From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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Port Melbourne coach Gary Ayres has lauded the VFL's stand-alone clubs for their competitiveness this season against AFL-listed talent, as the Borough surge towards another minor premiership.
Two games ahead of the rest of the pack, the Borough, with a revamped list this season, appear set to challenge for its third grand final appearance in four years.
The past three flags – Port Melbourne (2011), Geelong (2012) and Box Hill Hawks (2013) – have been won by three different models: stand-alone VFL club; stand-alone AFL club; AFL-aligned club.
Perhaps it is proof the modernised VFL, formerly the VFA, can work despite the inclusion of five AFL stand-alone clubs, with St Kilda to increase it to six by 2016.
