The Sunraysia Football and Netball League, also known simply as the SFNL is an

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league in the

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district of north-west

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and south-west

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History

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football has been active in Sunraysia since the formation of the Mildura Football Club in 1888, with South Mildura finishing on top of the ladder in the first recorded local

football competition in 1892. In 1921, the Mildura Football League was formed from the following teams - Irymple, Merbein, Mildura, North Cliffs and Red Cliffs. In August 1927, Mildura FL: 11.10 - 76 defeated

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Reserves: 6.8 - 44. In September 1936, St Kilda 14.18 - 102 defeated the Mildura Football League 11.20 - 86, with St Kilda's

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kicking 10 goals. In September 1938,

Reserves: 16.17 - 113 defeated the Mildura Football League: 16.16 - 112 in a thrilling game. In 1940, because of

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, the Mildura & DFL was reduced to a six team competition between the Imperials, Irymple, Merbein, Red Cliffs, Wentworth and Workers, with the season shortened, the grand final being played in June. The Sunraysia Football League was formed in 1945, after

, which superseded the Mildura Football League. In 1947,

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: 23.18 - 156 defeated the Sunraysia FL: 8.16 - 64 at the Mildura Recreation Oval. The SFNL is considered a major country league. The league's grand final was traditionally played at City Oval in

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, however from 2022 it has played at the newly-opened Mildura Sporting Precinct in Mildura's South. ;Timeline *1892 - 1902: Mildura Football Association *1903 - 1920: Mildura District Football League *1921 - 1944: Mildura Football League *1945 - 2025: Sunraysia Football League ;Stance on Violence Irymple Football Club is working with Kim O'Reilly to educate players around healthy relationships and violence against women. O'Reilly was seriously assaulted by former Irymple player Jake Frecker in January 2018. Irymple Club president Dennis Mitchell called for football clubs to change their culture around violence, condemning the support

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provided to Frecker after he was charged with the assault on O'Reilly. ''"When your sporting club is the heart of the community, then it is our responsibility to be a vehicle for ducation on family violence''

Clubs

Nine clubs – Imperials, Irymple, Merbein, Mildura, Ouyen United Red Cliffs, Robinvale–Euston, South Mildura, and Wentworth – participate in the competition, which includes senior and junior grades of football and netball.

Current

Former clubs

Football Premierships

;Sunraysia FNL ;Senior Football *1945 RAAF *1946 Mildura *1947 University *1948 Merbein *1949 Imperials *1950 Imperials *1951 Mildura *1952 Mildura *1953 Red Cliffs *1954 Irymple *1955 Mildura *1956 Imperials *1957 Imperials *1958 Mildura *1959 Red Cliffs *1960 Mildura *1961 Red Cliffs *1962 Merbein *1963 Merbein *1964 Red Cliffs *1965 Robinvale *1966 Irymple *1967 Robinvale *1968 South Mildura *1969 South Mildura *1970 South Mildura *1971 Imperials *1972 Robinvale *1973 Wentworth District *1974 Robinvale *1975 Merbein *1976 Irymple *1977 Imperials *1978 Irymple *1979 Robinvale *1980 Red Cliffs *1981 Red Cliffs *1982 Mildura *1983 Red Cliffs *1984 Wentworth District *1985 Red Cliffs *1986 Imperials *1987 Imperials *1988 Imperials *1989 Robinvale *1990 Imperials *1991 Robinvale *1992 Imperials *1993 Imperials *1994 Imperials *1995 Imperials *1996 Wentworth District *1997 Robinvale *1998 South Mildura *1999 Imperials *2000 Red Cliffs *2001 Wentworth District *2002 Merbein *2003 Merbein *2004 Imperials *2005 Imperials *2006 Irymple *2007 Mildura *2008 Imperials *2009 Wentworth District *2010 Robinvale *2011 Irymple *2012 Wentworth District *2013 Imperials *2014 Red Cliffs *2015 Red Cliffs *2016 Ouyen United *2017 Irymple *2018 Ouyen United *2019 Irymple *2020 In recess >

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*2021 (No finals series >

) *2022 Irymple *2023 Irymple *2024 Imperials ;Reserves Football *2009 - 2019: SFNL Gameday site unavailable *2020 In recess > COVID 19 *2021 No finals series > COVID19 *2022 Irymple *2023 Merbein *2024 Irymple ;Thirds Football *2009 - 2019: SFNL Gameday site unavailable *2020 In recess > COVID 19 *2021 No finals series > COVID19 *2022 Irymple *2023 Irymple *2024 Irymple ;Mildura & DFL *1921 - Mildura: 8.8 d Merbein: 4.3 *1922 - Mildura: 8.12 d Red Cliffs: 3.7 *1923 - Merbein: 8.8 d Red Cliffs: 6.9 *1924 - Mildura: 4.4 d Merbein: 2.8 *1925 - Mildura: 6.8 d Sth Merbein: 4.17 *1926 - Merbein: 9.10 d Sth Merbein: 6.10 *1927 - South Merbein: 11.12 d Merbein: 7.9 *1928 - South Merbein: 11.11 d Merbein: 6.12 *1929 - South Merbein: 9.15 d Merebin: 5.12 *1930 - Merbein: 11.6 d Sth Merbein: 6.10 *1931 - South Merbein: 14.15 d Curlwaa 13.13 *1932 - Merbein: 11.10 d Sth Merbein: 5.11 *1933 - South Merbein: 11.12 d Mildura: 7.12 *1934 - Red Cliffs: 19.16 d Sth Merbein: 15.17 *1935 - South Merbein: 11.17 d Red Cliffs: 11.8 *1936 - Imperials: 11.11 d Sth Merbein: 9.16 *1937 - Merbein: 20.7 d Imperials: 10.11 *1938 - Merbein: 19.15 d Workers: 11.10 *1939 - Workers: 12.8 d Red Cliffs: 8.4 *1940 - Red Cliffs 6.6 d Imperials: 3.11 *1941-43: In recess >

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*1944 - Merbein: 6.12 d RAAF: 5.13 ;Mildura & District FA *1903 - Fire Brigade *1904 - Fire Brigade: 3.6 d Irymple: 0.3 *1905 - 1st: Irymple 2nd: Mildura *1906 - 1st: Irymple 2nd: Fire Brigade *1907 - 1st: Irymple 2nd: Mildura *1908 - 1st: Mildura 2nd: Mildura Rovers *1909 - 1st: Mildura Rovers 2nd: Irymple *1910 - Mildura Rovers: 6.12 d Mildura 3.3 *1911 - 1st: Mildura Rovers 2nd: Mildura *1912 - Irymple: 4.7 d Mildura Rovers: 0.7 *1913 - 1st: Irymple 2nd: Merbein *1914 - Mildura Rovers: 6.10 d Merbein: 2.7 *1915 - 1st: Irymple declared premiers *1916-18: In recess > WW1 *1919 - West Mildura: 3.7 d Irymple:2.6 *1920 - Irymple: 6.7 d East Mildura: 4.4 ;Mildura Football Association *1892 - South Mildura *1893 - South Mildura *1894 - 1st: North Mildura 2nd: South Mildura *1895 - North Mildura *1896 - No official competition *1897 - 1st: North Mildura *1898 - South Mildura *1899 - 1st: South Mildura *1900 - 1902: In recess >

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Grand Finals

;Senior Football

League Best and Fairest

;Senior Football The very first Sunraysia FL best and fairest award in 1946, was called the Ozone Medal as it was donated by th
Ozone Picture Theatre
The first official best and fairest award presented by the Sunraysia Football League in 1947, was known as the Sunraysia Trophy for a number of years. The Sunraysia Trophy appears to of been renamed the McLeod Memorial Medal in 1955, in honour of former Mildura footballer, Private Gregor Drummond McLeod, who died in 1942 during

while serving his country in the 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion ;Multiple Medal Winners *4 - Don Favlo: 1995, 2006, 2009, 2013 *3 - Kevin Coleman: 1973, 1974, 1975 *2 - Neil "Steelo" Hogan: 1952, 1953 *2 - Ian Ross: 1955, 1958 *2 - Bill Lanyon: 1960, 1961 *2 - John Martin: 1960, 1961 *2 - Bruce Tschirpig: 1969, 1970 *2 - Phillip Nash: 1986, 1987 *2 - Tony Hickey: 1991, 1992 *2 - Brad Eaton: 2005, 2007

Leading goalkickers

;Senior Football ;Most Goals kicked in a match by an individual *29 - Hec Shaw (Red Cliffs) v South Merbein, 1938 *27 - H H Henderson (South Merbein) v Cullullerane, 193? *24 - Ian Giles (Workers) v South Merbein, 1938

2009 Ladder

2010 Ladder

2011 Ladder

2012 Ladder

2013 Ladder

2014 Ladder

2015 Ladder

2016 Ladder

2017 Ladder

2018 Ladder

2019 Ladder

External links

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Old Sunraysia FNL League websiteVFL / AFL Players List from Sunraysia FNL1904 - Mildura FC team photo1904 - Mildura FA Premiers: Fire Brigade FC team photo1912 - Mildura & DFL Premiers: Irymple FC team photo1912 - Mildura Rovers FC team photo1922 - Merbein FC team photo1922 - Mildura FL Premiers: Mildura FC team photo1923 - Mildura FL Premiers - Merbein FC team photo1927 - Mildura FL Premiers - South Merbein FC team photo1928 - Mildura FL Premiers - South Merbein FC team photo1936 - Mildura & DFL Premiers - Imperials FC team photo1945 - Mildura FC & Red Cliffs FC team photos1946 - Sunraysia FL club delegates photo1946 - Imperials FC team photo1946 - Merbein FC team photo1946 - Mildura FC team photo1946 - Sunraysia FL Grand Final teams photo1947 - Sunraysia FL Premiers: University FC team photo1949 - Sunraysia FL Premiers: Imperial FC team photo1949 - Sunraysia FL Runner Up: Red Cliffs FC team photo1957 - Sunraysia FL Runner Up: Mildura FC team photo1966 - Sunraysia FL Premiers: Irymple FC team photo1967 - Sunraysia FL Senior Rep side team photo1968 - Irymple FC team photo1968 - Robinvale FC team photo1973 - Sunraysia FL Premiers: Wentworth FC team photo

References

{{Aussie Rules in New South Wales Sport in Mildura Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (state) Australian rules football competitions in New South Wales 1945 establishments in Australia