The 2019
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
season was the 138th season of the
Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition. 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
Finals
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary Finals
Grand Final
Awards
* The
J. J. Liston Trophy
The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football Association). It is named after J.J. Liston, a businessman, civic leader and sports administrato ...
was won by Tom Gribble (
Werribee
Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Werribee recorded a population of 50,027 at the 2021 census.
Werribee i ...
), who polled 25 votes. Gribble finished ahead of
Rhylee West (
Footscray), who polled 17 votes, and
Tom Campbell (
North Melbourne
North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at ...
), who polled 15 votes.
* The
Frosty Miller Medal
The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal is awarded to the Victorian Football League player who kicks the most goals in home-and-away matches in that year. The is named in honour of Jim 'Frosty' Miller, who was the leading goalkicker of the Victorian Footba ...
was won by
Jordan Lisle
Jordan Lisle (born 12 July 1990) is a former Australian rules football player who played with Hawthorn Football Club, and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League, and the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League
...
(
Port Melbourne
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), 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
Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Werribee recorded a population of 50,027 at the 2021 census.
Werribee i ...
).
*The VFL Women's premiership was won by
Collingwood Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to:
Educational institutions
* Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school
* Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England
* Collingw ...
. Collingwood 7.10 (52) defeated
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the ...
2.3 (15) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the men's Grand Final on 22 September at
Ikon Park
Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. It is a historic venue ...
.
Notable events
* In 2019, the VFL announced new naming partners, with
Hard Yakka
Hard Yakka is an Australian clothing company. It was founded in 1935 in Brunswick, Victoria as D. K. Laidlaw & Sons Pty Ltd but later adopted the brand name Hard Yakka, ''Yakka'' being Australian slang for work.
The company is one of the largest ...
and Totally Workwear joining as major sponsors.
See also
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List of VFA/VFL premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of the premiers of the Australian rules football competition known as the Victorian Football Association until 1995 and as the Victorian Football League since 1996. The Victorian Football Association ...
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Australian rules football
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Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
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Australian Football League
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2019 AFL season
The 2019 AFL season was the 123rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...
References
External links
Season results
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