Gippsland Football League

The Gippsland League (formerly known as the "West Gippsland Latrobe Football League"), is an Australian rules football and netball league in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is considered the only AFL Victoria major league in Gippsland.[2]

Gippsland League
Most recent season or competition:
2019 Gippsland Football League
Formerly
Sport
Founded1902 (1902)
Inaugural season2000
Divisions
No. of teams10
Competitors
Country Australia
Venue(s)Morwell Recreation Reserve, Ted Summerton Reserve (Grand Final)
ConfederationAFL Gippsland
Most recent
champion(s)		Maffra
(2019)
Sponsor(s)TR FM
Level on pyramid1

History

The Gippsland League has roots dating back to the Central Gippsland Football League which was founded in 1902. The CGFL morphed into the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954. The promoters of the LVFL wanted to have a league that consisted of towns along the Orbost railway line, from Warragul to Sale. Three clubs from south Gippsland towns, Leongatha, Korumburra and Mirboo North, were therefore barred from joining the new league and went on to form the South Gippsland FL.

The LVFL changed its name, in 1995, to the Gippsland Latrobe FL.

At the end of 2001, The West Gippsland FL and the Gippsland Latrobe FL had an administrative merger. This created a two-division competition and a name change to "West Gippsland Latrobe FL".

From 2002 until 2004, the league comprised a premier division, consisting mainly of the former Gippsland-Latrobe clubs, and a western division, comprising most of the former WGFL clubs.

After the 2004 season, the western division was dissolved, with Warragul, Drouin and Garfield joining the premier league. The remaining clubs from the western division moved to other competitions, such as the Alberton Football League, Ellinbank & District Football League and the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.

In 2009 Garfield left the GFL for the Ellinbank & District Football League, whilst Wonthaggi[3] and Bairnsdale[4] joined the GFL in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

The Latrobe Valley area does not have a team participating in the Victorian Football League. Traralgon competed in the VFL during 1996-97, winning just four matches across those two years, before returning to the regional competition.[5] The region does have a representative team in the TAC Cup Under-18 competition, Gippsland Power.

Clubs

As of 2019, the Gippsland League consists of the following teams:[6]

Colors Club Nickname Founded Ground Premiers Premierships years
BairnsdaleRedlegsn/aBairnsdale Football Ground
McCulloch St		241902, 1903, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959 (BDFL), 1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 2009, 2010 (EGFL)
DrouinHawks1903Drouin Recreation Reserve
Sinclair St		81941, 1946, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1978, 1991-92 (WGFL)
LeongathaParrots1894Leongatha Recreation Reserve
Roughead St		211894 (KDFA), 1905 (WFA), 1923, 1924 (KDFA), 1931, 1932, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 (SGFL), 1970, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1989 (LVFL), 1995, 1997 (GLFL), 2001 (WGFL), 2017, 2018 (GFL)
MaffraEagles1901Maffra Recreation Reserve
McLean St 		221904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1926, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1948 (GFL), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019
MoeLions1909Ted Summerton Reserve
Vale St, Moe 		51927 (EDFA), 1944, 1945 (GWFL) 1956, 1967 (LVFL)
MorwellTigers1905Morwell Recreation Reserve
Travers St 		141907, 1922 (MMFA),1950, 1952, 1953 (CGFL), 1961, 1966, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1993 (LVFL), 1996 (GLFL), 2013, 2014 (GFL)
SaleMagpies1901Sale Recreation Reserve
Palmerston St 		201901, 1905, 1911, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1953 (GFL), 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986 (LVFL) 2008, 2012 (GFL)
TraralgonMaroons1883Traralgon Recreation Reserve
Whittakers Rd 		251919, 1923, 1925 (GFL), 1945, 1946, 1949 (CGFL), 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 (LVFL), 1998, 1999, 2000 (GLFL), 2005, 2011, 2015
WarragulGulls1900Western Park
Tarwin St 		131900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1922, 1927, 1932, 1938 (CGFL),1974, 1976, 1984 (LVFL), 2003 (WGFL)
WonthaggiPower1956/2005Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve
Strickland St 		201959, 1962 (SGFL) 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 (BVWDFL) (as Wonthaggi Blues) 1974, 1975, 1994, 1995 (BVWDFL) (as Wonthaggi Rovers) 2005, 2006, 2008 (AFL)
Note: AFL (Alberton FL), BVWDFL (Bass Valley Wonthaggi & District Football League), CGFL (Central Gippsland FL), EDFA (Erica DFA), EGFL (East Gippsland FL), GWFL (Gippsland Wartime FL), KDFA (Korumburra & District FA), LVFL (Latrobe Valley FL), MMFA (Morwell Mirboo FA), SGFL (South Gippsland FL), WFA (Woorayl Football Association), WGFL (West Gippsland FL), GLFL (Gippsland Latrobe FL)

Former clubs
Jumper Club Nickname Years competed Home Ground Premierships Website
Churchill Kangaroos 1984-1994 Gaskin Park, Churchill (0)
Garfield Football ClubStars2002-2009Garfield Recreation Reserve
Beswick St 		(7)1963-64, 1966, 1983, 1993, 1994, 2004 (WGFL)
Heyfield Kangaroos 1960-1974 Gordon St Rec Reserve (0)
Newborough Bulldogs 1979-1985 Newborough Rec Reserve
Soutwell St		 (0)
Stratford Swans 1961-1964 Stratford Rec Reserve
Wellsford St		 (0)
Trafalgar Bloods 1954-1968 Trafalgar Rec Reserve (6) 1906, ,1911, 1913, 1923 (CGFL), 1958, 1962
Traralgon Tyers United The Two Blues 1983-1988 Tyers Rec Reserve
Main Road		 (0)
Yallourn The Blues 1954-1976 Yallourn Rec Reserve (6) 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1939(CGFL)
Yallourn Yallourn North Bombers 1977-1985 Yallourn Rec Reserve (0)
Yarragon Panthers 1954-1960 Yarragon Football Ground
Market St		 (2) 1908, 1921(CGFL)

Premiers and Best & Fairest Winners
Year Senior Premier Senior B&F Winner Season Summary (Ladder & Finals)
2019MaffraJack Lipman (Sale)2019 Season
2018LeongathaTom Marriott (Leongatha)2018 Season
2017LeongathaJames Blaser (Moe), Kane Martin (Sale) & Jack Blair (Wontaggi Power)2017 Season
2016MaffraBrad Scalzo (Warragul)2016 Season
2015TraralgonBob McCallum (Drouin)2015 Season
2014MorwellAdam Bailey (Morwell)2014 Season
2013MorwellKelvin Porter (Maffra)2013 Season
2012SaleLuke Collins (Sale)2012 Season
2011TraralgonAndrew Soumilas (Drouin)2011 Season
2010Maffra[7]Gary Jones (Maffra)2010 Season
2009Maffra[1]Adrian Cox (Sale) & Michael Geary ( Traralgon)2009 Season
2008SaleNick Hider (Maffra)2008 Season
2007MaffraNick Hider (Maffra)2007 Season
2006MaffraDesi Barr (Warragul)2006 Season
2005TraralgonAndrew Soumilas (Garfield)2005 Season

Records and Statistics

[8] Club Finishing Positions

Club Premierships Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th
Traralgon2017862
Sale105892
Morwell981046
Leongatha86763
Maffra83652
Warragul335142
Moe28961
Bairnsdale12320
Wonthaggi04231
Drouin02001

[8] Recent Finishing Positions

Club 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Bairnsdale8th7th9th10th8th5th6th8th8th
Drouin5th8th10th4th7th10th9th7th2nd
Leongatha2nd1st1st2nd2nd7th7th3rd8th
Maffra1st2nd2nd1st3rd4th3rd2nd3rd
Moe3rd5th4th8th9th8th10th10th7th
Morwell9th9th5th9th6th1st1st5th9th
Sale4th4th6th6th5th3rd2nd1st4th
Traralgon7th3rd3rd3rd1st6th5th4th1st
Warragul10th6th7th5th10th9th8th9th10th
Wonthaggi6th10th 8th7th4th2nd4th6th6th

Significant Records

Record Detail
Highest Score:45.22 (292) Traralgon vs. Churchill
Lowest Score:0.0 (2) Stratford vs. Traralgon; Bairnsdale vs. Traralgon
Most Goals in a Match:(19) Adrian Campbell (Leongatha vs. Moe)
Most Goals in a Season:136 Shane Loveless (Sale)
Record Quarter Score
1st Quarter13.4 (82) Maffra vs. Newborough
Warragul vs. Newborough
Maffra vs. Churchill
2nd Quarter14.3 (87) Leongatha vs. Heyfield
3rd Quarter15.5 (95) Traralgon vs. Newborough
4th Quarter16.7 (103) Leongatha vs. Moe

References
  1. Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Grand Final, Wikinews, 20 September 2009
  2. Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland League as Wonthaggi concedes move, Wikinews, 10 December 2009
  3. Wikinews contributors (10 December 2009). "Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland Football League as Wonthaggi concedes move". Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. Wikinews:Australian rules football: Bairnsdale join Gippsland League, will play first game in Warragul
  5. "The Sunday Age, 8 August 2004". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  6. GL 2019 Fixture
  7. Gillett, Patrick (20 September 2010). "Australian rules football: Maffra win 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  8. "GL Senior Finals Positions - Gippsland League - SportsTG". SportsTG.
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