2011 Foxtel Cup
2011 season -- Club details
Table:
Guernsey

Club

Nickname

Location

Qualified as

Ainslie Football Club[13]

Tri- Colours

Ainslie, ACT

AFL Canberra
premiers 2010

Claremont Football Club[14]

Tigers

Claremont, Western Australia

West Australian Football League
runners-up 2010

Clarence Football Club[15]

Kangaroos

Clarence, Tasmania

Tasmanian Football League
premiers 2010

East Coast Eagles Australian Football Club[16]

Eagles

Rouse Hill, NSW

Sydney AFL
premiers 2010

East Perth Football Club[17]

Royals

Leederville, Western Australia

West Australian Football League
3rd place 2010

Greater Western Sydney Giants[18]

Giants

Blacktown, NSW

Australian Football League
Expansion club

Labrador Australian Football Club[19]

Tigers

Labrador, Queensland

Queensland Australian Football League
runners-up 2010

Morningside Australian Football Club[20]

Panthers

Hawthorne, Queensland

Queensland Australian Football League
premiers 2010

North Adelaide Football Club[21]

Roosters

Prospect, South Australia

South Australian National Football League
7th place, 2010
SA invitee

North Ballarat Football Club[22]

Roosters

Ballarat, Victoria

Victorian Football League
premiers 2010

Northern Bullants Football Club[23]

Bullants

Preston, Victoria

Victorian Football League
runners-up 2010

Northern Territory Football Club[24]

Thunder

Darwin, Northern Territory

Queensland Australian Football League
5th place 2010
NT representative

Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)[25]

Magpies

Alberton, South Australia

South Australian National Football League
8th place 2010
SA invitee

Swan Districts Football Club[26]

Swans

Bassendean, Western Australia

West Australian Football League
premiers 2010

West Adelaide Football Club[27]

Bloods

Richmond, South Australia

South Australian National Football League
6th place 2010
SA invitee

Williamstown Football Club[28]

Seagulls

Williamstown, Victoria

Victorian Football League
3rd place 2010

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Ainslie Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in Canberra , in the Australian Capital Territory . The club formed in 1927 and won its first premiership in 1929 . They now play in the North East Australian Football League ( NEAFL ) . Ex-St Kilda star Kevin Neale was captain-coach for six seasons ( 1978-1983 ) , during which time Ainslie won four premierships : 1979 , 1980 , 1982 , 1983 . The club was also coached by former VFL/AFL great David Cloke . The club entered the NEAFL for the competition 's inaugural season in 2011 - finishing the year as Eastern Conference premiers .
Ainslie ( postcode : 2602 ) is a leafy suburb of Canberra , Australia in the North Canberra district . The suburb is bounded by Limestone Avenue and Majura Avenue to the west and north , Phillip Avenue to the north-east , Mount Ainslie to the east and Quick Street to the south . Ainslie is within walking distance of the City , the nature trails of Mount Ainslie , the Australian War Memorial and the many restaurants of Dickson . It has many attractions : a central location , with equally easy access to the CBD and the bush trails of Mount Ainslie ; the abundance of charming early twentieth-century , heritage-listed houses ; mature deciduous street trees and general leafiness ; and a vibrant local shopping centre .
AFL Canberra is the governing body for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory . In November 2010 the five AFL Canberra Premier Division clubs merged with the Premier Division clubs of the Queensland Australian Football League to form the North East Australian Football League . From 2011 onwards , the AFL Canberra Premier Division together with the reserve sides from the Sydney Swans and Greater Western Sydney Giants will form the NEAFL Eastern Conference . Today AFL Canberra acts as an umbrella to several competitions beneath it . These competitions are Seniors First Grade , Seniors Second Grade , Seniors Third Grade and a Rising Stars League . There is also a women 's league .
The Claremont Football Club , nicknamed Tigers , is an Australian rules football club based in Claremont , Western Australia , that currently plays in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . Its official colours are navy blue and gold . Formed as the Cottesloe Beach Football Club in 1906 , the club entering the WAFL in 1925 as the Claremont-Cottesloe Football Club ' , changing its name to the present in 1935 . Claremont have won 12 senior men 's premierships since entering the competition , including most recently the 2011 and 2012 premierships .
Claremont is a western suburb of Perth , Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River .
The West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth , Western Australia . The WAFL is the third-most popular league in the nation , behind the nationwide Australian Football League ( AFL ) and South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . The league currently consists of ten teams , which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September , with the top five teams playing off in a finals series , culminating in a Grand Final . The league also runs reserves , colts ( under-19 ) and womens competitions . The WAFL was founded in 1885 as the West Australian Football Association ( WAFA ) , and has undergone a variety of name changes since then , re-adopting its current name in 2001 . For most of its existence , the league was considered one of the traditional big three Australian rules football leagues , along with the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) and South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . However , since the introduction of two Western Australia-based clubs into the VFL ( later renamed the Australian Football League ) - the West Coast Eagles in 1987 and the Fremantle Football Club in 1995 - the popularity and standard of the league has decreased to the point where it is considered a feeder competition to the AFL . Although payments are made to players , it is generally considered to be a semi-professional competition . A salary cap of A $ 200,000 per club is in place . The league is currently affiliated with the two Western Australia-based AFL clubs . Players who are not selected to play with their respective AFL clubs instead play for allocated clubs in the WAFL . The competition is governed by the West Australian Football Commission , and based at Subiaco Oval .
The Clarence Football Club , nicknamed The Kangaroos ( and usually referred to as simply The Roos ) , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League , based in Bellerive , Tasmania . Before 1947 , they existed as Bellerive Football Club . The Club play their home games at Bellerive Oval , Hobart 's Test Cricket ground , they share the facilities with Tasmania 's cricket team , the Tasmanian Tigers .
Clarence City Council ( or City of Clarence ) is a local government body in Tasmania , and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area . The Clarence local government area has a population of 56,945 , covering the eastern shore of the Derwent River from Otago to the South Arm Peninsula and the smaller localities of Cambridge , Richmond , and Seven Mile Beach . The administrative centre and main commercial district of Clarence is Rosny Park , approximately 5 kilometres from the CBD of Hobart . Bellerive Oval lies immediately to the south , and the Hobart International Airport is located further north-west along the Tasman Highway . The area that now constitutes the City of Clarence was once part of the traditional land of the Moomairemener , a sub-group of the Tasmanian Aborigines . In 1803 , the island of Tasmania ( then Van Diemen 's Land ) was colonised by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , who subsequently established the settlement of Hobart Town . By the 1820s the settlement had spread to the 'Clarence Plains ' , but the area remained primarily agricultural until the mid to late 20th century , when it experienced a residential development boom . Since then Clarence has grown rapidly to become a self-sufficient city .
Tasmania ( /tæzˈmeɪniə/ ; abbreviated as TAS , nicknamed Tassie ) is an island state of Australia . It is located 240 km ( 150 mi ) to the south of the Australian mainland , separated by Bass Strait . The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania , the 26th-largest island in the world , and the surrounding 334 islands . The state has a population of around 533,308 as of March 2019 [ update ] . Just over forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct , which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city , Hobart . Tasmania 's area is 68,401 km2 ( 26,410 sq mi ) , of which the main island covers 64,519 km2 ( 24,911 sq mi ) . It is promoted as a natural state , and protected areas of Tasmania cover about 42% of its land area , which includes national parks and World Heritage Sites . Tasmania was the founding place of the first environmental political party in the world . The island is believed to have been occupied by indigenous peoples for 30,000 years before British colonisation . It is thought Aboriginal Tasmanians were separated from the mainland Aboriginal groups about 10,000 years ago when the sea rose to form Bass Strait . The Aboriginal population is estimated to have been between 3,000 and 7,000 at the time of colonisation , but was almost wiped out within 30 years by a combination of violent guerrilla conflict with settlers known as the Black War , intertribal conflict , and from the late 1820s , the spread of infectious diseases to which they had no immunity . The conflict , which peaked between 1825 and 1831 , and led to more than three years of martial law , cost the lives of almost 1,100 Aboriginals and settlers .
The Tasmanian State League ( TSL ) , colloquially known as the Tasmanian Football League ( TFL ) ( formerly known as the Tasmanian Australian National Football League ( TANFL ) and several other short-term names ) is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania , Australia . The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 ( giving it some claim to the title of the third oldest club football league in the world ) , but the name TFL ( also the state 's football governing body ) was removed after it was liquidated with crushing debts in February 1999 and replaced by an independent commission ( Football Tasmania ) and the competition was renamed the Tasmanian State Football League ( 1999 ) and the SWL ( 2000 ) until the number of clubs in financial difficulty made the league unsustainable and it collapsed in December 2000 . After long negotiations and discussions it was reinstated as a ten club competition in 2009 . The League is commercially known as the RACT Insurance Tasmanian State League under a naming-rights sponsorship agreement with RACT Insurance in Hobart .
The East Coast Eagles is an Australian rules football club competing in the Sydney AFL competition based out of the Sydney suburb of Rouse Hill , New South Wales . Previously known as the Baulkham Hills Falcons ( 1976-1999 ) and Sydney Hills Eagles ( 2012-2014 ) and wearing maroon and gold , the team wears the West Coast Eagles uniforms of blue and Gold .
Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Rouse Hill is located in the Greater Western Sydney Region , 43 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 19 kilometres north-west of the Parramatta central business district . It is in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and City of Blacktown . Rouse Hill Town Centre is at the heart of the suburb , which contains a busy Town Square .
New South Wales ( abbreviated as NSW ) is a state on the east coast of Australia . It borders Queensland to the north , Victoria to the south , and South Australia to the west . Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east . The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state . New South Wales ' state capital is Sydney , which is also Australia 's most populous city . In March 2019 [ update ] , the population of New South Wales was over 8 million , making it Australia 's most populous state . Just under two-thirds of the state 's population , 5.1 million , live in the Greater Sydney area . Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen . The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788 . It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825 . The colony then also included the island territories of New Zealand , Van Diemen 's Land , Lord Howe Island , and Norfolk Island . During the 19th century , most of the colony 's area was detached to form separate British colonies that eventually became New Zealand and the various states and territories of Australia .
AFL Sydney is an Australian rules football League , based in metropolitan Sydney , Australia . The AFL Sydney competition comprises 123 teams from 24 clubs playing across seven senior men 's divisions , four women 's divisions , a Master 's Division and two under 19 competitions in season 2019 .
The East Perth Football Club , nicknamed the Royals , is an Australian rules football club based in Leederville , Western Australia , current playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) . Formed in 1902 as the Union Football Club , the club entered the WAFL in 1906 , changing its name to East Perth . It won its first premiership in 1919 , part of a streak of five consecutive premierships . Overall , the club has won 17 premierships , most recently in 2002 . The club is currently based at Leederville Oval , which it shares with the Subiaco Football Club , having previously played home games at Wellington Square ( from 1901 to 1909 ) and Perth Oval ( formerly known as Loton Park ) from 1910 to 1999 . The current coach of East Perth is Jeremy Barnard and the current captains are Kyle Anderson and Patrick McGinnity . From 2014 until 2018 , East Perth served as the host club for the West Coast Eagles of the Australian Football League , the arrangement saw West Coast 's reserves players playing in the WAFL for East Perth .
Leederville is a locality within the City of Vincent in the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia . It is home to Aranmore Catholic College , the School of Isolated and Distance Education , North Metropolitan TAFE , Trinity Theological College , and St Mary 's Church . The suburb was named after William Henry Leeder , the original grantee of land that encompassed the area .
Western Australia [ a ] ( abbreviated as WA ) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west , and the Southern Ocean to the south , [ b ] the Northern Territory to the north-east , and South Australia to the south-east . Western Australia is Australia 's largest state , with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres ( 976,790 sq mi ) , and the second-largest country subdivision in the world , surpassed only by Russia 's Sakha Republic . The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants - around 11 percent of the national total - of whom the vast majority ( 92 per cent ) live in the south-west corner , 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area , leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated . The first European visitor to Western Australia was the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog , who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616 . The first European settlement of Western Australia occurred following the landing by Major Edmund Lockyer on 26 December 1826 of an expedition on behalf of the New South Wales colonial government . He established a convict-supported military garrison at King George III Sound , at present-day Albany , and on 21 January 1827 formally took possession of the western third of the continent for the British Crown . This was followed by the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829 , including the site of the present-day capital , Perth . York was the first inland settlement in Western Australia . Situated 97 kilometres ( 60 miles ) east of Perth , it was settled on 16 September 1831 . Western Australia achieved responsible government in 1890 and federated with the other British colonies in Australia in 1901 . Today , its economy mainly relies on mining , oil and gas , services and construction .
The Greater Western Sydney Football Club , commonly referred to as GWS Giants or simply GWS , is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Representing the Greater Western Sydney area and Canberra , the club is based at the Tom Wills Oval in Sydney Olympic Park . The team 's primary home ground is Sydney Showground Stadium , also located in the Olympic Park precinct . The club plays four home games a year at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the government of the Australian Capital Territory . The club played its first AFL premiership match in March 2012 . It won only three games in its first two seasons and consecutive wooden spoons . They made the finals for the first time during the 2016 season , and played in its first grand final in 2019 where they were defeated by Richmond by 89 points . The Giants operate three other teams outside of the AFL . The club has fielded a team in the AFL Women 's league since 2017 and a reserves team , known as the Western Sydney University Giants ( formerly UWS Giants ) , has participated in the North East Australian Football League ( NEAFL ) since 2012 , as part of a partnership between the club and the university . A netball team , known as Giants Netball , competes in the National Netball League .
Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown , in Greater Western Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district . Blacktown is the largest of any township in New South Wales and is one of the most multicultural places within Greater Sydney . There have been discussions about changing the name of the City to Western Sydney City due to the belief that the name Blacktown is racist . However , this was voted against and the name has remained Blacktown .
The Australian Football League ( AFL ) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men 's competition of Australian rules football . Through the AFL Commission , the AFL also serves as the sport 's governing body , and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game . Originally known as the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) , it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , with its inaugural season commencing the following year . The VFL , aiming to become a national competition , began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s , and changed its name to the AFL in 1990 . The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia 's six states ( Tasmania being the exception ) . Matches have been played in all states and mainland territories of Australia , as well as in New Zealand and China to promote the sport abroad . The AFL season currently consists of a 23-round regular ( or home-and-away ) season , which runs during the Australian winter ( March to September ) . The team with the best record after the home-and-away series is awarded the minor premiership . The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series , culminating in the AFL Grand Final , which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year . The grand final winner is termed the premiers , and is awarded the premiership cup . The current premiers are Richmond .
Labrador Australian Football Club , also known as the Labrador Tigers , is a Gold Coast based sports club . Labrador 's Australian rules football team currently competes in the Queensland Australian Football League . From 2011-2014 it was an inaugural member club of the NEAFL competition . Formed in 1964 the Tigers played in the Gold Coast AFL until they were promoted into the Queensland State League in 1997 . Runners-up in 2010 the club is a founding member of the NEAFL .
Labrador is a coastal suburb located on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . At the 2006 Census , Labrador had a population of 15,391 , and grew to 16,402 at the 2011 Census . The suburb overlooks the Gold Coast Broadwater to the east and Southport on the southern border . There are many Aboriginal cultural sites across the Gold Coast . Labrador was part of traditional country for several families , due to the abundance of shell fish , mudcrabs , oysters and waterfowl in the area . The two local peoples most spoken of by the early settlers were the Yugambeh and Kombumerri Aboriginals . Dawn Rix in her book Labrador - The early pioneers writes that a Scottish Engineer Robert Muir is believed to have named the area in the late 19th century after the a local fishery in north-eastern Canada , owing to the similarities both held in the recreational fishing of streams and the peninsula shape of the land . Two noteworthy and historical buildings of 1921 were named after the neighbourhood , a residence called Labrador house and the original Labrador State School . The Gold Coast City Council publishes the Labrador Heritage Walk , and produces a guide booklet which includes twenty one places of historical interest . Three mapped walks have been designed to note the points of interest .
The Queensland Australian Football League ( QAFL ) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland , contested by clubs from South East Queensland . Previously known as the Queensland Football League ( QFL ) , Queensland Australian National Football League ( QANFL ) , Queensland Australian Football League ( QAFL ) and AFL Queensland State League ( AFLQSL ) , the QAFL is the premier semi-professional competition in Queensland . The QAFL is one division below that of the North East Australian Football League , the premier NSW/QLD/NT/ACT territories in Australia .
The Morningside Australian Football Club , also known as the Morningside Panthers , is an Australian rules football club based at Jack Esplen Oval in the suburb of Hawthorne in Brisbane . The club consists of Masters , Amateurs , Women 's , Junior and Senior football sections . Its senior team competed in the North East Australian Football League ( NEAFL ) competition in 2011-14 and now is a member club of the Queensland Australian Football League . Its junior sides compete in the AFL Brisbane Juniors ( AFLBJ ) competition . The club also caters for young girls and boys by running Auskick skills clinics , which are held at the beginning of the season and do not involve competitive games . Morningside Football Club has operated successfully as a football club in Brisbane for over 50 years and is one of the most widely recognised Queensland based AFL clubs within Australia . It developed from the Hawthorne Juniors club which was founded in 1931 .
Hawthorne is suburb of Brisbane , Australia , located 3 kilometres ( 1.9 mi ) east of the CBD .
Queensland ( locally /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land , [ note 1 ] abbreviated as Qld ) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia . Situated in the north-east of the country , it is bordered by the Northern Territory , South Australia and New South Wales to the west , south-west and south respectively . To the east , Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean . To its north is the Torres Strait , with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland . The state is the world 's sixth-largest sub-national entity , with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres ( 715,309 sq mi ) . As of 15 May 2018 , Queensland had a population of 5,000,000 , concentrated along the coast and particularly in the state 's South East . The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane , Australia 's third-largest city . Often referred to as the Sunshine State , Queensland is home to 10 of Australia 's 30 largest cities and is the nation 's third-largest economy . Tourism in the state , fuelled largely by its warm climate , is a major industry . Queensland was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders . The first European to land in Queensland ( and Australia ) was Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 , who explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula near present-day Weipa . In 1770 , Lieutenant James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain .
North Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed The Roosters , is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . The club plays its home games at Prospect Oval , located in Prospect , a northern suburb of Adelaide . The club was formed in 1888 as the Medindie Football Club , changing its name to North Adelaide in 1893 . North Adelaide 's first premiership was won in 1900 , and the club has won a total of fourteen senior premierships in the SANFL , most recently in 2018 .
The City of Prospect is an inner urban local government area ( LGA ) in Adelaide , South Australia . The council seat is the unusually-large suburb of Prospect , which makes up almost two thirds of the tiny council area which is less than 8km2 . Established in 1872 , it is one of the oldest local government bodies in South Australia . Prospect 's population is growing and reflective of a broader demographic . [ vague ] Prospect has a relatively young resident population ( average age 36yo ) , many of whom are knowledge workers , with high education , skills , intellectual capacity and disposable incomes . [ citation needed ] The community has embraced the significant change effected in recent years . The City of Prospect has had a clear intent over recent years to encourage new , mixed use , larger scale , high quality sustainable development along the arterial roads . This intent has been reflected in council 's integrated strategic planning , master plans , public realm and infrastructure upgrades and changes to council 's Development Plan . [ citation needed ] This has created many commercial and business opportunities along the main roads , more housing options to accommodate a growing and diverse residential population and greater capacity for jobs and positive impact on the local economy . [ citation needed ]
South Australia ( abbreviated as SA ) is a state in the southern central part of Australia . It covers some of the most arid parts of the country . With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres ( 379,725 sq mi ) , it is the fourth-largest of Australia 's states and territories by area , and fifth largest by population . It has a total of 1.7 million people , and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia , after Western Australia , with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital , Adelaide , or its environs . Other population centres in the state are relatively small ; Mount Gambier , the second largest centre , has a population of 28,684 . South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states , and with the Northern Territory ; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia , to the north by the Northern Territory , to the north-east by Queensland , to the east by New South Wales , to the south-east by Victoria , and to the south by the Great Australian Bight . The state comprises less than 8 percent of the Australian population and ranks fifth in population among the six states and two territories . The majority of its people reside in greater Metropolitan Adelaide . Most of the remainder are settled in fertile areas along the south-eastern coast and River Murray . The state 's colonial origins are unique in Australia as a freely settled , planned British province , rather than as a convict settlement . Colonial government commenced on 28 December 1836 , when the members of the council were sworn in near the Old Gum Tree . [ citation needed ] As with the rest of the continent , the region has a long history of human occupation by numerous tribes and languages .
The South Australian National Football League , or SANFL ( /ˈsænfəl/ or S-A-N-F-L ) , is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia . It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia . Originally formed as the South Australian Football Association on 30 April 1877 , the SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code in Australia and one of the oldest football competitions in the world , forming just a few years after the United Hospitals Challenge Cup ( 1874 ) , the oldest rugby football competition , and over a decade before The Football League , although later than the FA Cup ( soccer ) . Consisting of a single division competition , since 2014 the season has been an 18-round home-and-away ( regular ) season from April to September . The top five teams play-off in a final series culminating in the grand final for the Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Trophy . The grand final had traditionally been held at Football Park in October , generally the week after the AFL Grand Final , though this was altered ahead of the 2014 season resulting in Adelaide Oval hosting the grand final in the penultimate weekend of September . The league owned the sub-licences for South Australia 's two AFL clubs - Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club until March 2014 , when South Australian Football Commission reached an agreement with the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs - endorsed by the AFL - which will see the two AFL licences transferred to the clubs in return for payments totalling more than $ 18 million . The league is also responsible for the management of all levels of football in the state . This includes junior football , country football , amateur football and specific programs rolled out across schools , indigenous communities ( including the APY Lands in the state 's north ) and newly arrived migrant communities . The SANFL owns Football Park , formerly the largest stadium in South Australia . The stadium , which opened in 1974 , was primarily used for Australian Football League matches up until 2013 and had a capacity of over 51,000 prior to being demolished . The stadium was the headquarters for the league from 1974-2013 .
North Ballarat Football & Netball Club , nicknamed The Roosters , is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Mars Stadium in Ballarat . The club currently fields senior , reserve and Under 19 sides in the Ballarat Football League . Between 1996 and 2017 , North Ballarat competed in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) .
Ballarat /ˈbæləˌræt/ is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria , Australia . The city has a population of 105,471 . In terms of population Ballarat is the third largest inland city in Australia . Just months after Victoria was granted separation from the state of New South Wales , the Victorian gold rush transformed Ballarat from a small sheep station to a major settlement . Gold was discovered on 18 August 1851 , and news quickly spread of rich alluvial fields where gold could easily be extracted . Unlike many other gold boom towns , the Ballarat fields experienced sustained high gold yields for many decades , which can be evidenced to this day in the city 's rich architecture . The city is famous for the 1854 tax-revolt known as the Eureka Rebellion . In response to this event the first male suffrage in Australia was instituted and as such Eureka is interpreted by some as the origin of democracy in Australia . The rebellion 's symbol , the Eureka Flag , has become a national symbol and is held at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka in Ballarat . Proclaimed a city in 1871 , its prosperity continued until late in the 19th century , after which its importance relative to both Melbourne and Geelong rapidly faded with the slowing of gold extraction . It has endured as a major regional centre hosting the rowing and kayaking events from the 1956 Summer Olympics . It is the commercial capital of the Central Highlands and its largest city , as well as a significant tourist destination .
Victoria ( abbreviated as Vic ) is a state in south-eastern Australia . Victoria is Australia 's smallest mainland state and its second-most populous state ( after New South Wales ) , making it the most densely populated state . Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay , which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city , Melbourne , Australia 's second-largest city . Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south , [ note 1 ] New South Wales to the north , the Tasman Sea ( a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean ) to the east , and South Australia to the west . The area that is now known as Victoria is the home of many Aboriginal people groups , including the Boon wurrung , the Bratauolung , the Djadjawurrung , the Gunai/Kurnai , the Gunditjmara , the Taungurong , the Wathaurong , the Wurundjeri , and the Yorta Yorta . There were more than 30 Aboriginal languages spoken in the area prior to the European settlement of Australia . The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Aboriginal nations which makes up much of the central part of the state . With Great Britain having claimed the half of the Australian continent that is east of the 135th meridian east in 1788 , Victoria formed part of the wider colony of New South Wales . The first European settlement in the area occurred in 1803 at Sullivan Bay , and much of what is now Victoria was included in 1836 in the Port Phillip District , an administrative division of New South Wales . Named in honour of Queen Victoria , who signed the division 's separation from New South Wales , the colony was officially established in 1851 and achieved self government in 1855 . The Victorian gold rush in the 1850s and 1860s significantly increased both the population and wealth of the colony , and by the time of the Federation of Australia in 1901 , Melbourne had become the largest city and leading financial centre in Australasia . Melbourne served as federal capital of Australia until the construction of Canberra in 1927 , with the Federal Parliament meeting in Melbourne 's Parliament House and all principal offices of the federal government being based in Melbourne .
The Victorian Football League ( VFL ) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria . The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , and has been known by its current name since 1996 . For historical purposes , the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL , to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League , which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL . The VFA was formed in 1877 and is the second-oldest Australian rules football league , replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the early years of the game . Initially serving a primarily administrative function , the VFA premiership served as the top level of club competition in Victoria until 1896 . The VFA became the secondary level of club competition from 1897 after its eight strongest clubs seceded to form the VFL . From 1897 until 1995 , the VFA remained independent from the VFL as Victoria 's secondary senior club competition . Although always much less popular than the VFL/AFL , the VFA enjoyed peaks of popularity in the 1940s with a faster-paced rival code of rules , and in the 1970s bolstered by playing on Sundays at a time when the VFL was played solely on Saturdays . Since 1995 , the league has been administered by AFL Victoria ( and its predecessors ) , and serves as one of the second-tier regional Australian semi-professional competitions which sits underneath the fully professional Australian Football League . From the 2018 season it will comprise 15 teams from throughout Victoria , nine of which have a continuous VFA heritage . Since 2000 , the VFL has served partially as a reserves competition for the AFL , with some Victorian-based clubs fielding their reserves teams in the VFL and others affiliated such that their reserves player can play in VFL teams . AFL Victoria also operates a women 's football competition under the Victorian Football League brand , known as the VFL Women 's , which was established in 2016 .
Northern Blues Football Club is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston and currently playing in the Victorian Football League . The Northern Blues are affiliated with the Carlton Blues in the AFL , and play their home games at the Preston City Oval and Ikon Park . The club was established in 1882 as the Preston Football Club . The club participated in the VFA between 1903 and 1912 , and then since 1926 . After World War II , the club was known as the Bullants , and wore a plain red guernsey with a white monogram . The club later became the Northern Bullants . Ahead of the 2012 season , the club adopted the colours and nickname of its AFL-affiliate ; to become the Northern Blues . In 2013 the third open age team affiliated with the Victorian Amateur Football Association began and in 2016 reverted to the name Preston Bullants .
Preston is a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 9 km north from the Melbourne central business district . Its local government area is the City of Darebin . At the 2016 Census , Preston had a population of 32,851 .
Northern Territory Football Club , nicknamed NT Thunder , was a Northern Territory-based Australian rules football club that competed in the North East Australian Football League ( NEAFL ) between 2011 and 2019 .
Darwin ( /ˈdɑːrwɪn/ ( listen ) DAR-win ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia , situated on the Timor Sea . It is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory , with a population of 148,564 . It is the smallest , wettest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities , and acts as the Top End 's regional centre . Darwin 's proximity to South East Asia makes it a link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and East Timor . The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin , extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek and Alice Springs , concluding in Port Augusta , South Australia . The city is built upon a low bluff overlooking the harbour . Its suburbs begin at Lee Point in the north and stretch to Berrimah in the east . Past Berrimah , the Stuart Highway goes on to Darwin 's satellite city Palmerston and its suburbs . The Darwin region , like much of the Top End , experiences a tropical climate with a wet and dry season . A period known locally as the build up leading up to Darwin 's wet season sees temperature and humidity increase . Darwin 's wet season typically arrives in late November to early December and brings with it heavy monsoonal downpours , spectacular lightning displays , and increased cyclone activity . During the dry season , the city has clear skies and mild sea breezes from the harbour .
The Northern Territory ( NT ; formally the Northern Territory of Australia ) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia . It shares borders with Western Australia to the west ( 129th meridian east ) , South Australia to the south ( 26th parallel south ) , and Queensland to the east ( 138th meridian east ) . To the north , the territory looks out to the Timor Sea , the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria , including Western New Guinea and other Indonesian islands . The NT covers 1,349,129 square kilometres ( 520,902 sq mi ) , making it the third-largest Australian federal division , and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world . It is sparsely populated , with a population of only 245,800 , fewer than half as many people as Tasmania . The archaeological history of the Northern Territory begins over 40,000 years ago when Indigenous Australians settled the region . Makassan traders began trading with the indigenous people of the Northern Territory for trepang from at least the 18th century onwards . The coast of the territory was first seen by Europeans in the 17th century . The British were the first Europeans to attempt to settle the coastal regions . After three failed attempts to establish a settlement ( 1824-28 , 1838-49 , and 1864-66 ) , success was achieved in 1869 with the establishment of a settlement at Port Darwin . Today the economy is based on tourism , especially Kakadu National Park in the Top End and the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park ( Ayers Rock ) in central Australia , and mining . The capital and largest city is Darwin .
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton , Port Adelaide , South Australia . The club 's senior team plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Power , whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Magpies . Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL . Since the club 's founding on 12 May 1870 , the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships , including six in a row . The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions . After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club - and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements .
Alberton is a metropolitan suburb in Adelaide , South Australia , about 20 minutes drive from the city . Part of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield , it is bordered by the suburbs of Rosewater , Queenstown , Cheltenham and Port Adelaide .
The Swan Districts Football Club , nicknamed the Swans , is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . The club is based at Bassendean Oval , in Bassendean , an eastern suburb of Perth , Western Australia . The club was formed in 1932 , and joined the then-Western Australian National Football League ( WANFL ) in 1934 , acting as a successor to the Midland Junction Football Club , which had disbanded during World War I , in the Perth Hills region .
Bassendean , originally named West Guildford , is a northeastern suburb of Perth , Western Australia . Its local government area is the Town of Bassendean . It is also the name of the sand dune system on the Swan Coastal Plain known as the Bassendean Dune System .
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies , the club 's home base is Richmond Oval ( currently known as Hisense Stadium under a sponsorship agreement ) . The Oval is located in Richmond , an inner-western suburb of Adelaide . The club has won nine SANFL premierships , the most recent coming in 2015 - breaking a thirty-two-year premiership drought dating back to 1983 ; the second longest in the SANFL .
Richmond is an inner urban suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It is located in the City of West Torrens .
The Williamstown Football Club , nicknamed The Seagulls , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne . The club currently competes in the men 's and women 's Victorian Football League competitions .
Williamstown is a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 9 km ( 5.6 mi ) south-west of Melbourne 's central business district in the local government area of the City of Hobsons Bay , Williamstown is also the main town where the Australian television program Blue Heelers was filmed .