A big year for the Kilsyth FNC in 2026, the club building it's Senior Women's program with a second team introduced and a Division Three premiership in the Netball competition. SENIOR MEN’S Summary: Ladder Position: 5TH (9-1-6, 162.58%) Best and Fairest: Damian Murray Leading Goal Kicker: Max Le Fevre (34 Goals) The Cougars left a late charge for a finals spot, but it was too late, finishing fifth at the end of the Home and Away season with a final record of nine wins, a draw

A seventh-placed finish for Croydon North MLOC in Ben Oakes last season as senior coach as the club prepares to climb back up the ladder in 2027. SENIOR MEN’S Summary: Ladder Position: 7TH (5-11, 78.44%) Best and Fairest: Bailey Cheong Leading Goal Kicker: Lachlan Poli (40 Goals) On the verge of a potential finals series last season, the KangaRams took a small step backwards in season 2026, finishing six wins out of the top four. Plenty of list turnover over the off-season sa

For the first-ever time, the Eastern Football Netball League held it's Chandler Medal evening at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 22nd September. A wonderful opportunity for our senior competition to celebrate the conclusion of the season at the M.C.G during the AFL Grand Final Week. Ashton Williamson entered the history books as the first Berwick player to win the Chandler Medal. The star midfielder celebrating a fantastic season with the Chandler Medal honours. Jess

Strong representation across all senior and veteran competitions for Chirnside Park once again in season 2026. SENIOR MEN’S Summary: Ladder Position: 2nd (13-3, 187.91%) Best and Fairest: Chaz Clavant Leading Goal Kicker: Josh Swift (71 Goals) Another strong Home and Away season that unfortunately fell short of the ultimate goal of the senior premiership. The Panthers finished the year in second, locking in a double chance before going out in straight sets. Chirnside Park’s a

By Josh Ward. The Bloods had one of its most successful seasons in the past decade, bringing home plenty of silverware to Warrandyte Recreation Reserve. Senior Men’s Ladder Position: 1st (14-1-1, 222.29%) Leading Goalkicker: Gabriel Stumpf (94 goals in 18 games) Summary It was a near flawless season for the Bloods who entered 2026 under new leadership in the form of dual Doncaster East premiership player Jake Whitling Starting the season off with a big loss at the hands o

Two stories. One premiership. On centre stage in the Premier Division Grand Final for season 2026 is two clubs chasing their own history. Park Orchards are one victory away from completing a historic three-peat after last year’s thrilling Premier Division premiership win over South Belgrave, and 2024’s Division One victory over North Ringwood. Boronia too will chase their own slice of history, playing off in their first Premier Division Grand Final. The Hawks have storm

The undefeated Balwyn Tigers are set to meet a Roos side that are on a roll coming into Grand Final Day. Balwyn, in just their second season in the Senior Women’s competition, went through the Home and Away season undefeated, 14-0, before defeating Knox in the Qualifying Final to advance through to their first Grand Final. Senior Coach Penny Cula-Reid has led the club extremely well. The former Collingwood VFLW Premiership Coach has brought a wealth of experience and know

Both Montrose and Heathmont will be out to create their own history when they meet in the Division 2 Women’s decider this weekend at Mulgrave Reserve. This Saturday marks the third consecutive Grand Final for the Dees, this time entering as the slight favourites having won their Qualifying Final against Blackburn just under a fortnight ago. They face a Heathmont side that took the long way to book their ticket to the decider, comfortably accounting for the Waverley Blues

By Josh Ward. History is set to be made for either North Ringwood or South Croydon as their second side’s clash at Mulgrave Reserve in the Division Three decider. The two clubs possess two of the best Women's programs in the competition. South Croydon with two teams for a number of years, both featuring in finals most seasons, while North Ringwood became the first club this season to have three teams compete in the Senior Women's competition. The Saints have been near flawl

Wantirna South will be out to complete a near-flawless season when they face the only side that has defeated them this year in Warrandyte. That came back in Round 7, which was the Devils' only loss of 2026. Since that encounter, they’ve won their last two encounters by 44 and 62 points respectively. Warrandyte, though, do come into this decider following a gritty eight-point victory over Boronia Gold in last Saturday’s Preliminary Final and the Deakin University Match of

An opportunity at Mulgrave Reserve awaits both Templestowe and Upper Ferntree Gully as they battle it out for the Division Five premiership. The two sides have met a total of three times this year, most recently in back-to-back weeks in Round 14 and the second semi-final. The finals meeting saw the Kings get across the line by nine points after a very tight first three quarters. The strength of Upper Ferntree Gully has been their scoring power, the number one ranked attacki

By Josh Ward. Under 16A Girls - North Ringwood Red vs East Ringwood Blue @ Mount Waverley Reserve, 3:00pm Local rivals are set to go head-to-head in the U16A Girls Grand Final as the Saints and Roos meet for one last time in 2026 on the big stage. North Ringwood were the first to qualify for the decider despite finishing in second, knocking off the Roos by 11 points in their Qualifying Final at Sunday’s venue. Jessica Kreskas was one of five individual players to impact the s

Under 18 Girls - Blackburn vs East Ringwood @ Knox Gardens Reserve, 12:55pm The Under 18 Girls game will see the undefeated Blackburn take on East Ringwood in the early hours of Sunday afternoon at Knox Gardens Reserve. Blackburn’s U18 Girls team has put together a dominant year, winning quite often by big margins throughout the course of the season. Molly Brauer plus Ava and Milly Loverso have all had excellent seasons alongside Samantha O’Donnell, who has kicked a team-

By Josh Ward. All Junior Grand Finals are set following Sunday’s preliminary finals. Read a full recap of the Under-16 to Under-18 finals here. Under 16 Boys North Ringwood Red locked in a grand final with Blackburn in the U16A Boys competition with a convincing 76-point triumph over Mitcham Black at Princes Highway Reserve. Isaac Parsons and Harrison Tasca combined for eight of the Saints 15 goals as they held Mitcham to three goals from 13 scoring shots whilst having 19 t

By Brett Davidson. The EFNL Finals kicked off on Sunday afternoon with some cracking finals. Read a full recap of all of the Under 11 to Under 15's finals here. Junior Girls Finals Review U12 A A fast start by Norwood enabled them to overcome a determined Wantirna South and advance through to Grand Final Day. Somewhat of an upset in the first-semi, a strong finish by Lysterfield, 20 to 9 victory over Blackburn helped them qualify for this Sunday’s Preliminary Final. U12 B

By Josh Ward. The EFNL Finals kicked off on Sunday afternoon with some cracking finals. Read a full recap of all the Under-16 to Under-18 finals here. Under 16 Boys In the U16A Boys competition, Blackburn punched its ticket to the decider with a 86 point triumph over Mitcham at Scoresby Recreation Reserve. The Burners kicked 14 goals to one from quarter time onwards to secure the win, led by Harvey Brookes who kicked five goals, making it 12 goals from the past three weeken

Last week, the Eastern Football Netball League Under 15 Boys and Girls Interleague teams travelled to Sydney to tour AFL facilities and play off in a round-robin against the GWS and Sydney Swans academy sides. An opportunity for our young Interleague stars to experience a glimpse of what it’s like playing at the AFL level. The group toured the Sydney Swans HQ and the Sydney Cricket Ground, hearing from Swans AFL Assistant Coaches, Amon Buchanan and Mark McVeigh. The two e

By Ryan Long. Croydon continue to prove the doubters wrong, South Croydon one-point thriller, and Templestowe's undefeated start in the Women's competition headlines another big round of football. High-scoring Blues take another big scalp Croydon continue their impressive start to the year with a 44-point win over Mulgrave on Saturday afternoon. The Blues put together their highest score in Rhett Jordon’s tenure as senior coach, 16.17 113, defeating the Lions 10.9 69. Rhett

Round One of the 2026 AFL Vic Metro Junior Development Series kicks off tonight for our Under 14's and Under 15's Interleague sides. In Round One of a three-round series, all EFNL sides will be facing off against the Yarra Junior Football League. Our three home games at Walker Park and Pinks Reserve will be featured live on the EFNL YouTube page: Under 14 Boys Division Two @ Walker Park, 5:15pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUI_vMKJpH4 Under 14 Girls Division One @ Pinks Re

By Ryan Long. Six weeks into the 2026 season, East Ringwood emerge as the Premier Men's front runner, while Doncaster East's Josh Schache has yet another big day out. Roos big finish leaves East Ringwood undefeated A top-of-the-table clash at East Ringwood Reserve saw the Roos storm home, seven goals to one in the final quarter. Trailing at the final break, East Ringwood were dominant in the final term as they stormed home. 19 Inside 50’s to 5 in the last quarter. Josh Weig