CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>2009 VFL season - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"94ebdb7e-785d-4438-9c8e-616ced4fb0c1","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"2009_VFL_season","wgTitle":"2009 VFL season","wgCurRevisionId":1252688706,"wgRevisionId":1252688706,"wgArticleId":24174364,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from December 2017","Use Australian English from December 2017","All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English","Short description matches Wikidata","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from December 2024","Victorian Football League seasons","2009 in Australian rules football"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en", "wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"2009_VFL_season","wgRelevantArticleId":24174364,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":10000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q4615067","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness", "fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher", "ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.6"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="2009 VFL season - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_VFL_season"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_VFL_season"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-2009_VFL_season rootpage-2009_VFL_season skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=2009+VFL+season" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=2009+VFL+season" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=2009+VFL+season" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=2009+VFL+season" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-League_membership_and_affiliations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#League_membership_and_affiliations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>League membership and affiliations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-League_membership_and_affiliations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ladder" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ladder"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Ladder</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ladder-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Finals_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Finals_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Finals series</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Finals_series-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Finals series subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Finals_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Notable events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 VFL season</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="This article exist only in this language. Add the article for other languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-0" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Add languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="uls-after-portlet-link"></span><span class="wb-langlinks-add wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q4615067#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Add interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Add links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2009_VFL_season" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:2009_VFL_season" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2009_VFL_season"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2009_VFL_season"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/2009_VFL_season" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/2009_VFL_season" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&oldid=1252688706" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=2009_VFL_season&id=1252688706&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlQ%C4%B1sald%C4%B1c%C4%B1s%C4%B1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2009_VFL_season"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrKodu&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2009_VFL_season"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=2009_VFL_season&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q4615067" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Australian rules football season</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">2009 VFL season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFA/VFL_premiers" title="List of VFA/VFL premiers">Premiers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Ballarat_Roosters" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ballarat Roosters">North Ballarat</a><span class="nowrap"><br /> 2nd premiership</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minor premiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Ballarat_Roosters" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ballarat Roosters">North Ballarat</a><span class="nowrap"><br /> 1st minor premiership</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2008_VFL_season" title="2008 VFL season">2008</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_VFL_season" title="2010 VFL season">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2009 <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a> (VFL)</b> was the 128th season of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Rules_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rules Football">Australian Rules Football</a> competition. The premiership was won by the <a href="/wiki/North_Ballarat_Football_Club" title="North Ballarat Football Club">North Ballarat Football Club</a>, which defeated the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Bullants" title="Northern Bullants">Northern Bullants</a> by 23 points in the Grand Final on 25 September. It was North Ballarat's second consecutive premiership, and the second in the club's history. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_membership_and_affiliations">League membership and affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: League membership and affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the 2008 season, the <a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Devils_Football_Club_(VFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmania Devils Football Club (VFL)">Tasmanian Devils Football Club</a> withdrew from the VFL and disbanded. <a href="/wiki/AFL_Tasmania" title="AFL Tasmania">AFL Tasmania</a>, which operated the club, was focussed on re-establishing the <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Football_League" title="Tasmanian Football League">Tasmanian Football League</a> as a statewide competition in 2009, after an eight-year hiatus since the original statewide league's collapse at the end of 2000, and having the Tasmanian VFL club competing for attention and players did not fit with this vision. As a result, the VFL was reduced to thirteen clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, two pairs of <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_reserves_affiliations" title="Australian Football League reserves affiliations">VFL-AFL reserves affiliations</a> were altered: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> ended its nine-year affiliation with <a href="/wiki/Sandringham_Football_Club" title="Sandringham Football Club">Sandringham</a> and entered a new affiliation with the <a href="/wiki/Casey_Scorpions" class="mw-redirect" title="Casey Scorpions">Casey Scorpions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> ended its eight-year affiliation with the Casey Scorpions and entered a new affiliation with Sandringham.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>As a result, the size of the VFL was reduced to thirteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliates, two AFL reserves team, and two stand-alone VFL teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ladder">Ladder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ladder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Ladder"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>2009 VFL season </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point percentage">PP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/North_Ballarat_Roosters" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ballarat Roosters">North Ballarat</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1649 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1284 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">128.4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;" rowspan="8"><a href="#Finals_series">Finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Williamstown_Seagulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Williamstown Seagulls">Williamstown</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2002 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1506 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">132.9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Bullants" title="Northern Bullants">Northern Bullants</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1751 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1516 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">115.5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Port_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Port Melbourne Football Club">Port Melbourne</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1685 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1476 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">114.2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_Hawks" title="Box Hill Hawks">Box Hill</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1654 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1574 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">105.1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Scorpions" class="mw-redirect" title="Casey Scorpions">Casey</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1693 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1355 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">124.9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood reserves</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1598 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1476 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">108.3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong reserves</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1661 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1753 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">94.8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Werribee_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Werribee Tigers">Werribee</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1605 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1664 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">96.5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">32 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sandringham_Zebras" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandringham Zebras">Sandringham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1660 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1593 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">104.2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Coburg_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Coburg Tigers">Coburg</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1733 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1810 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">95.7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Frankston_Dolphins" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankston Dolphins">Frankston</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1286 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1930 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66.6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Bombers">Bendigo</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1223 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2263 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54.0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> Premiers</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finals_series">Finals series</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Finals series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="overflow:auto"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;margin:1em 2em 0em 1em;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="visibility:collapse"></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:85px"></td><td style="width:9px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:9px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:85px"></td><td style="width:9px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="padding-left:5px;width:5px"></td><td style="width:9px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:85px"></td><td style="width:9px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:9px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:85px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Qualifying and elimination finals</td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Semi-finals</td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Preliminary finals</td><td rowspan="13"></td><td rowspan="13"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Grand final</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="8" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="12" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>North Ballarat</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>15.8 (98)</b></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px;padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Port Melbourne</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6.14 (50)</td><td style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:2px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 13, <a href="/wiki/TEAC_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="TEAC Oval">TEAC Oval</a></td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>Port Melbourne</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>19.14 (128)</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 6, <a href="/wiki/TEAC_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="TEAC Oval">TEAC Oval</a></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Box Hill</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">19.10 (124)</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 19, <a href="/wiki/TEAC_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="TEAC Oval">TEAC Oval</a></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>Box Hill</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>17.19 (121)</b></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>North Ballarat</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>22.14 (146)</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">8</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Geelong</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">13.9 (87)</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Collingwood</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">12.13 (85)</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 25, <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Etihad Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="6"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="7" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>North Ballarat</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>14.7 (91)</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background:linear-gradient(to top right, transparent calc(50% - 1px),black calc(50% - 1px),black calc(50% + 1px), transparent calc(50% + 1px)),linear-gradient(to bottom right, transparent calc(50% - 1px),black calc(50% - 1px),black calc(50% + 1px), transparent calc(50% + 1px));transform:translate(-1px)"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 5, <a href="/wiki/TEAC_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="TEAC Oval">TEAC Oval</a></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 20, <a href="/wiki/TEAC_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="TEAC Oval">TEAC Oval</a></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Northern Bullants</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">10.8 (68)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Casey Scorpions</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">9.8 (62)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>Northern Bullants</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>16.13 (109)</b></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="12" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">7</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>Collingwood</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>26.21 (177)</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 12, <a href="/wiki/TEAC_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="TEAC Oval">TEAC Oval</a></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Port Melbourne</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">13.10 (88)</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="8"></td><td rowspan="8"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Williamstown</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">7.12 (54)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="8" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em">Sep. 6, <a href="/wiki/Burbank_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Burbank Oval">Burbank Oval</a></td><td style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>Collingwood</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>13.16 (94)</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em">Williamstown</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6.13 (49)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid #FF3333;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>Northern Bullants</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>11.12 (78)</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Jim_%27Frosty%27_Miller_Medal" title="Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal">Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Sautner" title="Nick Sautner">Nick Sautner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sandringham_Football_Club" title="Sandringham Football Club">Sandringham</a>) for the ninth time in his career. Sautner kicked 71 goals for the season.<sup id="cite_ref-awards_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awards-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/J._J._Liston_Trophy" title="J. J. Liston Trophy">J. J. Liston Trophy</a> was by Myles Sewell (<a href="/wiki/North_Ballarat_Football_Club" title="North Ballarat Football Club">North Ballarat</a>), who polled 18 votes. Sewell finished ahead of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Barlow" title="Michael Barlow">Michael Barlow</a> (<a href="/wiki/Werribee_Football_Club" title="Werribee Football Club">Werribee</a>), who was second with 16 votes, and <a href="/wiki/James_Podsiadly" title="James Podsiadly">James Podsiadly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Iles" title="Sam Iles">Sam Iles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Box Hill Football Club">Box Hill</a>), who were equal third with 15 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-awards_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awards-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Fothergill%E2%80%93Round_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Fothergill–Round Medal">Fothergill–Round Medal</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Barlow" title="Michael Barlow">Michael Barlow</a> (<a href="/wiki/Werribee_Football_Club" title="Werribee Football Club">Werribee</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Box Hill Football Club">Box Hill</a> won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 16.18 (114) defeated <a href="/wiki/Sandringham_Football_Club" title="Sandringham Football Club">Sandringham</a> 13.6 (84) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors second preliminary final on 20 September.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_events">Notable events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Bombers">Bendigo Bombers</a> could not play at their home ground <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Oval" title="Queen Elizabeth Oval">Queen Elizabeth Oval</a> after May because the surface was deemed unfit for VFL football. Bendigo's remaining home games were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a>, the training ground of its AFL-affiliate <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The VFL introduced the "23rd man rule". Under the rule, the size of the playing squad was increased to twenty-three (still with eighteen players on the field, but increasing the size of the interchange bench from four to five), provided the 23rd player was a top-age player currently in the <a href="/wiki/TAC_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="TAC Cup">TAC Cup</a>, or an undrafted player who had played in the TAC Cup during the previous year. The rule was designed to provide additional senior football opportunities to promising juniors, and improve the alignments between VFL clubs and their TAC Cup affiliates.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFA/VFL_premiers" title="List of VFA/VFL premiers">List of VFA/VFL premiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Rules_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rules Football">Australian Rules Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_season" title="2009 AFL season">2009 AFL season</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrent_Diamond2008" class="citation news cs1">Brent Diamond (14 September 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080915233149/http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/tasmania-kills-off-devils-in-vfl/2008/09/13/1220857908827.html">"Tasmania kills off Devils in VFL"</a>. <i>The Sunday Age</i>. Melbourne, VIC. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/tasmania-kills-off-devils-in-vfl/2008/09/13/1220857908827.html">the original</a> on 15 September 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+Age&rft.atitle=Tasmania+kills+off+Devils+in+VFL&rft.date=2008-09-14&rft.au=Brent+Diamond&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realfooty.com.au%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Ftasmania-kills-off-devils-in-vfl%2F2008%2F09%2F13%2F1220857908827.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCenza_FulcoDebbie_Lee2010" class="citation web cs1">Cenza Fulco; Debbie Lee (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024946/http://conferences.alia.org.au/access2010/pdf/Paper_Fri_1100_Cezna_Fulco.pdf">"Read like a demon: football heroes promoting reading to primary school students"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://conferences.alia.org.au/access2010/pdf/Paper_Fri_1100_Cezna_Fulco.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Read+like+a+demon%3A+football+heroes+promoting+reading+to+primary+school+students&rft.date=2010&rft.au=Cenza+Fulco&rft.au=Debbie+Lee&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fconferences.alia.org.au%2Faccess2010%2Fpdf%2FPaper_Fri_1100_Cezna_Fulco.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-118-0-0-0&sID=60264&articleID=5549889&news_task=DETAIL">"VFL Confirm Alignment Deal"</a>. Fox Sports Pulse. 13 January 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=VFL+Confirm+Alignment+Deal&rft.pub=Fox+Sports+Pulse&rft.date=2009-01-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsportspulse.com%2Fassoc_page.cgi%3Fc%3D1-118-0-0-0%26sID%3D60264%26articleID%3D5549889%26news_task%3DDETAIL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-awards-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-awards_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-awards_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sportsaustralia.com/2009/09/15/sewell-awarded-2009-jj-liston-trophy">"Sewell awarded 2009 JJ Liston Trophy"</a>. 15 September 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sewell+awarded+2009+JJ+Liston+Trophy&rft.date=2009-09-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsaustralia.com%2F2009%2F09%2F15%2Fsewell-awarded-2009-jj-liston-trophy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-118-0-0-0&sID=54554&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4834467">"Fothergill–Round Medallists"</a>. Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fothergill%E2%80%93Round+Medallists&rft.pub=Sportingpulse&rft.date=2014-10-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsportspulse.com%2Fassoc_page.cgi%3Fclient%3D0-118-0-0-0%26sID%3D54554%26%26news_task%3DDETAIL%26articleID%3D4834467&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Sport". <i>Herald Sun</i>. Melbourne, VIC. 21 September 2009. p. 68.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Herald+Sun&rft.atitle=Sport&rft.pages=68&rft.date=2009-09-21&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-118-10462-0-9815589&sID=60264&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9164690&sectionID=60264">"Bendigo VFL match move"</a>. Fox Sports Pulse. 2 June 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bendigo+VFL+match+move&rft.pub=Fox+Sports+Pulse&rft.date=2009-06-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsportspulse.com%2Fassoc_page.cgi%3Fc%3D0-118-10462-0-9815589%26sID%3D60264%26%26news_task%3DDETAIL%26articleID%3D9164690%26sectionID%3D60264&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pakenham.starcommunity.com.au/gazette/2009-07-29/vfl-gets-power-boost/">"VFL gets Power boost"</a>. <i>Pakenham Gazette</i>. Pakenham, VIC. 29 July 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pakenham+Gazette&rft.atitle=VFL+gets+Power+boost&rft.date=2009-07-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpakenham.starcommunity.com.au%2Fgazette%2F2009-07-29%2Fvfl-gets-power-boost%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aflvictoria.com.au/">AFL Victoria website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080706091311/http://www.victorianfootballleague.com.au/">Official VFL website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vflfooty.com/">Unofficial VFL website</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="VFA/VFL_seasons" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#172A5B;color:#ffffff"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:VFA/VFL_seasons" title="Template:VFA/VFL seasons"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:#ffffff">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:VFA/VFL_seasons" title="Template talk:VFA/VFL seasons"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:#ffffff">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:VFA/VFL_seasons" title="Special:EditPage/Template:VFA/VFL seasons"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:#ffffff">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="VFA/VFL_seasons" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">VFA/VFL</span></a> seasons</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#172A5B;color:#ffffff;width:1%">Pre-VFA</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1870_Victorian_football_season" title="1870 Victorian football season">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Victorian_football_season" title="1871 Victorian football season">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Victorian_football_season" title="1872 Victorian football season">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Victorian_football_season" title="1873 Victorian football season">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Victorian_football_season" title="1874 Victorian football season">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Victorian_football_season" title="1875 Victorian football season">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Victorian_football_season" title="1876 Victorian football season">1876</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#172A5B;color:#ffffff;width:1%">VFA seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1877_VFA_season" title="1877 VFA season">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_VFA_season" title="1878 VFA season">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_VFA_season" title="1879 VFA season">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_VFA_season" title="1880 VFA season">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_VFA_season" title="1881 VFA season">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_VFA_season" title="1882 VFA season">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_VFA_season" title="1883 VFA season">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_VFA_season" title="1884 VFA season">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_VFA_season" title="1885 VFA season">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_VFA_season" title="1886 VFA season">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_VFA_season" title="1887 VFA season">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_VFA_season" title="1888 VFA season">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_VFA_season" title="1889 VFA season">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_VFA_season" title="1890 VFA season">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_VFA_season" title="1891 VFA season">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_VFA_season" title="1892 VFA season">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_VFA_season" title="1893 VFA season">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_VFA_season" title="1894 VFA season">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_VFA_season" title="1895 VFA season">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_VFA_season" title="1896 VFA season">1896</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#172A5B;color:#ffffff;width:1%">VFA seasons<br />(post-VFL<br />formation)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1897_VFA_season" title="1897 VFA season">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_VFA_season" title="1898 VFA season">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_VFA_season" title="1899 VFA season">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_VFA_season" title="1900 VFA season">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_VFA_season" title="1901 VFA season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_VFA_season" title="1902 VFA season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_VFA_season" title="1903 VFA season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_VFA_season" title="1904 VFA season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_VFA_season" title="1905 VFA season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_VFA_season" title="1906 VFA season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_VFA_season" title="1907 VFA season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_VFA_season" title="1908 VFA season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_VFA_season" title="1909 VFA season">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_VFA_season" title="1910 VFA season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_VFA_season" title="1911 VFA season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_VFA_season" title="1912 VFA season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_VFA_season" title="1913 VFA season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_VFA_season" title="1914 VFA season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_VFA_season" title="1915 VFA season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_VFA_season" title="1916 VFA season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_VFA_season" title="1917 VFA season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_VFA_season" title="1918 VFA season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_VFA_season" title="1919 VFA season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_VFA_season" title="1920 VFA season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_VFA_season" title="1921 VFA season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_VFA_season" title="1922 VFA season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_VFA_season" title="1923 VFA season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_VFA_season" title="1924 VFA season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_VFA_season" title="1925 VFA season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_VFA_season" title="1926 VFA season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_VFA_season" title="1927 VFA season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_VFA_season" title="1928 VFA season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_VFA_season" title="1929 VFA season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_VFA_season" title="1930 VFA season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_VFA_season" title="1931 VFA season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_VFA_season" title="1932 VFA season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_VFA_season" title="1933 VFA season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_VFA_season" title="1934 VFA season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_VFA_season" title="1935 VFA season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_VFA_season" title="1936 VFA season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_VFA_season" title="1937 VFA season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_VFA_season" title="1938 VFA season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_VFA_season" title="1939 VFA season">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_VFA_season" title="1940 VFA season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_VFA_season" title="1941 VFA season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_VFA_season" title="1942 VFA season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_VFA_season" title="1943 VFA season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_VFA_season" title="1944 VFA season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_VFA_season" title="1945 VFA season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_VFA_season" title="1946 VFA season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_VFA_season" title="1947 VFA season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_VFA_season" title="1948 VFA season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_VFA_season" title="1949 VFA season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_VFA_season" title="1950 VFA season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_VFA_season" title="1951 VFA season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_VFA_season" title="1952 VFA season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_VFA_season" title="1953 VFA season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_VFA_season" title="1954 VFA season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_VFA_season" title="1955 VFA season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_VFA_season" title="1956 VFA season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_VFA_season" title="1957 VFA season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_VFA_season" title="1958 VFA season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_VFA_season" title="1959 VFA season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_VFA_season" title="1960 VFA season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_VFA_season" title="1961 VFA season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_VFA_season" title="1962 VFA season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_VFA_season" title="1963 VFA season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_VFA_season" title="1964 VFA season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_VFA_season" title="1965 VFA season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_VFA_season" title="1966 VFA season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_VFA_season" title="1967 VFA season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_VFA_season" title="1968 VFA season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_VFA_season" title="1969 VFA season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_VFA_season" title="1970 VFA season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_VFA_season" title="1971 VFA season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_VFA_season" title="1972 VFA season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_VFA_season" title="1973 VFA season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_VFA_season" title="1974 VFA season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_VFA_season" title="1975 VFA season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_VFA_season" title="1976 VFA season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_VFA_season" title="1977 VFA season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_VFA_season" title="1978 VFA season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_VFA_season" title="1979 VFA season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_VFA_season" title="1980 VFA season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_VFA_season" title="1981 VFA season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_VFA_season" title="1982 VFA season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_VFA_season" title="1983 VFA season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_VFA_season" title="1984 VFA season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_VFA_season" title="1985 VFA season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_VFA_season" title="1986 VFA season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_VFA_season" title="1987 VFA season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_VFA_season" title="1988 VFA season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_VFA_season" title="1989 VFA season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_VFA_season" title="1990 VFA season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_VFA_season" title="1991 VFA season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_VFA_season" title="1992 VFA season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_VFA_season" title="1993 VFA season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_VFA_season" title="1994 VFA season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_VFA_season" title="1995 VFA season">1995</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#172A5B;color:#ffffff;width:1%">VFL seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_VFL_season" title="1996 VFL season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_VFL_season" title="1997 VFL season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_VFL_season" title="1998 VFL season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_VFL_season" title="1999 VFL season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_VFL_season" title="2000 VFL season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_VFL_season" title="2001 VFL season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_VFL_season" title="2002 VFL season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_VFL_season" title="2003 VFL season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_VFL_season" title="2004 VFL season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_VFL_season" title="2005 VFL season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_VFL_season" title="2006 VFL season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_VFL_season" title="2007 VFL season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_VFL_season" title="2008 VFL season">2008</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_VFL_season" title="2010 VFL season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_VFL_season" title="2011 VFL season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_VFL_season" title="2012 VFL season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_VFL_season" title="2013 VFL season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_VFL_season" title="2014 VFL season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_VFL_season" title="2015 VFL season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_VFL_season" title="2016 VFL season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_VFL_season" title="2017 VFL season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_VFL_season" title="2018 VFL season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_VFL_season" title="2019 VFL season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_VFL_season" title="2020 VFL season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_VFL_season" title="2021 VFL season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_VFL_season" title="2022 VFL season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_VFL_season" title="2023 VFL season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_VFL_season" title="2024 VFL season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&oldid=1252688706">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&oldid=1252688706</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Victorian_Football_League_seasons" title="Category:Victorian Football League seasons">Victorian Football League seasons</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2009_in_Australian_rules_football" title="Category:2009 in Australian rules football">2009 in Australian rules football</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_December_2017" title="Category:Use dmy dates from December 2017">Use dmy dates from December 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Australian_English_from_December_2017" title="Category:Use Australian English from December 2017">Use Australian English from December 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Australian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_December_2024" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from December 2024">Articles with unsourced statements from December 2024</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 October 2024, at 14:40<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_VFL_season&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-65857555bf-99ww6","wgBackendResponseTime":139,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.339","walltime":"0.450","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2348,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":87451,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":2577,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":12,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":4,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":37740,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 377.118 1 -total"," 26.89% 101.420 1 Template:Reflist"," 22.53% 84.958 1 Template:VFA/VFL_seasons"," 21.62% 81.539 1 Template:Navbox"," 18.21% 68.686 3 Template:Cite_news"," 15.24% 57.490 2 Template:Short_description"," 11.84% 44.657 1 Template:Infobox_Australian_rules_football_season"," 8.97% 33.826 1 Template:Infobox"," 8.92% 33.630 4 Template:Pagetype"," 6.11% 23.043 1 Template:Fix"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.204","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":6040734,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-746fb5b8df-nk4w5","timestamp":"20241215102119","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"2009 VFL season","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_VFL_season","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q4615067","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q4615067","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2009-08-31T10:02:07Z","dateModified":"2024-10-22T14:40:19Z","headline":"Australian rules football season"}</script> </body> </html>