# 2005 VFL season

The 2005 Victorian Football League season was the 124th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Werribee in the Grand Final on 18 September by nine points; it was Sandringham's ninth top-division premiership, and the second of three premierships won consecutively by the club between 2004 and 2006.

## Ladder

2005 VFL season :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Werribee | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2138 | 1590 | 134.5 | 60 | Finals |
| 2 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1690 | 1343 | 125.8 | 54 | Finals |
| 3 | Sandringham (P) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1793 | 1558 | 115.1 | 48 | Finals |
| 4 | Bendigo | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1816 | 1357 | 133.8 | 44 | Finals |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1747 | 1725 | 101.3 | 44 | Finals |
| 6 | Tasmania | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1724 | 1615 | 106.7 | 40 | Finals |
| 7 | Frankston | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1486 | 1440 | 103.2 | 34 | Finals |
| 8 | Box Hill | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1479 | 1632 | 90.6 | 28 | Finals |
| 9 | Williamstown | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1474 | 1713 | 86.0 | 28 | |
| 10 | North Ballarat | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1434 | 1756 | 81.7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Springvale | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1480 | 1565 | 94.6 | 24 | |
| 12 | Coburg | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1404 | 1774 | 79.1 | 20 | |
| 13 | Geelong reserves | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1478 | 2075 | 71.2 | 16 | |

## Finals Series

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 26 August, Queen Elizabeth Oval | 26 August, Queen Elizabeth Oval | 26 August, Queen Elizabeth Oval | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Werribee | 19.8 (122) | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Bendigo | 15.14 (104) | 3 September, TEAC Oval | 3 September, TEAC Oval | 3 September, TEAC Oval | | | | |
| | | | Bendigo | Bendigo | 20.6 (126) | | | | |
| 28 August, TEAC Oval | 28 August, TEAC Oval | 28 August, TEAC Oval | Port Melbourne | Port Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | 10 September, TEAC Oval | 10 September, TEAC Oval | 10 September, TEAC Oval | | | |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 21.19 (145) | | | | Werribee | Werribee | 15.15 (105) | |
| 8 | Box Hill | 8.13 (61) | | | | Northern Bullants | Northern Bullants | 11.10 (76) | 18 September, Optus Oval | 18 September, Optus Oval | 18 September, Optus Oval |
| | | | | | | | | | Sandringham | Sandringham | 11.17 (83) |
| 28 August, Bellerive Oval | 28 August, Bellerive Oval | 28 August, Bellerive Oval | | | | 11 September, TEAC Oval | 11 September, TEAC Oval | 11 September, TEAC Oval | Werribee | Werribee | 11.8 (74) |
| 6 | Tasmania | 17.19 (121) | | | | Sandringham | Sandringham | 17.19 (121) | | |
| 7 | Frankston | 11.9 (75) | 4 September, Bellerive Oval | 4 September, Bellerive Oval | 4 September, Bellerive Oval | Bendigo | Bendigo | 12.10 (82) | | |
| | | | Northern Bullants | Northern Bullants | 18.9 (117) | | | | | | |
| 27 August, TEAC Oval | 27 August, TEAC Oval | 27 August, TEAC Oval | Tasmania | Tasmania | 5.14 (44) | | | | | |
| 2 | Northern Bullants | 3.11 (29) | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sandringham | 16.20 (116) | | | | | | | | |

### Grand Final

| | 2005 VFL Grand Final | 2005 VFL Grand Final | 2005 VFL Grand Final | | |
| Sunday 18 September (2:10 pm) | Sandringham | def. | Werribee | Optus Oval (crowd: 9,000) | |
| | 2.4 (16) 4.6 (30) 9.12 (66) 11.17 (83) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.1 (19) 4.6 (30) 5.7 (37) 11.8 (74) | Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Daniel Ward (Sandringham) | Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Daniel Ward (Sandringham) |
| Armstrong 2, Motlop 2, Poyas 2, Gallagher, Heffernan, Johnson, Sautner, Williams | Armstrong 2, Motlop 2, Poyas 2, Gallagher, Heffernan, Johnson, Sautner, Williams | Goals | Podsiadly 3, Bandy 2, Birss 2, McCormack, O'Sullivan, Rawlings, Skipper | Podsiadly 3, Bandy 2, Birss 2, McCormack, O'Sullivan, Rawlings, Skipper |

### Awards

* The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won by James Podsiadly (Werribee), who kicked 66 goals.
* The J. J. Liston Trophy was won jointly by Ian Callinan (Tasmania) and Paul Johnson (Sandringham), who each polled 16 votes. Callinan and Johnson finished ahead of Digby Morrell (Northern Bullants), who was third with 15 votes.
* The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Jackson Barling (Williamstown).
* Williamstown won the reserves premiership. Williamstown 16.7 (103) defeated North Ballarat 12.9 (81) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 18 September.