2007 VFL season

2007 VFL season
Teams	13
Premiers	Geelong reserves (2nd premiership)
Minor premiers	Sandringham (6th minor premiership)
Matches played	126
Leading goalkicker	Nicholas Sautner (Sandringham)
J. J. Liston Trophy	James Byrne (Geelong res.)
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The 2007 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring twelve teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

It was the 126th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The VFL Season is split into two sub-leagues, seniors and reserves. Both leagues have the same teams, except for Tasmania and Geelong, who only play in the seniors league. The VFL Geelong team operates as a reserves team for the AFL team of the same name.

VFL season

Main article: 2007 VFL season results

Home \ Away	BEN	BOX	CAS	COB	FRA	GEE	NBR	NBU	PMB	SAN	TAS	WER	WIL
Bendigo Bombers		142–80	56–72	124–72		107–120		77–92		95–102	80–110	97–79	136–87
Box Hill Hawks				56–129	65–96			87–93	82–44	42–88	81–107	110–146	70–106
Casey Scorpions	99–106	181–52		95–113	91–81	72–153	90–135	117–29	103–79				105–105
Coburg Tigers		101–63	110–97		90–65		115–97	82–143	100–59	78–107	154–91 [lower-alpha 1]		104–38
Frankston Dolphins	71–94	88–88				64–111	78–145	115–102	122–93	68–92	151–72 [lower-alpha 1]	95–93	61–135
Geelong Cats	136–104	76–91	83–84 [lower-alpha 1]	122–85	84–72		125–65				98–26	92–107
North Ballarat Roosters	95–85	106–75	109–95	112–92		70–141		56–71		123–88	120–91	70–170
Northern Bullants	96–119			62–74	99–55	75–103	154–42		68–102		101–60	79–76
Port Melbourne Borough	104–64	107–68	88–127		104–83	64–149	122–127	128–110		73–139		168–88	54–169
Sandringham Zebras	134–101	68–83	144–65	102–121		149–139	125–62	135–73				173–103	112–90
Tasmanian Devils	49–145	82–95	53–141	108–143	50–102	72–139	57–166		96–122	92–134			99–147
Werribee Tigers		115–74	141–68	61–122		70–139		100–44	101–110	94–106	200–86		86–93
Williamstown Seagulls	105–102		40–80		131–66	96–129	133–93	116–36	93–93	47–53		117–64

Updated to match(es) played on Round 20. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. 1 2 3 Game was played at Away team's home ground

Premiership season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday 7 April (1:10 pm)	Sandringham 23.11 (147)	def.	Geelong 20.19 (139)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Saturday 7 April (2:00 pm)	Williamstown 17.15 (117)	def.	Werribee 9.10 (64)	Burbank Oval
Saturday 7 April (2:00 pm)	Casey Scorpions 12.18 (90)	def. by	North Ballarat 20.15 (135)	Casey Fields
Saturday 7 April (2:00 pm)	Bendigo 11.14 (80)	def. by	Tasmania 16.14 (110)	Windy Hill
Sunday 8 April (2:00 pm)	Coburg 12.10 (82)	def. by	Northern Bullants 21.17 (143)	Coburg City Oval
Sunday 8 April (2:00 pm)	Frankston 18.14 (122)	def.	Port Melbourne 13.15 (93)	Frankston Oval
	Bye: Box Hill

Ladder

2007 VFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Sandringham	18	15	3	0	2051	1549	132.4	60	Finals
2	Geelong (P)	18	14	4	0	2139	1449	147.6	56
3	Coburg	18	13	5	0	1885	1602	117.7	52
4	Williamstown	18	10	6	2	1848	1543	119.8	44
5	North Ballarat	18	10	8	0	1793	1907	94.0	40
6	Casey Scorpions	18	9	8	1	1755	1677	104.7	38
7	Port Melbourne	18	8	9	1	1714	1889	90.7	34
8	Bendigo	18	8	10	0	1834	1703	107.7	32
9	Northern Bullants	18	8	10	0	1527	1644	92.9	32
10	Werribee	18	7	11	0	1894	1843	102.8	28
11	Frankston	18	6	11	1	1509	1739	86.8	26
12	Box Hill	18	4	13	1	1362	1875	72.6	18
13	Tasmania	18	2	16	0	1401	2292	61.1	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	Sep 1, Trevor Barker Beach Oval
	1	Sandringham	16.15 (111)
	4	Williamstown	17.11 (113)			Sep 8, TEAC Oval
						Sandringham		12.21 (93)
	Sep 1, TEAC Oval					North Ballarat		16.14 (110)				Sep 16, TEAC Oval
	5	North Ballarat	21.22 (148)									Williamstown		11.10 (76)
	8	Bendigo	16.15 (111)									Coburg		20.17 (137)			Sep 23, MC Labour Park
																	Geelong		17.24 (126)
	Sep 2, Casey Fields											Sep 15, TEAC Oval					Coburg		7.10 (52)
	6	Casey Scorpions	12.17 (89)									Geelong		24.14 (158)
	7	Port Melbourne	15.12 (102)			Sep 9, TEAC Oval						North Ballarat		13.18 (96)
						Coburg		21.16 (142)
	Sep 2, TEAC Oval					Port Melbourne		10.12 (72)
	2	Geelong	22.16 (148)
	3	Coburg	17.15 (117)

Grand Final

	2007 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 23 September (2:15 pm)	Geelong	def.	Coburg	MC Labour Park (crowd: 13,842)	[1]
	3.5 (23) 5.13 (43) 12.19 (91)  17.24 (126)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	1.2 (8) 4.5 (29) 4.6 (30)  7.10 (52)	Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tom Lonergan (Geelong)
Lonergan 6, Davenport 2, Hawkins 2, Cheep, Djerrkura, Gardiner, Gamble, Grima, Hogan, Varcoe		Goals	Jackson 2, Connors, Gazzo, Hill, Krakouer, Oakley-Nicholls

Awards

• The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won for the seventh time by Nick Sautner (Sandringham), who kicked 69 goals. ^[2] Sautner's seventh time as the competition's leading goalkicker broke the record of six set by the medal's namesake, Jim 'Frosty' Miller (Dandenong). Sautner won a further two medals for a career total of nine before his retirement.
• The J. J. Liston Trophy was by James Byrne (Geelong), who polled 22 votes. Byrne finished ahead of Shane Valenti (Sandringham), who was second with 20 votes, and Travis Ronaldson (Coburg), who was third with 17 votes. ^[3]
• The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Shane Valenti (Sandringham). ^[4]
• Coburg won the reserves premiership. Coburg 17.20 (122) defeated Port Melbourne 8.8 (56) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 23 September. ^[5]

VFL Team of the Year

2007 Victorian Team of the Year

B:	S Rosa (Bendigo)	Chris Lamb (Sandringham)	Jarrod Silvester (Coburg)
HB:	John Baird (Port Melbourne)	Jason Cloke (Bendigo)	Adam Iacobucci (Northern Bullants)
C:	Jason Davenport (Geelong)	James Byrne (Geelong) (Capt.)	David Gallagher (Sandringham)
HF:	Ezra Poyas (Sandringham)	Jeremy Dukes (Port Melbourne)	Peter Summers (Sandringham)
F:	Justin Berry (Frankston)	Nicholas Sautner (Sandringham)	Todd Grima (Geelong)
Foll:	Travis Ronaldson (Coburg)	Alister Neville (Coburg)	Shane Valenti (Sandringham)
Int:	Brett Johnson (Williamstown)	Tristan Cartledge (North Ballarat)	Nick Smith (Box Hill)
	Kyle Matthews (Casey)
Coach:

Notable events

• During the final quarter of the Round 7 match between Tasmania and Coburg at Bellerive Oval, Tasmania's Mathew Westfield collided with one of the goal posts, snapping it at its base. The game was delayed for ten minutes while a replacement goal post was installed. ^[6]
• During the year, Frank Johnson, who played eight seasons for Port Melbourne from 1950 to 1957 and five for South Melbourne from 1960 to 1964, was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He was the first player known primarily for his VFA career ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (excluding players from prior to the formation of the original VFL in 1897). ^[7]
• In the elimination final between North Ballarat and Bendigo, Bendigo held a 59 point lead early in the third quarter; North Ballarat then kicked 17 of the next 19 goals to record a 37 point win. ^[8]

See also

• List of VFA/VFL premiers
• Australian Rules Football
• Victorian Football League
• Australian Football League
• 2007 AFL season

References

1. Geoff Poulter (24 September 2007). "Flag No. 1 to Cats". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 42.
2. "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
3. "2007 Medallists across Australia". Footystats Diary. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
4. "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
5. "Sport". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 24 September 2007. p. 63.
6. Sean Cusick (20 May 2007). "Tassie Devil dares to join Lethal in he-man club". The Sunday Age (Sports liftout). Melbourne, VIC. p. 2.
7. "The Australian Football Hall of Fame Players Inducted". Australian Football League. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
8. Luke West (21 August 2014). "10 games we won't forget". Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo, VIC. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

External links

• AFL Victoria website
• TRUenergy VFL website
• U18 TAC Cup website