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Will Tasmania have a team in the  VFL. In 2028?

2027 SIGNING 🔒

We welcome Mutaz El Nour to Coburg Football Club for the 2027 Season. 

“We are thrilled for Mutaz to join us. His strengths fit in perfectly with how we want to play, and his character and leadership will help us continue to grow both on and off the field.” - Jamie Cassidy-McNamara. 

Richmond's loss in the Lions gain. 

From the Sandringham website. 

Tucker and Windsor sign on for 2027

Sandringham Football Club is pleased to announce the signings of Clay Tucker and Kai Windsor ahead of the 2027 VFL season.

22-year-old Tucker, a towering ruckman standing at 204cm, spent time on Hawthorn’s AFL list after being selected with pick three in the 2023 Mid-Season Draft following a strong campaign at Talent League level with the Eastern Ranges.

Tucker will be joined at the Zebs by best mate Kai Windsor, also 22, who makes the move Bayside after stints at both Box Hill and Casey Demons.

A highly touted junior, Windsor’s draft-year campaign with Eastern Ranges saw him earn a call up to the Vic Metro squad at the 2022 National Championships, pulling on the Big V three times and booting two goals.

Two games with Box Hill that same year yielded four goals, and while he spent time away from football in 2023, 2024 proved a breakout season for the versatile mid-forward.

Read the full article here - https://www.sandringhamfc.com.au/latest-news/homepage-news-feed/tucker-…

I'm hoping that there is some genuine recognition of the 150th year.  It will be a travesty if there isn't something to mark the milestone.

I have been hoping that the competition will pivot back to its proper VFA name, but realise I'm probably living in fantasy land.

Port Adelaide are pushing pretty hard to be admitted into the competition.  I doubt that the clubs have much say in the matter as the AFL make the decisions these days and there isn't too much control from the member clubs.

I'd love to see some VFA/VFL clubs playing off in a Grand Final.

Sunday September 20

11:00am AEST Williamstown v North Melbourne Werribee

IKON Park, Melbourne • Wurundjeri

Frankston captain Trent Mynott and Geelong Cats midfielder George Stevens tied for the J.J. Liston Trophy, while Williamstown star Emily Eaves was crowned the Lambert-Pearce Medal winner

Sep 14, 2026

2026 J.J. Liston Trophy winners George Stevens and Trent Mynott and Lambert-Pearce Medal winner Emily Eaves. Picture: Morgan Hancock/AFL Photos

Frankston captain Trent Mynott and Geelong Cats midfielder George Stevens tied for the J.J. Liston Trophy, while Williamstown star Emily Eaves was crowned the Lambert-Pearce Medal winner at the 2026 VFL and VFLW Awards.

Mynott and Stevens each polled 22 votes to claim the VFL best and fairest in the tenth tie in the award’s history. Mynott became the first Frankston player to win the award since Aaron Edwards in 2006, while Stevens was the first Cat since Jordan Schroder in 2013.

Both polled votes from the umpires in 10 matches during the home and away season, with each receiving best on ground honours on five occasions.

The triumph capped a great end to Mynott’s VFL career after announcing his retirement from state league football at the end of the season. Meanwhile for Stevens it added to an already big week ahead of representing Geelong in the VFL Grand Final against the Box Hill Hawks at IKON Park on Sunday.

For the first time since 2003, the J.J. Liston Trophy wasn’t awarded to the highest vote winner.

Port Melbourne midfielder Ben Hobbs topped the count with 26 votes but was ineligible to win the award after being suspended during the home and away season. Last year’s winner Jacob Dawson finished one vote behind Hobbs but was also ineligible due to suspension

Here we go again. I'd expect to hear of some re-signings and maybe departures following Thursdays Best and Fairest night.