod 1.4.10 Celebrating their captain Tessa Bodin’s 100th
A six-goal haul from Lauren Boyle and a complete team performance headlined a dominant opening round for Power House, while a one-point thriller between Marcelin and Ormond set the tone
