The 2009 Victorian Football League (VFL) was the 128th season of the Australian Rules Football competition. The premiership was won by the North Ballarat Football Club, which defeated the Northern Bullants by 23 points in the Grand Final on 25 September. It was North Ballarat's second consecutive premiership, and the second in the club's history.
| 2009 VFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 13 |
| Premiers | North Ballarat 2nd premiership |
| Minor premiers | North Ballarat 1st minor premiership |
League membership and affiliations edit
At the end of the 2008 season, the Tasmanian Devils Football Club withdrew from the VFL and disbanded. AFL Tasmania, which operated the club, was focussed on re-establishing the Tasmanian Football League as a statewide competition in 2009, after an eight-year hiatus since the original statewide league's collapse at the end of 2000, and having the Tasmanian VFL club competing for attention and players did not fit with this vision. As a result, the VFL was reduced to thirteen clubs.[1]
Additionally, two pairs of VFL-AFL reserves affiliations were altered:
- Melbourne ended its nine-year affiliation with Sandringham and entered a new affiliation with the Casey Scorpions.[2]
- St Kilda ended its eight-year affiliation with the Casey Scorpions and entered a new affiliation with Sandringham.[3]
As a result, the size of the VFL was reduced to thirteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliates, two AFL reserves team, and two stand-alone VFL teams.
Ladder edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Ballarat (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1649 | 1284 | 128.4 | 56 | Finals |
| 2 | Williamstown | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2002 | 1506 | 132.9 | 52 | |
| 3 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1751 | 1516 | 115.5 | 48 | |
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1685 | 1476 | 114.2 | 48 | |
| 5 | Box Hill | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1654 | 1574 | 105.1 | 48 | |
| 6 | Casey | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1693 | 1355 | 124.9 | 40 | |
| 7 | Collingwood reserves | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1598 | 1476 | 108.3 | 40 | |
| 8 | Geelong reserves | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1661 | 1753 | 94.8 | 36 | |
| 9 | Werribee | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1605 | 1664 | 96.5 | 32 | |
| 10 | Sandringham | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1660 | 1593 | 104.2 | 28 | |
| 11 | Coburg | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1733 | 1810 | 95.7 | 28 | |
| 12 | Frankston | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1286 | 1930 | 66.6 | 12 | |
| 13 | Bendigo | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1223 | 2263 | 54.0 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals series edit
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Ballarat | 15.8 (98) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 6.14 (50) | Sep. 13, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||||
| Port Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sep. 6, TEAC Oval | Box Hill | 19.10 (124) | Sep. 19, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Box Hill | 17.19 (121) | North Ballarat | 22.14 (146) | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Geelong | 13.9 (87) | Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | Sep. 25, Etihad Stadium | ||||||||||||||
| North Ballarat | 14.7 (91) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sep. 5, TEAC Oval | Sep. 20, TEAC Oval | Northern Bullants | 10.8 (68) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Casey Scorpions | 9.8 (62) | Northern Bullants | 16.13 (109) | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Collingwood | 26.21 (177) | Sep. 12, TEAC Oval | Port Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | ||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 7.12 (54) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sep. 6, Burbank Oval | Collingwood | 13.16 (94) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Williamstown | 6.13 (49) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Bullants | 11.12 (78) | |||||||||||||||||
Awards edit
- The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won by Nick Sautner (Sandringham) for the ninth time in his career. Sautner kicked 71 goals for the season.[4]
- The J. J. Liston Trophy was by Myles Sewell (North Ballarat), who polled 18 votes. Sewell finished ahead of Michael Barlow (Werribee), who was second with 16 votes, and James Podsiadly (Geelong) and Sam Iles (Box Hill), who were equal third with 15 votes.[4]
- The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Michael Barlow (Werribee).[5]
- Box Hill won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 16.18 (114) defeated Sandringham 13.6 (84) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors second preliminary final on 20 September.[6]
Notable events edit
- The Bendigo Bombers could not play at their home ground Queen Elizabeth Oval after May because the surface was deemed unfit for VFL football. Bendigo's remaining home games were transferred to Windy Hill, the training ground of its AFL-affiliate Essendon.[7]
- The VFL introduced the "23rd man rule". Under the rule, the size of the playing squad was increased to twenty-three (still with eighteen players on the field, but increasing the size of the interchange bench from four to five), provided the 23rd player was a top-age player currently in the TAC Cup, or an undrafted player who had played in the TAC Cup during the previous year. The rule was designed to provide additional senior football opportunities to promising juniors, and improve the alignments between VFL clubs and their TAC Cup affiliates.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Brent Diamond (14 September 2008). "Tasmania kills off Devils in VFL". The Sunday Age. Melbourne, VIC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Cenza Fulco; Debbie Lee (2010). "Read like a demon: football heroes promoting reading to primary school students" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "VFL Confirm Alignment Deal". Fox Sports Pulse. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Sewell awarded 2009 JJ Liston Trophy". 15 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Sport". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 21 September 2009. p. 68.
- ^ "Bendigo VFL match move". Fox Sports Pulse. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "VFL gets Power boost". Pakenham Gazette. Pakenham, VIC. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2016.