112 VAFA players signed to VFL lists in 2026!
The VAFA continues to attract enormous interest from VFL and AFL recruiters, with an incredible 112 VAFA players signed by VFL clubs for season 2026, reconfirming the League as a
Old Brighton claims the ‘Clash of the Champions’ over Fremantle CBC
A new tradition may have been born as the VAFA’s reigning Under 19 Premier champions Old Brighton hosted Perth Football League’s Colts champions Fremantle CBC in an entertaining, high-quality one-off
Perfect Gryphons eye premiership hat-trick
After a perfect 18-0 season that delivered a second successive flag in 2025, Glen Eira/Old McKinnon will be chasing VAFA immortality – a premiership hat-trick – in 2026. Coach Mel
‘Unleash the Giesch!’ – Jarrod Gieschen appointed Big V Premier B-Division 3 coach
The VAFA is excited to announce that former Old Ivanhoe premiership coach Jarrod Gieschen will lead the Big V Premier B-Division 3 team against the Goulburn Valley League at Elsternwick
Paul Gilmour appointed Big V Under 19s coach
The VAFA is pleased to announce that former Big V Under 19 player and St Bernard’s Under 19 coach Paul Gilmour will coach the Big V Under 19 team that
Tom Purcell appointed Big V Women’s coach
The VAFA is delighted to announce that four-time VAFA premiership coach Tom Purcell will take the reins of the Big V Women’s program for season 2026. Purcell coached St Kevin’s
From tragedy to triumph
It was a tragedy that rocked Australia. Two 19-year-olds exploring the world, taken far too soon by methanol poisoning in Laos in November 2024. It hit the Beaumaris Football Club
2025 Flag Feature – La Trobe Uni’s long road to the top
Sam Greene began as a reluctant coach. Originally from Warrnambool, she moved to Melbourne in 2009 to study Accounting & Finance at La Trobe and joined the inaugural women’s team,
2025 Flag Feature – The Pirates finally find their treasure
If a “week is a long time in football,” then 45 years feels like an eternity. Having joined the VAFA in 1980, Old Peninsula had spent four-and-a-half decades pouring blood,
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