2007 VFL season

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2007 VFL season
Teams13
Premiers Geelong reserves
(2nd premiership)
Minor premiers Sandringham
(6th minor premiership)
Matches played126
Leading goalkicker Nicholas Sautner (Sandringham)
J. J. Liston Trophy James Byrne (Geelong res.)
  2006
2008  

The 2007 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring twelve teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

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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

Home \ Away BEN BOX CAS COB FRA GEE NBR NBU PMB SAN TAS WER WIL
Bendigo Bombers 142–8056–72124–72107–12077–9295–10280–11097–79136–87
Box Hill Hawks 56–12965–9687–9382–4442–8881–107110–14670–106
Casey Scorpions 99–106181–5295–11391–8172–15390–135117–29103–79105–105
Coburg Tigers 101–63110–9790–65115–9782–143100–5978–107154–91 [lower-alpha 1] 104–38
Frankston Dolphins 71–9488–8864–11178–145115–102122–9368–92151–72 [lower-alpha 1] 95–9361–135
Geelong Cats 136–10476–9183–84 [lower-alpha 1] 122–8584–72125–6598–2692–107
North Ballarat Roosters 95–85106–75109–95112–9270–14156–71123–88120–9170–170
Northern Bullants 96–11962–7499–5575–103154–4268–102101–6079–76
Port Melbourne Borough 104–64107–6888–127104–8364–149122–127128–11073–139168–8854–169
Sandringham Zebras 134–10168–83144–65102–121149–139125–62135–73173–103112–90
Tasmanian Devils 49–14582–9553–141108–14350–10272–13957–16696–12292–13499–147
Werribee Tigers 115–74141–6861–12270–139100–44101–11094–106200–8686–93
Williamstown Seagulls 105–10240–80131–6696–129133–93116–3693–9347–53117–64
  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
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Sandringham 18153020511549132.460 Finals
2 Geelong (P)18144021391449147.656
3 Coburg 18135018851602117.752
4 Williamstown 18106218481543119.844
5 North Ballarat 1810801793190794.040
6 Casey Scorpions 1898117551677104.738
7 Port Melbourne 188911714188990.734
8 Bendigo 18810018341703107.732
9 Northern Bullants 1881001527164492.932
10 Werribee 18711018941843102.828
11 Frankston 1861111509173986.826
12 Box Hill 1841311362187572.618
13 Tasmania 1821601401229261.18
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand 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

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

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