2009 VFL season

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2009 VFL
Teams 13
Premiers North Ballarat Roosters
(2nd premiership)
Minor premiers North Ballarat Roosters
(1st minor premiership)
2008
2010

The 2009 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was an Australian Rules Football competition commencing on 11 April and concluding with the North Ballarat Roosters' 23-point Grand-Final defeat of the Northern Bullants on 25 September.

It was the 128th season of the Australian rules football competition.

Ladder

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against % Points
1 North Ballarat (P) 18 14 4 - 1649 1284 128.43 56
2 Williamstown 18 13 5 - 2002 1506 132.93 52
3 Northern Bullants 18 12 6 - 1751 1516 115.30 48
4 Port Melbourne 18 12 6 - 1685 1476 114.16 48
5 Box Hill 18 12 6 - 1654 1574 105.08 48
6 Casey 18 10 8 - 1693 1355 124.94 40
7 Collingwood reserves 18 10 8 - 1598 1476 108.27 40
8 Geelong reserves 18 9 9 - 1661 1753 94.75 36
9 Werribee 18 8 10 - 1605 1664 96.45 32
10 Sandringham 18 7 11 - 1660 1593 104.21 28
11 Coburg 18 7 11 - 1733 1810 95.75 28
12 Frankston 18 3 15 - 1286 1930 66.63 12
13 Bendigo 18 - 18 - 1223 2263 54.04 0

Finals series

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1:    
1  North Ballarat 15.8 (98)  
4  Port Melbourne 6.14 (50)     SF1: Sep. 13, TEAC Oval  
     Port Melbourne 19.14 (128)    
EF1: Sep. 6, TEAC Oval      Box Hill Hawks 19.10 (124)       PF1: Sep. 19, TEAC Oval
5  Box Hill Hawks 17.19 (121)        North Ballarat 22.14 (146)  
8  Geelong 13.9 (87)          Collingwood 12.13 (85)     GF: Sep. 25, Etihad Stadium
         North Ballarat 14.7 (91)
  EF2: Sep. 5, TEAC Oval       PF2: Sep. 20, TEAC Oval      Northern Bullants 10.8 (68)
6  Casey Scorpions 9.8 (62)          Northern Bullants 16.13 (109)  
7  Collingwood 26.21 (177)     SF2: Sep. 12, TEAC Oval        Port Melbourne 13.10 (88)  
     Williamstown 7.12 (54)    
QF2: Sep. 6, Burbank Oval      Collingwood 13.16 (94)    
2  Williamstown 6.13 (49)  
3  Northern Bullants 11.12 (78)  


Overview

The Tasmania Devils did not compete this season as the Australian Football League withdrew them. The Bendigo Bombers could not play at their home ground Queen Elizabeth Oval because it was in poor shape. The Bendigo Bombers had other problems: after the season was finished, they had no wins after 20 rounds. Frankston Dolphins had problems as well after their grandstand was burnt down after the 2008 season. North Ballarat Roosters and Williamstown Seagulls were the strong teams for the regular season. Coburg had a disappointing season: after starting off well they lost their first coach Jade Rawlings half way through the season because he stepped in as the replacement for Terry Wallace at Richmond. The Grand Final will be held at Etihad Stadium on 25 September 2009.

J.J Liston Trophy

The J.J. Liston Trophy is a trophy awarded to the best and fairest senior VFL player. Myles Sewell, the brother of Hawthorn premiership player Brad, won the trophy in 2009.

State screening

Players who were invited to an AFL state screening are Marcus Marigliani from Frankston, Jack Redpath from Bendigo, Cameron Pederson from Box Hill, Jarrod Dalton from Port Melbourne, Sam Dwyer also from Port Melbourne, Danny Rampe from Williamstown and Patty Rose also from Williamstown.

League sponsors

The major sponsors of the VFL for 2009 are Australia Post, Ford, Kombat, Buffalo Sports and TRU Energy.

Broadcasters

This year's season was again broadcast on ABC 1 and SEN 1116.

See also

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