# 2019 VFL season

The 2019 VFL season was the 138th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season ran from April 2019 until September 2019. The premiership was won by the Richmond reserves, after it defeated Williamstown in the Grand Final on 22 September 2019 by 3 points. It was the Richmond reserves team's first VFL premiership since entering the competition in 2014; and, the club's third VFA/VFL premiership overall including the two premierships won by its senior team in the early 1900s.

## Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Richmond (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1550 | 1144 | 135.5 | 64 | Finals |
| 2 | Footscray | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1651 | 1120 | 147.4 | 58 | Finals |
| 3 | Williamstown | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1442 | 1183 | 121.9 | 54 | Finals |
| 4 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1627 | 1222 | 133.1 | 48 | Finals |
| 5 | Werribee | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1579 | 1236 | 127.8 | 44 | Finals |
| 6 | Geelong | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1487 | 1215 | 122.4 | 44 | Finals |
| 7 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1552 | 1399 | 110.9 | 42 | Finals |
| 8 | Box Hill Hawks | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1413 | 1268 | 111.4 | 38 | Finals |
| 9 | Casey Demons | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1211 | 1183 | 102.4 | 36 | |
| 10 | Northern Blues | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1288 | 1500 | 85.9 | 28 | |
| 11 | Collingwood | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1090 | 1298 | 84.0 | 28 | |
| 12 | Sandringham | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1163 | 1488 | 78.2 | 24 | |
| 13 | North Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1235 | 1777 | 69.5 | 20 | |
| 14 | Coburg | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1204 | 1719 | 70.0 | 8 | |
| 15 | Frankston | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1002 | 1742 | 57.5 | 4 | |

## Finals
### Qualifying and Elimination Finals

| | Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | |
| Saturday 31 August (2:10 pm) | Richmond 15.10 (100) | def. | Essendon 15.8 (98) | Swinburne Centre |
| Saturday 31 August (1:00 pm) | Footscray 9.10 (64) | def. by | Williamstown 11.11 (77) | VU Whitten Oval |
| | Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | |
| Sunday 1 September (2:10 pm) | Werribee 12.9 (81) | def. | Box Hill 5.10 (40) | Adcon Stadium |
| Saturday 31 August (2:10 pm) | Geelong 6.5 (41) | def. by | Port Melbourne 11.11 (77) | Adcon Stadium |

### Semi-finals

| | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | |
| SF1: September 8 (2:10 pm) | Essendon 8.7 (55) | def. | Werribee 7.10 (52) | Adcon Stadium |
| SF2: September 7 (11:40 am) | Footscray 4.17 (41) | def. by | Port Melbourne 8.8 (56) | Adcon Stadium |

### Preliminary Finals

| | Preliminary Finals | Preliminary Finals | Preliminary Finals | |
| PF1: September 14 (2:10 pm) | Richmond 14.15 (99) | def. | Port Melbourne 10.13 (73) | Adcon Stadium |
| PF2: September 15 (2:10 pm) | Williamstown 14.12 (96) | def. | Essendon 9.16 (70) | Adcon Stadium |

### Grand Final

| | 2019 VFL Grand Final | 2019 VFL Grand Final | 2019 VFL Grand Final | | |
| Sunday 22 September (2:10 pm) | Richmond | v | Williamstown | Ikon Park (crowd: 13,165) | Report |
| | 4.4 (28) 4.8 (32) 5.10 (40) 8.10 (58) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.0 (0) 2.4 (16) 3.8 (26) 7.13 (55) | Umpires: Pell, Rebeschini, Rodger, Porter Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Marlion Pickett (Richmond) Television broadcast: Seven Network | Umpires: Pell, Rebeschini, Rodger, Porter Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Marlion Pickett (Richmond) Television broadcast: Seven Network |
| Townsend 2, Collier-Dawkins 2, Pickett, Ballard, Naish, Markov | Townsend 2, Collier-Dawkins 2, Pickett, Ballard, Naish, Markov | Goals | Master, Myers, Rodda, Pickess, Kennedy, Wheeler, Ottavi | Master, Myers, Rodda, Pickess, Kennedy, Wheeler, Ottavi |
| Pickett, Morris, Eggmolesse-Smith, Collier-Dawkins, Balta | Pickett, Morris, Eggmolesse-Smith, Collier-Dawkins, Balta | Best | Hibberd, Dorgan, Wheeler, Meese | Hibberd, Dorgan, Wheeler, Meese |

## Awards

* The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Tom Gribble (Werribee), who polled 25 votes. Gribble finished ahead of Rhylee West (Footscray), who polled 17 votes, and Tom Campbell (North Melbourne), who polled 15 votes.
* The Frosty Miller Medal was won by Jordan Lisle (Port Melbourne), who kicked 40 goals during the home-and-away season, and 46 goals overall. It was Lisle's third medal, having previously won in 2017 and 2015.
* The Fothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal was won by Jake Riccardi (Werribee).

## Notable events

* In 2019, the VFL announced new naming partners, with Hard Yakka and Totally Workwear joining as major sponsors.