2024 EFNL season

2024 EFNL season
Date	5 April - 21 September 2024
Teams	47
Matches played	444 (seniors)
←  2023 2025  →

The 2024 EFNL season was the 62nd season of the Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL), the Australian rules football competition based largely in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria. The season featured 47 clubs across five divisions. It ran from 5 April to 21 September, with the top four divisions comprising an 18-round home-and-away season, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top five teams. ^[a]

Background

Team changes

After a relegation battle the previous season that went up until the final round, Park Orchards suffered their first relegation in senior club history to drop back to Division 1.

Lilydale's fate was confirmed after only 14 rounds, going on to record a winless season for the first time in club history en route to Division 2.

Upper Ferntree Gully experienced the unfortunate distinction of back-to-back relegations into Division 3, winning only 1 match across the previous 2 seasons.

Surrey Park entered the fourth tier for the first time since the fifth tier was formed in 2019. It was also the first time they were promoted in their 22-year history in the league.

2024 EFNL season

Division	Promoted to division	Relegated to division
Premier	None [b]	N/A
1	None [b]	Park Orchards Doncaster
2	None [b]	Croydon Lilydale
3	Surrey Park	Knox Upper Ferntree Gully
4	N/A	Whitehorse Pioneers

Premier Division

2024 Premier Division season
Date	13 April - 21 September 2024
Teams	10 [c]
Premiers	Seniors Balwyn (6th first division premiership) Reserves East Ringwood (15th first division premiership) U19.5 Blackburn (6th first division premiership)
Best and fairest	Chandler Medal James Belo (27) East Ringwood Reserves Joel Holewa (12) Blackburn Jayden Phillips (12) Doncaster East U19.5 Luke Molinaro (21) Noble Park
Leading goalkicker	Seniors Charlie Haley (51) Balwyn Reserves Hayden Telford (45) Blackburn U19.5 Xavier Borg (46) East Ringwood Oscar Dunn (46) Vermont
←  2023 2025  →

Seniors ^[1]

Balwyn won the first division premiership for the 6th time, and their 6th overall since joining the EFNL in 2007. They defeated minor premiers East Ringwood by 2 points in the grand final. It was Balwyn's first senior premiership in eight years.

2014 premiers Norwood finished last and were subsequently relegated to Division 1 for 2025 after a 17-season stint in the top flight.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	East Ringwood	18	16	2	0	1709	1034	165.3	64	Finals series
2	Balwyn (P)	18	13	5	0	1540	1038	148.4	52
3	Rowville	18	12	6	0	1561	1158	134.8	48
4	Vermont	18	12	6	0	1464	1263	115.9	48
5	South Croydon	18	12	6	0	1341	1210	110.8	48
6	Blackburn	18	11	7	0	1637	1125	145.5	44
7	Noble Park	18	6	12	0	1288	1238	104.0	24
8	Doncaster East	18	5	13	0	1177	1556	75.6	20
9	Berwick	18	2	16	0	810	1713	47.3	8
10	Norwood (R)	18	1	17	0	777	1969	39.5	4	Relegation to Division 1

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers; (R) Relegated

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						7 September, Bayswater Oval										21 September, Bayswater Oval
						1	East Ringwood	7.8 (50)								Balwyn		7.11 (53)
	31 August, Bayswater Oval						Balwyn	8.5 (53)			14 September, Bayswater Oval					East Ringwood		7.9 (51)
	2	Balwyn	14.9 (93)								East Ringwood		8.12 (60)
	3	Rowville	11.7 (73)			8 September, Jubilee Park					Rowville		3.6 (24)
						Rowville		17.6 (108)
	1 September, Jubilee Park					South Croydon		8.9 (57)
	4	Vermont	10.7 (67)
	5	South Croydon	11.11 (77)

	2024 EFNL Men's Premier Division Grand Final
Saturday, 21 September (2:20pm)	Balwyn	v	East Ringwood	Bayswater Oval	Report
	3.4 (22) 5.8 (38) 5.9 (39) 7.11 (53)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 3.3 (21) 4.8 (32) 7.9 (51)	Cliff Tomkins Medal: Bowen Smith (Balwyn) Television broadcast: YouTube
Haley, La Motte, Lisle, Oakes, Smith, Ja Sticca, Tillig		Goals	J Belo, J Bennell, Fox, Lowson, MacRae, Preston, Weatherill
Smith, N Lever, Cunningham, Schreiber, Pollocks, Urban		Best	Delaney, C Weightman, J Weightman, J Belo, Cerni, Coghlan

Reserves ^[2]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	F	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Blackburn	18	16	2	0	0	1706	558	305.7	64	Finals series
2	East Ringwood (P)	18	14	3	1	0	1385	604	229.3	58
3	Vermont	18	13	5	0	0	1418	621	228.3	52
4	Rowville	18	11	6	1	0	1299	631	205.9	46
5	Noble Park	18	10	8	0	0	1291	788	163.8	40
6	Balwyn	18	8	9	1	0	1281	832	154.0	34
7	Doncaster East	18	7	10	1	0	1032	959	107.6	30
8	South Croydon	18	7	11	0	0	929	925	100.4	28
9	Berwick	18	2	16	0	0	392	1919	20.4	8
10	Norwood	18	0	17	0	1	110	3006	3.7	0

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						7 September, Bayswater Oval										21 September, Bayswater Oval
						1	Blackburn	5.8 (38)								East Ringwood		10.6 (66)
	31 August, Bayswater Oval						East Ringwood	6.10 (46)			14 September, Bayswater Oval					Blackburn		8.6 (54)
	2	East Ringwood	6.9 (45)								Blackburn		5.8 (38)
	3	Vermont	3.4 (22)			8 September, Jubilee Park					Rowville		3.4 (22)
						Vermont		4.5 (29)
	1 September, Jubilee Park					Rowville		10.5 (65)
	4	Rowville	13.8 (86)
	5	Noble Park	5.7 (37)

	2024 EFNL Men's Premier Division Reserves Grand Final
Saturday, 21 September (12:05pm)	East Ringwood	v	Blackburn	Bayswater Oval
	2.1 (13) 5.2 (32) 8.4 (54) 10.6 (66)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 5.2 (32) 5.6 (36) 8.6 (54)	Best on Ground Medal: Sahaf Ali (East Ringwood) Television broadcast: YouTube
Ali 3, Cileceken 3, Guymer 2, Copeland, Fairy		Goals	Telford 2, Worsam 2, Epple, Harte, Patterson
Percy, Guymer, Keedle, Ali, Cileceken, Fitzgerald		Best	Epple, Rogers, Gregory, Brown, Telford, Holewa

U19.5 ^[3]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	F	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Blackburn (P)	16	16	0	0	0	1611	450	358.0	64	Finals series
2	Vermont	16	10	6	0	0	1312	730	179.7	40
3	East Ringwood	16	10	6	0	0	1272	767	165.8	40
4	Noble Park	16	10	6	0	0	1057	1033	102.3	40
5	Berwick	16	9	7	0	0	993	686	144.8	36
6	Rowville	16	10	6	0	0	1034	825	125.3	36
7	Doncaster East	16	6	10	0	0	778	1214	64.1	24
8	Norwood	16	2	14	0	0	584	1422	41.1	8
9	Balwyn	16	0	13	0	3	243	1757	13.8	0

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						7 September, Bayswater Oval										21 September, Bayswater Oval
						1	Blackburn	11.8 (74)								Blackburn		11.10 (76)
	31 August, Bayswater Oval						East Ringwood	7.7 (49)			14 September, Bayswater Oval					East Ringwood		3.4 (22)
	2	Vermont	5.6 (36)								East Ringwood		5.10 (40)
	3	East Ringwood	8.5 (53)			8 September, Jubilee Park					Berwick		5.5 (35)
						Vermont		6.13 (49)
	1 September, Jubilee Park					Berwick		9.3 (57)
	4	Noble Park	7.8 (50)
	5	Berwick	10.11 (71)

	2024 EFNL Men's Premier Division U19.5 Grand Final
Saturday, 21 September (9:45am)	Blackburn	v	East Ringwood	Bayswater Oval
	3.1 (19) 7.4 (46) 10.5 (65) 11.10 (76)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.0 (0) 0.1 (1) 2.3 (15) 3.4 (22)	Best on Ground Medal: Ethan Wright (Blackburn) Television broadcast: YouTube
Brisbane 2, Cook 2, Wright 2, Cotroneo, Geilman, Greenwood, Reilly, Stewart		Goals	Kennedy, Webster
Wright, Downie, Stewart, Hickey, Cook, Evans		Best	Seymour, Hewitson, Kennedy, Mooney, Webster

Division 1

2024 Division 1 season
Date	6 April - 14 September 2024
Teams	10 [d]
Premiers	Seniors Mitcham (2nd second division premiership) Reserves South Belgrave (1st second division premiership) U19.5 Surrey Park (1st second division premiership)
Best and fairest	Wright Medal Michael Prosenak (28) Park Orchards Reserves Daniel John (15) North Ringwood U19.5 Marley Appleyard (29) Beaconsfield
Leading goalkicker	Seniors Ryan Garthwaite (56) Montrose Reserves Ryley McKernan (42) Montrose Christopher Dergacz (42) South Belgrave U19.5 Tom Hunt (46) Surrey Park
←  2023 2025  →

Seniors ^[4]

Mitcham won the second division premiership for the 2nd time, and their 9th overall since becoming a founding member of the league in 1962. They defeated minor premiers Park Orchards by 40 points in the grand final to go back-to-back in Division 1. ^[e] With this victory, Mitcham were promoted to Premier Division for 2025, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2006.

Wantirna South finished last and were subsequently relegated to Division 2 for 2025 after a 9-season stint in the second tier.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Park Orchards	18	17	1	0	1745	1079	161.7	68	Finals series
2	South Belgrave	18	14	4	0	1509	1094	137.9	56
3	Mitcham (P)	18	13	5	0	1493	1141	130.9	52
4	Montrose	18	12	6	0	1555	1128	137.9	48
5	Beaconsfield	18	11	7	0	1388	1025	135.4	44
6	Mooroolbark	18	9	9	0	1256	1409	89.1	36
7	North Ringwood	18	5	13	0	1229	1444	85.1	20
8	Bayswater	18	5	13	0	1053	1455	72.4	20
9	Doncaster	18	3	15	0	965	1693	57.0	12
10	Wantirna South (R)	18	1	17	0	1102	1827	60.3	4	Relegation to Division 2

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers; (R) Relegated

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						31 August, Tormore Reserve										14 September, Tormore Reserve
						1	Park Orchards	6.7 (43)								Mitcham		8.7 (55)
	24 August, Tormore Reserve						Mitcham	10.11 (71)			7 September, Tormore Reserve					Park Orchards		2.3 (15)
	2	South Belgrave	5.19 (49)								Park Orchards		12.3 (75)
	3	Mitcham	12.3 (75)			1 September, Tormore Reserve					Beaconsfield		9.13 (67)
						South Belgrave		7.10 (52)
	25 August, Tormore Reserve					Beaconsfield		7.13 (55)
	4	Montrose	5.9 (39)
	5	Beaconsfield	13.11 (89)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 1 Grand Final
Saturday, 14 September (2:20pm)	Mitcham	v	Park Orchards	Tormore Reserve	Report
	0.2 (2) 6.3 (39) 8.5 (53) 8.7 (55)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 1.2 (8) 2.3 (15)	Gordon Parker Medal: Nicholas Caulfield (Mitcham) Television broadcast: YouTube
Parente 2, Barton-Smith, Cherry, J Hallo, Laughlin, Pirzas, Uren		Goals	Co Hickey, Macrokanis
Caulfield, N Hallo, Cherry, May, Baglava, Du Vallon		Best	Heron, Haythorne, Keppel, Magnano, Macrokanis, Witnish

Reserves ^[5]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	South Belgrave (P)	18	17	1	0	1787	467	382.7	68	Finals series
2	Montrose	18	16	2	0	1492	562	265.1	64
3	Mitcham	18	15	3	0	1222	667	183.2	60
4	Beaconsfield	18	10	8	0	1131	770	146.9	40
5	Park Orchards	18	8	10	0	1029	838	122.8	32
6	North Ringwood	18	8	10	0	1097	894	122.7	32
7	Bayswater	18	6	12	0	809	1026	78.9	24
8	Wantirna South	18	6	12	0	730	1261	57.9	24
9	Doncaster	18	3	15	0	447	1523	29.4	12
10	Mooroolbark	18	1	17	0	367	2101	17.5	4

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						31 August, Tormore Reserve										14 September, Tormore Reserve
						1	South Belgrave	6.8 (44)								South Belgrave		9.5 (59)
	24 August, Tormore Reserve						Montrose	6.7 (43)			7 September, Tormore Reserve					Montrose		0.4 (4)
	2	Montrose	8.7 (55)								Montrose		9.12 (66)
	3	Mitcham	3.10 (28)			1 September, Tormore Reserve					Park Orchards		4.4 (28)
						Mitcham		3.7 (25)
	25 August, Tormore Reserve					Park Orchards		5.6 (36)
	4	Beaconsfield	3.8 (26)
	5	Park Orchards	7.4 (46)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 1 Reserves Grand Final
Saturday, 14 September (12.05pm)	South Belgrave	v	Montrose	Tormore Reserve
	3.3 (21) 5.4 (34) 8.5 (53) 9.5 (59)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.0 (0) 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0.4 (4)	Best on Ground Award: Darcy Walls (South Belgrave) Television broadcast: YouTube
Butler, Costa, Daraio, Dergacz, Pruden, Richards-West, Walls, L Withers, T Withers		Goals
Benson, Walls, T Withers, Laub, L Withers, Briginshaw		Best	Gardoll, Thomas, Mills, Curnow, Bowden, Batten-Leitch

U19.5 ^[6]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Surrey Park (P)	18	15	3	0	1393	570	244.4	60	Finals series
2	Mitcham	18	15	3	0	1353	626	216.1	60
3	Park Orchards	18	13	5	0	1278	849	150.5	52
4	South Belgrave	18	12	6	0	1276	681	187.4	48
5	North Ringwood	18	11	7	0	1167	723	161.4	44
6	Beaconsfield	18	10	7	1	978	723	135.3	42
7	Wantirna South	18	6	12	0	791	1109	71.3	24
8	Mooroolbark	18	4	13	1	582	1317	44.2	18
9	Montrose	18	2	16	0	864	1456	59.3	8
10	Bayswater	18	1	17	0	282	1910	14.8	4

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						31 August, Tormore Reserve										14 September, Tormore Reserve
						1	Surrey Park	8.8 (56)								Park Orchards		1.5 (11)
	24 August, Tormore Reserve						Park Orchards	8.14 (62)			7 September, Tormore Reserve					Surrey Park		2.4 (16)
	2	Mitcham	4.15 (39)								Surrey Park		7.9 (51)
	3	Park Orchards	11.4 (70)			1 September, Tormore Reserve					South Belgrave		7.7 (49)
						Mitcham		5.9 (39)
	25 August, Tormore Reserve					South Belgrave		7.7 (49)
	4	South Belgrave	8.10 (58)
	5	North Ringwood	4.5 (29)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 1 U19.5 Grand Final
Saturday, 14 September (9:45am)	Park Orchards	v	Surrey Park	Tormore Reserve
	0.0 (0) 1.2 (8) 1.3 (9) 1.5 (11)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 2.2 (14) 2.3 (15) 2.4 (16)	Best on Ground Medal: Jonathan Rogers (Surrey Park) Television broadcast: YouTube

Division 2

2024 Division 2 season
Date	5 April - 15 September 2024
Teams	10 [f]
Premiers	Seniors Boronia (4th third division premiership) Reserves East Burwood (2nd third division premiership) U19.5 Croydon (1st third division premiership)
Best and fairest	Edie Medal Mitch Mellis (31) Boronia Reserves Sam Clark (16) Templestowe Luke Hoogstra (16) Croydon U19.5 Noah Smith (23) Mulgrave
Leading goalkicker	Seniors Josh Begley (50) Boronia Reserves Sean Bramstedt (46) Boronia U19.5 Noah Andrews (41) Mulgrave
←  2023 2025  →

Seniors ^[7]

Boronia won the third division premiership for the 4th time, and their 7th overall since becoming a founding member of the league in 1962. They defeated Croydon by 63 points in the grand final to go back-to-back in Division 2. ^[g] With this victory, Boronia were promoted to Division 1 for 2025, returning to the second tier for the first time since 2005.

The Basin went winless, finished last and were subsequently relegated to Division 3 for 2025 after an 11-season stint in the third tier.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Boronia (P)	18	17	1	0	1918	757	253.4	68	Finals series
2	Waverley Blues	18	12	6	0	1276	1136	112.3	48
3	Mulgrave	18	12	6	0	1236	1232	100.3	48
4	Croydon	18	11	7	0	1193	949	125.7	44
5	Templestowe	18	9	9	0	1193	1070	111.5	36
6	Ringwood	18	9	9	0	1080	1050	102.9	36
7	Heathmont	18	7	11	0	994	1082	91.9	28
8	East Burwood	18	7	11	0	930	1259	73.9	28
9	Lilydale	18	6	12	0	972	1386	70.1	24
10	The Basin (R)	18	0	18	0	779	1650	47.2	0	Relegation to Division 3

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers; (R) Relegated

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						31 August, Walker Park										15 September, Walker Park
						1	Boronia	9.16 (70)								Boronia		13.14 (92)
	24 August, Walker Park						Mulgrave	4.12 (36)			8 September, Walker Park					Croydon		4.5 (29)
	2	Waverley Blues	12.18 (90)								Mulgrave		9.6 (60)
	3	Mulgrave	17.6 (108)			1 September, Walker Park					Croydon		12.7 (79)
						Waverley Blues		10.7 (67)
	25 August, Walker Park					Croydon		10.10 (70)
	4	Croydon	13.10 (88)
	5	Templestowe	6.12 (48)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 15 September (2:20pm)	Boronia	v	Croydon	Walker Park	Report
	4.2 (26) 7.5 (47) 8.10 (58) 13.14 (92)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.0 (6) 1.1 (7) 3.4 (22) 4.5 (29)	Les Leete Medal: Josh Begley (Boronia) Television broadcast: YouTube
Robertson 5, Begley 4, White 2, D Dower, Collins		Goals	Christie, Dodd, Ficorilli, Thompson
Begley, Robertson, Duke, D Dower, White, Mellis		Best	Nicholas, Ficorilli, Christie, F Smith, Mutsaers, Britton

Reserves ^[8]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Croydon	18	15	1	2	1196	522	229.1	64	Finals series
2	Boronia	18	15	2	1	1565	564	277.5	62
3	East Burwood (P)	18	13	5	0	1035	675	153.3	52
4	Mulgrave	18	12	6	0	1113	790	140.9	48
5	Templestowe	18	11	6	1	951	806	118.0	46
6	Lilydale	18	7	11	0	749	1043	71.8	28
7	The Basin	18	6	12	0	804	966	83.2	24
8	Heathmont	18	4	13	1	618	1129	54.7	18
9	Ringwood	18	3	15	0	611	1256	48.7	12
10	Waverley Blues	18	1	16	1	506	1397	36.2	6

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						31 August, Walker Park										15 September, Walker Park
						1	Croydon	9.4 (58)								Croydon		3.5 (23)
	24 August, Walker Park						East Burwood	8.5 (53)			8 September, Walker Park					East Burwood		10.11 (71)
	2	Boronia	4.4 (28)								East Burwood		9.6 (60)
	3	East Burwood	9.7 (61)			1 September, Walker Park					Boronia		5.8 (38)
						Boronia		14.12 (96)
	25 August, Walker Park					Mulgrave		5.4 (34)
	4	Mulgrave	21.3 (129)
	5	Templestowe	8.4 (52)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 2 Reserves Grand Final
Sunday, 15 September (12:05pm)	Croydon	v	East Burwood	Walker Park
	0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 3.1 (19) 3.5 (23)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 6.3 (39) 8.7 (55) 10.11 (71)	Best on Ground Award: Ed McCutchan (East Burwood) Television broadcast: YouTube
Alexio, Davies, C Spurrell		Goals	McCutchan 2, Ross-Stubbs 2, Bridges, Connellan, Logan, Oppy, Reddy, White
Hoogstra, Clark, Alexio, C Spurrell, T Anderson, Lemon		Best	McCutchan, Powell, Logan, Pearson, Connellan, Mulqueen

U19.5 ^[9]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	F	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Mulgrave	16	16	0	0	0	1364	646	211.2	64	Finals series
2	Croydon (P)	16	12	4	0	0	1014	595	170.4	48
3	East Burwood	16	8	8	0	0	795	702	113.3	32
4	Waverley Blues	16	7	9	0	0	832	923	90.1	28
5	Lilydale	16	6	10	0	0	714	899	79.4	24
6	Heathmont	16	4	11	0	1	679	1172	57.9	16
7	The Basin	16	3	13	0	0	749	1210	61.9	12

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						31 August, Walker Park										15 September, Walker Park
						1	Mulgrave	5.6 (36)								Croydon		8.7 (55)
	24 August, Walker Park						Croydon	6.8 (44)			8 September, Walker Park					Waverley Blues		5.6 (36)
	2	Croydon	14.6 (90)								Mulgrave		6.6 (42)
	3	East Burwood	5.10 (40)			1 September, Walker Park					Waverley Blues		12.12 (84)
						Eat Burwood		5.6 (36)
	25 August, Walker Park					Waverley Blues		9.10 (64)
	4	Waverley Blues	11.14 (80)
	5	Lilydale	5.13 (43)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 2 U19.5 Grand Final
Sunday, 15 September (9:45am)	Croydon	v	Waverley Blues	Walker Park
	2.2 (14) 4.4 (28) 5.5 (35) 8.7 (55)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 2.2 (14) 3.5 (23) 5.6 (36)	Best on Ground Award: Blake Podesta (Croydon) Television broadcast: YouTube
Podesta 3, Gionfriddo, McHenry, R Nunziante, Steer, Woodworth		Goals	Tenace 2, Fuller, Hobson, Wade
Roach, Lovell, Podesta, Tartaglia, R Nunziante		Best	Savedra, Daniel, Loft, Pawsey, Fuller, Wade

Division 3

2024 Division 3 season
Date	6 April - 7 September 2024
Teams	10 [h]
Premiers	Seniors Surrey Park (1st fourth division premiership) Reserves Donvale (2nd fourth division premiership) U19.5 Upper Ferntree Gully (1st fourth division premiership)
Best and fairest	James Medal James Rausa (32) Donvale Reserves Ben Ward (15) Upper Ferntree Gully U19.5 Luke Marriner (23) Donvale
Leading goalkicker	Seniors Darcy Fritsch (91) Coldstream Reserves Brett Holst (38) Knox U19.5 Luke Marriner (72) Donvale
←  2023 2025  →

Seniors ^[10]

Surrey Park won the fourth division premiership for the 1st time, and their 2nd overall since joining the EFNL in 2002. They defeated minor premiers Donvale by 2 points in the grand final to go back-to-back. With this victory, Surrey Park achieved back-to-back promotion into Division 2 for 2025, entering the third tier for the first time in their history.

Warrandyte finished last and were subsequently relegated to Division 4 for 2025 after a 5-season stint in the fourth tier. ^[i]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Donvale	18	17	1	0	1886	1081	174.5	68	Finals series
2	Surrey Park (P)	18	15	3	0	1697	934	181.7	60
3	Knox	18	13	5	0	1642	1052	154.4	52
4	Coldstream	18	12	6	0	1490	1144	130.2	48
5	Oakleigh District	18	8	10	0	1311	1520	86.3	32
6	Upper Ferntree Gully	18	6	12	0	1197	1411	84.8	24
7	Fairpark	18	6	12	0	1082	1290	83.9	24
8	Ferntree Gully	18	6	12	0	995	1267	78.5	24
9	Silvan	18	5	13	0	1217	1747	69.7	20
10	Warrandyte (R)	18	2	16	0	857	1910	44.9	8	Relegation to Division 4

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers; (R) Relegated

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						24 August, Jubilee Park										7 September, Jubilee Park
						1	Donvale	11.10 (76)								Donvale		12.10 (82)
	17 August, Jubilee Park						Surrey Park	10.12 (72)			31 August, Jubilee Park					Surrey Park		12.12 (84)
	2	Surrey Park	11.15 (81)								Surrey Park		9.15 (69)
	3	Knox	8.6 (54)			25 August, Jubilee Park					Knox		1.16 (22)
						Knox		18.6 (114)
	18 August, Jubilee Park					Coldstream		6.16 (52)
	4	Coldstream	17.10 (112)
	5	Oakleigh District	5.8 (38)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 3 Grand Final
Saturday, 7 September (2:20pm)	Donvale	v	Surrey Park	Jubilee Park	Report
	5.3 (33) 7.8 (50) 9.9 (63) 12.10 (82)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 5.6 (36) 8.10 (58) 12.12 (84)	Frank Bibby Medal: Tom Smith (Surrey Park) Television broadcast: YouTube
Djordevic 4, Duncan 2, Murphy 2, Giles, McCormack, Rausa, C Tout		Goals	Vitacca 3, Mundy 2, Falahey, Kennedy, Kenworthy, Mahon, Naidu, J Summers, L Summers
		Best	Mundy, Smith, Tsatas, Ryan-Simmons, Mahon, Haynes

Reserves ^[11]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	F	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Donvale (P)	18	16	2	0	0	1214	554	219.1	64	Finals series
2	Surrey Park	18	16	2	0	0	1310	655	200.0	64
3	Upper Ferntree Gully	18	14	4	0	0	1193	704	169.5	56
4	Oakleigh District	18	11	7	0	0	1064	742	143.4	44
5	Knox	18	10	7	0	1	973	908	107.2	40
6	Ferntree Gully	18	6	12	0	0	776	902	86.0	24
7	Coldstream	18	5	13	0	0	665	1127	59.0	20
8	Warrandyte	18	4	14	0	0	720	1136	63.4	16
9	Fairpark	18	4	14	0	0	647	1087	59.5	16
10	Silvan	18	4	14	0	0	688	1435	47.9	16

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						24 August, Jubilee Park										7 September, Jubilee Park
						1	Donvale	4.10 (34)								Surrey Park		5.6 (36)
	17 August, Jubilee Park						Surrey Park	8.12 (60)			31 August, Jubilee Park					Donvale		5.8 (38)
	2	Surrey Park	8.11 (59)								Donvale		7.13 (55)
	3	Upper Ferntree Gully	6.7 (43)			25 August, Jubilee Park					Upper Ferntree Gully		4.11 (35)
						Upper Ferntree Gully		14.6 (90)
	18 August, Jubilee Park					Knox		10.3 (63)
	4	Oakleigh District	6.9 (45)
	5	Knox	10.6 (66)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 3 Reserves Grand Final
Saturday, 7 September (12:05pm)	Surrey Park	v	Donvale	Jubilee Park
	0.1 (1) 1.2 (8) 2.2 (14) 5.6 (36)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.4 (16) 3.4 (22) 5.8 (38) 5.8 (38)	Best on Ground Medal: Kaide Fittolani (Donvale) Television broadcast: YouTube
Steiner 2, Anderson, Doidge, Paolini		Goals	Larder 2, Buckingham, Chancellor, Nash
Lemaire, O’Brien, Steiner, Pollock, Anderson, Gale		Best	McNamara, Fittolani, Nash, Whitbourn, Sinosich, Heveren

U19.5 ^[12]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	F	PF	PA	%	Pts	MR	Qualification
1	Knox	16	13	2	1	0	1331	503	264.6	54	84.4	Finals series
2	Upper Ferntree Gully (P)	15	11	3	1	0	1070	571	187.4	46	76.7
3	Ferntree Gully	15	11	4	0	0	1301	627	207.5	44	73.3
4	Donvale	16	9	6	1	0	1077	801	134.5	38	59.4
5	Surrey Park Reserves	16	5	11	0	0	684	1213	56.4	20	31.3
6	Warrandyte	15	3	10	1	1	558	932	59.9	14	23.3
7	Coldstream	15	0	14	0	1	268	1642	16.3	0	0.0

Rules for classification: 1) match ratio; 2) won; 3) lost
(P) Premiers

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						24 August, Jubilee Park										7 September, Jubilee Park
						1	Knox	9.14 (68)								Upper Ferntree Gully		9.9 (63)
	17 August, Jubilee Park						Upper Ferntree Gully	11.8 (74)			31 August, Jubilee Park					Knox		8.6 (54)
	2	Upper Ferntree Gully	8.8 (56)								Knox		10.11 (71)
	3	Ferntree Gully	4.8 (32)			25 August, Jubilee Park					Ferntree Gully		9.6 (60)
						Ferntree Gully		11.16 (82)
	18 August, Jubilee Park					Surrey Park Reserves		5.3 (33)
	4	Donvale	8.8 (56)
	5	Surrey Park Reserves	11.9 (75)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 3 U19.5 Grand Final
Saturday, 7 September (9:45am)	Upper Ferntree Gully	v	Knox	Jubilee Park
	3.2 (20) 4.6 (30) 7.6 (48) 9.9 (63)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 3.3 (21) 5.6 (36) 8.6 (54)	Best on Ground Medal: Braidyn Wilson (Upper Ferntree Gully) Television broadcast: YouTube
Scott 2, Smith 2, Bro Wilson 2, Gaal, Ba McDonald, Br McDonald		Goals	Edwards 3, Crosby 2, Keyzer, La Fontaine, O’Neill
Bra Wilson, Gaal, MacDonald, Wright, Edmanson, Ba McDonald		Best

Division 4

2024 Division 4 season
Date	6 April - 8 September 2024
Teams	7 [j]
Premiers	Seniors Scoresby (1st fifth division premiership) Reserves Scoresby (2nd fifth division premiership) U19.5 Kilsyth (1st fifth division premiership)
Best and fairest	Jones Medal Ryan McNay (33) Kilsyth Reserves Lachie Eagleton (16) Chirnside Park Maverick Gleed (16) Whitehorse Pioneers U19.5 Jeremy Green (18) Kilsyth
Leading goalkicker	Seniors Adam Amin (92) Scoresby Reserves Luke Dunn (31) Whitehorse Pioneers U19.5 Josh Jackson (37) Kilsyth
←  2023 2025  →

Seniors ^[13]

Scoresby won the fifth division premiership for the 1st time, and their 7th overall since becoming a founding member of the league in 1962. They defeated Whitehorse Pioneers by 81 points in the grand final. With this victory, Scoresby were promoted to Division 3 for 2025, returning to the fourth tier for the first time since 2022.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Scoresby (P)	16	13	3	0	1655	786	210.6	52	Finals series
2	Chirnside Park	16	13	3	0	1541	1005	153.3	52
3	Whitehorse Pioneers	16	11	5	0	1505	1153	130.5	44
4	Kilsyth	16	10	6	0	1320	991	133.2	40
5	Croydon North MLOC	16	4	12	0	1073	1350	79.5	16
6	Forest Hill	16	3	13	0	822	1667	49.3	12
7	Nunawading	16	2	14	0	867	1831	47.4	8

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

24 August, Bayswater Oval

8 September, East Ringwood Reserve

Scoresby

13.16 (94)

Scoresby

16.13 (109)

Chirnside Park

12.10 (82)

1 September, East Ringwood Reserve

Whitehorse Pioneers

3.10 (28)

Chirnside Park

7.12 (54)

25 August, East Ringwood Reserve

Whitehorse Pioneers

10.11 (71)

Whitehorse Pioneers

16.10 (106)

Kilsyth

11.10 (76)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 4 Grand Final
Sunday, 8 September (2:20pm)	Scoresby	v	Whitehorse Pioneers	East Ringwood Reserve	Report
	3.2 (20) 7.4 (46) 13.11 (89) 16.13 (109)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.4 (16) 3.6 (24) 3.9 (27) 3.10 (28)	Colin Tainton Medal: Mason Storr (Scoresby) Television broadcast: YouTube
A Amin 4, Storr 4, McBean 2, M Amin, Coulthard, Findlay, Firth, Hicks, Plumridge		Goals	Young 2, Horvat
Storr, Hicks, Hehir, Delrayne, Findlay, Kazizada		Best

Reserves ^[14]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Scoresby (P)	16	16	0	0	1687	412	409.5	64	Finals series
2	Whitehorse Pioneers Park	16	13	3	0	1350	516	261.6	52
3	Chirnside Park	16	10	6	0	1192	664	179.5	40
4	Croydon North MLOC	16	9	7	0	1064	708	150.3	36
5	Kilsyth	16	5	11	0	730	1090	67.0	20
6	Forest Hill	16	2	14	0	514	1344	38.2	8
7	Nunawading	16	1	15	0	291	2094	13.9	4

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

24 August, Bayswater Oval

8 September, East Ringwood Reserve

Scoresby

11.11 (77)

Scoresby

7.7 (49)

Whitehorse Pioneers

3.7 (25)

1 September, East Ringwood Reserve

Croydon North MLOC

5.4 (34)

Whitehorse Pioneers

5.7 (37)

25 August, East Ringwood Reserve

Croydon North MLOC

7.7 (49)

Chrinside Park

2.6 (18)

Croydon North MLOC

12.9 (81)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 4 Reserves Grand Final
Sunday, 8 September (12:05pm)	Scoresby	v	Croydon North MLOC	East Ringwood Reserve
	0.2 (2) 2.4 (16) 4.6 (30) 7.7 (49)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 2.1 (13) 3.2 (20) 5.4 (34)	Best on Ground Medal: Ben Bronsgeest (Scoresby) Television broadcast: YouTube
Bronsgeest 4, Skeet 2, L Anderson		Goals	Hayhurst, Norman, D Panetta, Starling, Villiger
Bronsgeest, Skeet, Lacriarde, Walker, Raymakers, Alabaster		Best	T Holly, Leacy, Bekker, Volk, Stringer, Villiger

U19.5 ^[15]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	F	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Kilsyth (P)	16	16	0	0	0	1498	449	333.6	64	Finals series
2	Blackburn Reserves	16	11	5	0	0	1113	876	127.1	44
3	Chirnside Park	16	11	5	0	0	871	756	115.2	44
4	South Belgrave Reserves	16	9	7	0	0	730	871	83.8	36
5	Scoresby	16	7	9	0	0	872	973	89.6	28
6	Ferntree Gully Reserves/South Croydon	16	5	10	1	0	747	952	78.5	22
7	Wantirna South Reserves	16	5	11	0	0	748	1043	71.7	20
8	Mitcham Reserves	16	4	9	1	2	660	1068	61.8	18
9	Berwick Reserves	16	3	12	0	1	651	902	72.1	12

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

24 August, Bayswater Oval

8 September, East Ringwood Reserve

Kilsyth

10.7 (67)

Kilsyth

11.10 (76)

Blackburn Reserves

8.8 (56)

1 September, East Ringwood Reserve

Blackburn Reserves

1.5 (11)

Blackburn Reserves

11.18 (84)

25 August, East Ringwood Reserve

South Belgrave Reserves

5.4 (34)

Chirnside Park

8.7 (55)

South Belgrave Reserves

8.10 (58)

	2024 EFNL Men's Division 4 U19.5 Grand Final
Sunday, 8 September (9:45am)	Kilsyth	v	Blackburn Reserves	East Ringwood Reserve
	2.1 (13) 4.4 (28) 6.7 (43) 11.10 (76)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 1.3 (9) 1.4 (10) 1.5 (11)	Best on Ground Medal: Robbie Goodman (Kilsyth) Television broadcast: YouTube
B Camden 4, Childs, Clemow, Dove, Goodman, Henderson, Jo Jackson, Van Vegten		Goals	Suidgeest
Goodman, Henderson, Jo Jackson, Dove, Lubbers, Green		Best	McCall, Pronyszyn, Wilson, Baxter, Marini, Garrett

References

2024 EFNL Annual Report.

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Notes

1. Division 2 U19.5 played an extra round; Division 4 comprised a 19-round home-and-away season, with a three-week finals series featuring the top four teams.
2. As part of a league restructuring, no sides were promoted from Division 1, 2 or 3 following the 2023 season, with two clubs being relegated from Premier Division, Division 1 and 2.
3. South Croydon did not field an U19.5 team in Premier Division; a combined Ferntree Gully/South Croydon team competed in Division 4.
4. Doncaster did not field an U19.5 team and were replaced by Surrey Park.
5. Due to a league restructuring, Mitcham did not go up to Premier Division the previous year, despite winning the 2023 Division 1 premiership.
6. Boronia, Ringwood and Templestowe did not field U19.5 teams.
7. Due to a league restructuring, Boronia did not go up to Division 1 the previous year, despite winning the 2023 Division 2 premiership.
8. Fairpark, Oakleigh District and Silvan did not field U19.5 teams.
9. Warrandyte spent 8 consecutive seasons in Division 3 - however, after a league restructuring in 2019, Division 3 became the fourth tier.
10. 9 teams competed in U19.5; Croydon North MLOC, Forest Hill, Nunawading and Whitehorse Pioneers did not field U19.5 teams and were replaced by Berwick, Blackburn, Ferntree Gully/South Croydon, Mitcham, South Belgrave and Wantirna South.