AFL Victoria Country
AFL Victoria Country is an Australian rules football governing body with jurisdiction over the state of Victoria outside metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria. As well as administering and promoting the code in the regions, it often arbitrates disputes in areas such as player clearances and club movements between country leagues, and may also be called upon as a higher authority of appeal. The organisation was formed as a result of a merger between Victorian Country Football League (VCFL) and AFL Victoria in November 2012. The then-VCFL aired telecasts beginning in 2010 on C31 Melbourne , along with Geelong Football League and Geelong & District Football League. The women's netball coverage also was broadcast on community TV in 2010. Victorian Country Championships. It also organises the interleague Victorian Country Football Championships. The Country Championship were discontinued from 1975 before being re-established in 1978. From 2004 to 2008 the championships were decided at a carnival round-robin competition at one venue over a single weekend, with each of the four sides playing the others in matches of two twenty-minute halves. The team on top of the ladder, based on points (4 for a win, 2  for a draw) and then percentage (points scored over points conceded) after these three matches, were declared the winner. Leagues not represented in the top four pools of four participated in other interleague matches organised by the VCFL. In 2009, the championships reverted to head-to-head full matches on a rankings scale per year. The winning league earned the right to hold the "Ash-Wilson Trophy". The Ash - Wilson Trophy is only for matches involving the Goulburn Valley Football League and the Ovens & Murray Football League, In honour of former players, Stephen Ash and Mick Wilson. Representative Sides. On  occasion, a Victoria Country representative side may be selected to play in one-off fixtures against other representative teams such as interstate counterparts or the Victorian Amateur Football Association, as well as the Australian Country Football Championships. Affiliated Boards & Leagues. Note: "Major Leagues" are shown in "Bold" / ""District Leagues" are shown in "Italic"".