
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
With the naming of the AFL All-Australian team overnight, VAFA.com.au would like to recognise the VAFA Teams of the Year as published in the Amateur Footballer following the conclusion of the home and away fixture.
Below is Premier C scribe James Ried’s 2015 Team of the Year.
FB | Simon Bennett (OC) | Joe Cosgriff (MB) | Ryan Jones (PEGS) |
HB | Hamish McLauchlan (OH) | Nick Fisher (Pen) | Andrew Young (MB) |
C | Ashley Viney (Mar) | Maddison Hardiman (MB) | James Fletcher (Pen) |
HF | Michael Mitris (OIG) | Jeremiah Antypas (Mar) | Trevor Bromley (Oak) |
FF | Nick Ebinger (Will) | Aaron Cloke (Oak) | Nick Petering (MB) |
Foll | David Bruno (OIG) | Jarrod Egglestone (TP) | Peter Gleadhill (OH) |
Int | Anthony Beaini (Mar), Nick Gooda (OH), Bradley Thompson (OIG), Jonathon Blanch (Mar) | ||
Coach | Paul Groves (MB) |
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