Ontario Australian Football League Division 2

Ontario Australian Football League Division 2
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2010 OAFL Division 2 season
Sport Australian Football
Founded 2009
No. of teams 5
Country  Canada
Most recent
champion(s)		 Quebec Saints

The Ontario Australian Football League Division 2 was established in 2009 and is a second tier competition to Canada's oldest Australian football league the OAFL. It currently consists of four teams from Ontario and one from Quebec.

History

In 2009 Ontario Australian Football League launched a second division originally consisting of six founding teams. London (Ontario) AFC withdrew before the official start to the season and the team's players were absorbed into the Quebec Saints. Along with the Saints, the Toronto Central Blues, Broadview Hawks, Etobicoke 'Old Boys' Roos and Toronto Eagles made up the founding five teams of the new OAFL Division 2 competition. In honour of the first Canadian to ever play in the AFL the competition's premiership cup was named the Mike Pyke Cup (named after Mike Pyke). The division 1 competition, simply referred to as the 'OAFL' was founded 21 years earlier and competes for Conacher Cup (named after Lionel Conacher).

The OAFL Division 2 season is traditionally shorter than that of the OAFL. In 2009 due to teams playing different numbers of matches the ladder was determined by 'Match Ratio' rather than premiership points. In 2010 all teams competed in 8 rounds and thus the ladder reverted to determining positions by premiership points.

2010 also saw the introduction of hybrid teams. New team the Toronto Rebel Dogs (a partnership between the Toronto Downtown Dingos and the Toronto Rebels) and the 'DevilRoos' (a partnership between the Etobicoke Roos and High Park Demons). The Toronto Eagles withdrew their team from the 2010 season.

Premiers

YearPremierRunner-upLeague Best & FairestLeading Goal KickerGrand Final Best on ground
2009Quebec SaintsBroadview HawksNot AwardedNot AwardedCam Stark (Saints)
2010Quebec SaintsCentral BluesEarl Monero (Blues)Paul Tinkler - 14 (Rebel Dogs)Darrin Haverhoek (Saints)
2011Etobicoke KangaroosBroadview HawksTBDTBDTBD

Clubs

Teams

TeamCityWebsiteYears ActiveDivision 2 Premierships
Broadview HawksTorontobroadviewhawks.com2009-
Central BluesTorontobluesafc.ca2009-
Etobicoke KangaroosEtobicokeroosafc.ca2009-
Guelph GargoylesGuelphguelphgargoylesafc.com2011-
Toronto Rebel DogsTorontotorontodingos.ca2010-
Toronto EaglesTorontoeaglesafc.com2009

Past Teams

TeamCityWebsiteYears ActiveDivision 2 Premierships
London AFCLondon, OntarioAbsorbed by Quebec in 2009
Quebec SaintsMontrealquebecsaints.ca2009-20102

Principal Venues

See also

References

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