2025 VAFA season

2025 VAFA season
Date	5 April – 26 September 2025 [1]
←  2024 2026  →

The 2025 VAFA season was the 124th season of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), the largest senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. ^[2] The season began on 5 April and concluded on 26 September. ^{[3] [4]}

In the men's competition, 60 teams participated across six divisions under a promotion and relegation system. In the women's competition, 60 teams participated across six divisions, with a mid-season regrading taking place after round 4.

Association membership

Following the conclusion of the 2024 season, Bulleen Templestowe left the VAFA and moved to the Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL). ^{[5] [6]}

The newly-formed Port Melbourne Chargers Women's Football Club was admitted into the VAFA on 11 March 2025, entering its senior team in Premier B and a reserves team in Division 4. ^{[7] [8]}

Premier Men's

2025 Premier Men's season
Date	5 April – 26 September 2025 [9]
Teams	10
Premiers	Old Brighton 1st Premier premiership
Runners-up	Old Scotch 8th Premier runners-up result
Minor premiers	Old Brighton
Relegated	Collegians De La Salle
JN Woodrow Medallist	Marcus Stavrou [10] (Old Xaverians – 27 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Andreas Stefanakis [11] (Old Haileybury – 59 goals)
Matches played	94
←  2024 2026  →

Old Brighton won the Premier Men's premiership for the first time, defeating Old Scotch by 25 points in the grand final. ^[12]

Clubs

Venues

Club	Home venue(s)	Capacity
Collegians	Harry Trott Oval	1,000
De La Salle	Waverley Oval
Old Brighton	Brighton Beach Oval	6,000
Old Haileybury	Princes Park	3,500
Old Scotch	Camberwell Sports Ground	5,000
Old Xaverians	Toorak Park	5,000
St Bernard's	St Bernard's College Oval
St Kevin's	TH King Oval
University Blacks	University Oval	1,000
University Blues	University Oval	1,000

Coach appointments

New coach	Club	Date of appointment	Previous coach	Ref
Matt Smith	University Blues	14 November 2024	Guy Martyn	[13]

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Leadership group			Ref
		Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Other leader(s)
Collegians	Jordie McKenzie
De La Salle	Nick Hyland	Adrian Indovino [14]
Old Brighton	Marcel Bruin	Harry Hill
Old Haileybury	Daniel Ward	Bredie Seccull	Brodie Steele		[15]
Old Scotch	Mark Gnatt
Old Xaverians	Daniel Donati
St Bernard's	Steven Alessio
St Kevin's	Anthony Lynch
University Blacks	Dale Bower
University Blues	Matt Smith

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Old Brighton (P)	18	16	2	0	1738	1038	167.4	64	Finals series
2	Old Xaverians	18	15	3	0	1804	1093	165.1	60
3	St Kevin's	18	12	6	0	1491	1164	128.1	48
4	Old Scotch	18	9	9	0	1410	1298	108.6	36
5	Old Haileybury	18	9	9	0	1356	1405	96.5	36
6	University Blacks	18	8	10	0	1163	1462	79.5	32
7	St Bernard's	18	7	10	1	1316	1593	82.6	30
8	University Blues	18	6	10	2	1198	1361	88.0	28
9	Collegians	18	6	11	1	1243	1300	95.6	26	Relegated to Premier B
10	De La Salle	18	0	18	0	909	1914	47.5	0

Source: ^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Old Brighton	13.15 (93)								Old Brighton		10.17 (77)
	2	Old Xaverians	9.6 (60)								Old Scotch		7.10 (52)
						Old Xaverians		14.9 (93)
						Old Scotch		14.10 (94)
	3	St Kevin's	8.11 (59)
	4	Old Scotch	12.10 (82)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 13 September (2:00pm)	St Kevin's 8.11 (59)	def. by	Old Scotch 12.10 (82)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	[17]
Saturday, 13 September (2:30pm)	Old Brighton 13.15 (93)	def.	Old Xaverians 9.6 (60)	Elsternwick Park	[18]

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 20 September (2:10pm)	Old Xaverians 14.9 (93)	def. by	Old Scotch 14.10 (94)	Elsternwick Park	[19] [20]

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Premier Men's Grand Final
Friday, 26 September (2:30pm)	Old Brighton	def.	Old Scotch	Elsternwick Park	[21]
	0.1 (1) 4.9 (33) 6.12 (48) 10.17 (77)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 1.5 (11) 3.7 (25) 7.10 (52)	Umpires: J. Gibson, P. Sexton, D. Silfo [22] Jock Nelson Medal: Will Lewis (Old Brighton)
W. Lewis 4, H. Dick 2, J. Campigli, T. Fisher, A. Edgar, J. Hope		Goals	T. Farrer 3, W. Clark 2, J. Torney, B. Hays
W. Lewis		Best	S. Grant, T. Farrer, B. Easton, C. Cormack, A. Noblet, R. Walsh

Awards

Club best and fairest

Club	Winner	Ref
Collegians	Max Pinchbeck	[23]
De La Salle	Tom Filipovic	[24]
Old Brighton	Harry Hill	[25]
Old Haileybury	Olli Hotton	[26]
Old Scotch	Charlie Cormack	[27]
Old Xaverians	Marcus Stavrou	[28]
St Bernard's	Matt Sauro	[29]
St Kevin's	Liam Gunson	[30]
University Blacks	James Clark	[31]
Kane Loftus
University Blues	Darcy Chirgwin	[25]

Premier Women's

2025 Premier Women's season
Date	5 April – 21 September 2025
Teams	11
Premiers	Old Scotch 2nd Premier premiership
Runners-up	Caulfield Grammarians 1st Premier runners-up result
Minor premiers	Caulfield Grammarians
Regraded mid-season	Old Yarra Cobras Melbourne University
MacInnes Medallist	Mia Cowan [32] (Old Scotch – 22 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Hannah Smith (St Kevin's – 46 goals)
Matches played	80
←  2024 2026  →

Old Scotch won the Premier Women's premiership for the second time and the second year in a row, defeating Caulfield Grammarians by five points in the grand final.

Clubs

Venues

Club	Home venue(s)	Capacity
Beaumaris	Banksia Reserve
Cheltenham Reserve
Caulfield Grammarians	Glen Huntly Park
Fitzroy	Brunswick Street Oval	10,000
Kew	Victoria Park
Melbourne University	University Oval	1,000
Old Geelong	Como Park
Old Scotch	Camberwell Sports Ground	5,000
Scotch College
Old Yarra Cobras	Doncaster Reserve
St Kevin's	Righetti Oval
West Brunswick	McAlister Oval
Williamstown CYMS	Fearon Reserve	1,000
Loft Reserve

Ladder

Because teams did not play an equal number of home-and-away matches, the ladder was decided on match ratio. ^[33]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	M/R	Qualification
1	Caulfield Grammarians	17	15	2	0	789	270	292.2	60	88.2	Finals series
2	Old Scotch (P)	16	14	2	0	821	251	327.1	56	87.5
3	St Kevin's	16	13	3	0	631	371	170.1	52	81.3
4	Kew	16	8	8	0	560	485	103.2	32	50.0
5	West Brunswick	16	8	8	0	511	495	103.2	32	50.0
6	Fitzroy	17	7	10	0	437	598	73.1	28	41.2
7	Old Geelong	16	5	11	0	434	603	72.0	20	31.3
8	Williamstown CYMS	17	5	12	0	426	831	51.3	20	29.4
9	Beaumaris [a]	16	4	12	0	360	770	46.8	16	20.6
–	Old Yarra Cobras	4	0	4	0	34	249	13.7	0	0.0	Regraded mid-season
–	Melbourne University	4	0	4	0	21	485	4.3	0	0.0

Source: ^[35]
Rules for classification: 1) match ratio; 2) points; 3) percentage; 4) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Win–loss table

Home matches are indicated in bold.

+	Win		Regraded
−	Loss	X	Bye
	Draw		Eliminated

Team	Home-and-away season																		Finals series
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	SF	PF	GF
Beaumaris	Premier B	CG -73	OGEL -10	FITZ -11	KEW -56	OSCO -46	WBRU -56	WCY +12	SKOB -41	CG -67	OGEL -1	KEW -49	WBRU +25	X	FITZ +20
Caulfield Grammarians	OYC +79	WCY +62	OGEL +3	KEW +29	BEAU +73	SKOB +21	OSCO +4	FITZ +9	WCY +41	X	OGEL +30	WBRU +44	BEAU +67	KEW +15	SKOB -2	OSCO -3	FITZ +41	WBRU +41	OSCO -6	SKOB +9	OSCO -5
Fitzroy	KEW -21	MUNI +80	SKOB -16	OYC +76	WCY +2	OSCO -31	BEAU +11	CG -9	OGEL -6	SKOB -16	OSCO +109	KEW -1	WBRU +22	WCY +3	OGEL +3	X	CG -41	FITZ +20
Kew	FITZ +21	OGEL -36	WBRU +3	CG -29	SKOB -4	X	WCY +3	BEAU +56	WBRU -3	OSCO -36	X	FITZ +1	SKOB +10	CG -15	BEAU +49	WCY +64	OGEL +46	OSCO -35	SKOB -8
Melbourne University	SKOB -136	FITZ -80	OSCO -152	WCY -96	Premier B
Old Geelong	WBRU +10	KEW +36	CG -3	OSCO -23	X	BEAU +10	SKOB +13	OGEL -22	FITZ +6	WCY -14	CG -30	X	OSCO -57	BEAU +1	FITZ -3	SKOB -7	KEW -46	WCY -14
Old Scotch	WCY +87	SKOB -13	MUNI +152	OGEL +23	WBRU +18	FITZ +31	CG -4	X	BEAU +46	KEW +36	FITZ +109	WCY +66	OGEE +57	SKOB +20	X	CG +3	WBRU +41	KEW +35	CG +6	X	CG +5
Old Yarra Cobras	CG -79	WBRU -26	WCU -71	FITZ -39	Premier B
St Kevin's	MUNI +136	OSCO +13	FITZ +16	WBRU +31	KEW +4	CG -21	OGEL +13	WCY -48	X	FITZ +16	WBRU +44	BEAU +41	KEW +10	OSCO -20	CG +2	OGEL +7	WCY +108	X	KEW +8	CG -6
West Brunswick	OGEL -15	OYC +26	KEW -3	SKOB -31	OSCO -18	WCY +60	X	OGEL +22	KEW +3	BEAU +56	SKOB -44	CG -44	FITZ +22	X	WCY +19	BEAU +25	OSCO -41	CG -41
Williamstown CYMS	OSCO -87	CG -62	OYC +71	MUNI +96	FITZ -2	WBRU -60	KEW -3	SKOB +48	CG -41	OGEL +14	BEAU -12	OSCO -66	X	FITZ -3	WBRU -19	KEW -64	SKOB -108	OGEL -14

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Caulfield Grammarians	6.5 (41)								Old Scotch		4.9 (33)
	2	Old Scotch	7.5 (45)								Caulfield Grammarians		4.4 (28)
						Caulfield Grammarians		5.5 (35)
						St Kevin's		4.5 (29)
	3	St Kevin's	5.5 (35)
	4	Kew	4.3 (27)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 6 September (9:40am)	St Kevin's 5.5 (35)	def.	Kew 4.3 (27)	Genis Steel Oval
Saturday, 6 September (11:40am)	Caulfield Grammarians 6.5 (41)	def. by	Old Scotch 7.5 (45)	Barry Plant Park

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 6 September (2:00pm)	Caulfield Grammarians 5.5 (35)	def.	St Kevin's 4.5 (29)	Elsternwick Park

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Premier Women's Grand Final
Sunday, 21 September (2:30pm)	Old Scotch	def.	Caulfield Grammarians	Elsternwick Park	[36]
	0.1 (1) 3.2 (20) 4.8 (32) 4.9 (33)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 2.4 (16) 2.4 (16) 4.4 (28)	Best on ground: Jordan Mifsud (Old Scotch)
J. Mifsud 2, M. Cowan, L. Murphy		Goals	E. Angelopoulos, N. Barbara, C. O'Malley, M. Purcell
J. Mifsud, K. Hunter-Scott, E. Tassiopoulos, S. McIntosh, I. Tuttle, S. Fortunato		Best	I. Mottram, O. Rundle, C. O'Malley, J. Baxter, E. Cleland, M. Purcell

Premier B Men's

2025 Premier B Men's season
Date	5 April – 20 September 2025
Teams	10
Premiers	Old Trinity 6th Premier B premiership
Runners-up	Caulfield Grammarians 4th Premier B runners-up result
Minor premiers	Old Ivanhoe
Promoted	Old Trinity Caulfield Grammarians
Relegated	Fitzroy Hampton Rovers
GT Moore Medallist	Billy Murphy [37] (Old Ivanhoe – 21 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Liam Thomas [38] (Old Camberwell – 57 goals)
Matches played	94
←  2024 2026  →

Old Trinity won the Premier B Men's premiership for the sixth time, defeating Caulfield Grammarians by 12 points in the grand final. ^[39]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Old Ivanhoe	18	14	4	0	1673	1239	135.0	56	Finals series
2	Old Trinity (P)	18	14	4	0	1553	1166	133.2	56
3	Caulfield Grammarians	18	12	6	0	1521	1353	112.4	48
4	Old Carey	18	11	7	0	1599	1450	110.3	44
5	Williamstown CYMS	18	10	8	0	1552	1291	120.2	40
6	Old Camberwell	18	10	8	0	1437	1287	111.7	40
7	Old Geelong	18	9	9	0	1424	1430	99.6	36
8	Old Melburnians	18	7	11	0	1451	1418	102.3	28
9	Fitzroy	18	3	15	0	1218	1634	74.5	12	Relegated to Premier C
10	Hampton Rovers	18	0	18	0	950	2110	45.0	0

Source: ^[40]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Old Ivanhoe	9.13 (67)								Old Trinity		12.11 (83)
	2	Old Trinity	12.12 (84)								Caulfield Grammarians		10.11 (71)
						Old Ivanhoe		6.10 (46)
						Caulfield Grammarians		19.7 (121)
	3	Caulfield Grammarians	13.18 (96)
	4	Old Carey	6.10 (46)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 6 September (2:00pm)	Old Ivanhoe 9.13 (67)	def. by	Old Trinity 12.12 (84)	Genis Steel Oval
Sunday, 7 September (2:20pm)	Caulfield Grammarians 13.18 (96)	def.	Old Carey 6.10 (46)	Genis Steel Oval

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 13 September (2:30pm)	Old Ivanhoe 9.8 (62)	def. by	Caulfield Grammarians 19.7 (121)	Genis Steel Oval	[41]

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Premier B Men's Grand Final
Saturday, 20 September (2:30pm)	Old Trinity	def.	Caulfield Grammarians	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	[42]
	4.3 (27) 11.5 (71) 11.9 (75) 12.11 (83)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.6 (24) 5.6 (36) 8.10 (58) 10.11 (71)
B. Dowling 3, H. Beasley 2, J. Jenkins 2, D. Payman 2, B. Curtain, L. Davidson, H. McGlashan		Goals	C. Cooke 2, J. Dobosz 2, T. Williams 2, J. Ellwood, S. Hankin, S. McInerney, J. Webster
H. Thompson, C. Manoussakis, B. Dowling, J. Jenkins, T. Ferrier, S. Phillips		Best	C. Eerhard, J. Webster, C. Cooke, J. Hutchings, S. McInerney, N. Sutherland

Premier B Women's

2025 Premier B Women's season
Date	5 April – 7 September 2025
Teams	12
Premiers	Old Brighton 1st Premier B premiership
Runners-up	Old Melburnians
Minor premiers	Old Brighton
Regraded mid-season	Beaumaris Parkdale Vultures Coburg
Best and fairest	Maddi Wilson [37] [43] (St Bedes/Mentone Tigers – 26 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Georgia Harris (Port Melbourne Chargers – 46 goals)
Matches played	80
←  2024 2026  →

Old Brighton won the Premier B Women's premiership for the first time, defeating Old Melburnians by 23 points in the grand final.

Ladder

Because teams did not play an equal number of home-and-away matches, the ladder was decided on match ratio. ^[33]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	M/R	Qualification
1	Old Brighton (P)	15	14	1	0	833	231	360.6	56	93.3	Finals series
2	Old Melburnians	15	11	4	0	780	270	288.9	44	73.3
3	Port Melbourne Chargers	15	10	5	0	928	318	291.8	40	66.7
4	Westbourne	16	8	8	0	508	293	173.4	32	57.1
5	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers	14	6	7	1	516	550	93.8	26	46.4
6	Old Yarra Cobras [a]	14	5	9	0	417	409	102.0	20	35.7
7	Marcellin	15	5	10	0	524	677	77.4	20	33.3
8	Old Xaverians	15	4	10	1	436	718	60.7	18	30.0
9	Melbourne University [a]	11	0	11	0	73	804	9.1	0	0.0
–	Beaumaris	4	4	0	0	295	67	440.3	16	100	Regraded mid-season
–	Parkdale Vultures	4	0	4	0	36	466	7.7	0	0.0
–	Coburg	4	0	4	0	3	526	0.6	0	0.0

Source: ^{[44] [45]}
Rules for classification: 1) match ratio; 2) points; 3) percentage; 4) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Old Brighton	3.6 (24)								Old Melburnians		5.7 (37)
	2	Old Melburnians	3.7 (25)								Old Brighton		9.6 (60)
						Old Brighton		4.18 (42)
						Westbourne		2.1 (13)
	3	Port Melbourne Chargers	3.5 (23)
	4	Westbourne	4.3 (27)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 23 August (11:40am)	Port Melbourne Chargers 3.5 (23)	def. by	Westbourne 4.3 (27)	Elsternwick Park
Saturday, 23 August (2:00pm)	Old Brighton 3.6 (24)	def. by	Old Melburnians 3.7 (25)	Elsternwick Park

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Sunday, 31 August (11:40am)	Old Brighton 4.18 (42)	def.	Westbourne 2.1 (13)	Barry Plant Park

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Premier B Women's Grand Final
Saturday, 20 September (2:30pm)	Old Melburnians	def. by	Old Brighton	Barry Plant Park	[46]
	1.1 (7) 1.1 (7) 2.5 (17) 5.7 (37)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.0 (6) 5.5 (35) 5.5 (35) 9.6 (60)	Felicity Frederico Medal: Scout Howden (Old Brighton)

Premier C Men's

2025 Premier C Men's season
Date	5 April – 21 September 2025
Teams	10
Premiers	Beaumaris 3rd Premier C premiership
Runners-up	AJAX 5th Premier C runners-up result
Minor premiers	Parkdale Vultures
Promoted	Beaumaris AJAX
Relegated	Parkside Prahran
L Zachariah Medallist	Matthew Emmanouil (Parkdale Vultures – 18 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Hayden Boyce (Mazenod – 51 goals)
Matches played	94
←  2024 2026  →

Beaumaris won the Premier C Men's premiership for the third time, defeating AJAX by 21 points in the grand final. ^{[47] [48]}

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Parkdale Vultures	18	17	1	0	1800	1037	173.6	68	Finals series
2	Beaumaris (P)	18	16	2	0	1886	872	216.3	64
3	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers	18	13	5	0	1649	1317	125.2	52
4	AJAX	18	12	6	0	1608	1092	147.3	48
5	PEGS	18	10	8	0	1333	1330	100.2	40
6	Glen Eira	18	7	11	0	1251	1504	83.2	28
7	Marcellin	18	7	11	0	1204	1606	75.0	28
8	Mazenod	18	4	14	0	1184	1555	76.1	16
9	Parkside	18	4	14	0	917	1585	57.9	16	Relegated to Division 1
10	Prahran	18	0	18	0	870	1804	48.2	0

Source: ^[49]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Parkdale Vultures	7.8 (50)								Beaumaris		12.9 (81)
	2	Beaumaris	13.23 (101)								AJAX		8.12 (60)
						Parkdale Vultures		6.16 (52)
						AJAX		14.13 (97)
	3	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers	8.5 (53)
	4	AJAX	7.16 (58)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 6 September (2:00pm)	Parkdale Vultures 7.8 (50)	def. by	Beaumaris 13.23 (101)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Sunday, 7 September (2:30pm)	St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 8.5 (53)	def. by	AJAX 7.16 (58)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Sunday, 14 September (2:30pm)	Parkdale Vultures 6.16 (52)	def. by	AJAX 14.13 (97)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Premier C Men's Grand Final
Sunday, 21 September (2:30pm)	Beaumaris	def.	AJAX	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	[50]
	5.1 (31) 8.2 (50) 10.4 (64) 12.9 (81)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 4.6 (30) 6.8 (44) 8.12 (60)
M. Harms 3, T. Spencer 3, J. Cusack 2, J. Florent, J. Haeata, L. Hayes, B. Seers		Goals	J. Cohen 2, J. Parasol 2, N. Spitz 2, J. Israel, J. Vogel
C. Wilce, C. Heath, M. Harms, T. Spencer, K. Dyer, J. Haeata		Best	N. Spitz, E. Debinski, N. Lewis, T. Lipton, J. Israel, N. Pike

Division 1 Men's

2025 Division 1 Men's season
Date	5 April – 14 September 2025
Teams	10
Premiers	Old Peninsula 1st Division 1 premiership
Runners-up	Ormond 4th Division 1 runners-up result
Minor premiers	Ormond
Promoted	Old Peninsula Ormond
Relegated	Therry Penola Elsternwick
LS Pepper Medallist	Luke Ashen (Oakleigh – 26 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Luke Ashen (Oakleigh – 71 goals)
Matches played	94
←  2024 2026  →

Old Peninsula won the Division 1 Men's premiership for the first time, defeating Ormond by 74 points in the grand final. It was the club's first senior premiership. ^[51]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Ormond	18	18	0	0	1908	1234	154.6	72	Finals series
2	Old Peninsula (P)	18	14	4	0	2026	1282	158.0	56
3	Kew	18	12	6	0	1744	1329	131.2	48
4	Oakleigh	18	11	7	0	1729	1390	124.4	44
5	Preston Bullants	18	11	7	0	1659	1449	114.5	44
6	UHS-VU	18	9	9	0	1489	1406	105.9	36
7	Brunswick	18	6	12	0	1438	1576	91.2	24
8	Monash Blues	18	5	13	0	1155	1617	71.4	20
9	Therry Penola	18	3	15	0	1060	1994	53.2	12	Relegated to Division 2
10	Elsternwick	18	1	17	0	1151	2082	55.3	4

Source: ^[52]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Ormond	13.16 (94)								Ormond		6.17 (53)
	2	Old Peninsula	11.11 (77)								Old Peninsula		19.13 (127)
						Old Peninsula		17.13 (115)
						Kew		8.11 (59)
	3	Kew	11.9 (75)
	4	Oakleigh	4.12 (36)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 30 August (2:00pm)	Ormond 13.16 (94)	def.	Old Peninsula 11.11 (77)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Saturday, 30 August (2:00pm)	Kew 11.9 (75)	def.	Oakleigh 4.12 (36)	Barry Plant Park

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Sunday, 7 September (2:00pm)	Old Peninsula 17.13 (115)	def.	Kew 8.11 (59)	Box Hill City Oval	[53]

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Division 1 Men's Grand Final
Sunday, 14 September (2:10pm)	Ormond	def. by	Old Peninsula	Box Hill City Oval	[54]
	2.7 (19) 2.10 (22) 5.15 (45) 6.17 (53)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 (25) 9.7 (61) 11.8 (74) 19.13 (127)

Awards

Team of the Year

2025 VAFA Division 1 Men's Team of the Year ^[55]

B:	Luke Green (Preston Bullants)	Matt Oaten (Ormond)	Sean Callander (Therry Penola)
HB:	Ben Williamson (Old Peninsula)	Jeremy Simon (Ormond)	Fintan Davis (Kew)
C:	Fletcher Banfield (Brunswick)	Kurt Thiele (Old Peninsula)	James Flett (Monash Blues)
HF:	Daniel Marchese (Elsternwick)	Tom Hill (Preston Bullants) (c)	Regan Smith (Kew)
F:	Brandon Jackson (UHS-VU)	Luke Ashen (Oakleigh)	Bailey Payze (Old Peninsula)
Foll:	Flynn O'Toole (Ormond)	Hugh Peacock (Old Peninsula)	Jack Mason (Ormond)
Int:	Oscar Watt (Brunswick)	Oliver Thomson (Oakleigh)	Aaron Taylor (Ormond)
	Alex Chiocci (Kew)
Coach:	Kyle Pinto (Ormond)

Division 1 Women's

2025 Division 1 Women's season
Date	5 April – 8 September 2025
Teams	11
Premiers	Glen Eira/Old McKinnon 1st Division 1 premiership
Runners-up	Monash Blues
Minor premiers	Glen Eira/Old McKinnon
Regraded mid-season	Hawthorn
Best and fairest	Tiarna Jericho [37] [56] (Monash Blues – 32 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Abbey Duggan [57] [58] (Therry Penola – 26 goals)
Matches played	80
←  2024 2026  →

Glen Eira/Old McKinnon won the Division 1 Women's premiership for the first time, defeating Monash Blues by 21 points in the grand final.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Glen Eira/Old McKinnon (P)	16	16	0	0	821	269	305.2	64	Finals series
2	Monash Blues	16	12	4	0	669	296	226.0	48
3	Oakleigh	16	12	4	0	588	295	199.3	48
4	Whitefriars	16	9	7	0	579	406	142.6	36
5	Power House	16	8	8	0	427	414	103.1	32
6	Hampton Rovers	16	7	9	0	548	480	114.2	28
7	Therry Penola	16	6	10	0	570	647	88.1	24
8	Richmond Central	16	6	10	0	379	443	85.6	24
9	Old Haileybury	16	3	13	0	396	1033	38.3	12
10	Parkdale Vultures [a]	16	1	15	0	164	562	29.2	4
–	Hawthorn	4	0	4	0	32	328	9.8	0	Regraded mid-season

Source: ^{[59] [60]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Division 2 Men's

2025 Division 2 Men's season
Date	5 April – 14 September 2025
Teams	10
Premiers	St Mary's Salesian 1st Division 2 premiership
Runners-up	Old Yarra Cobras 2nd Division 2 runners-up result
Minor premiers	Old Yarra Cobras 1st Division 2 minor premiership
Promoted	St Mary's Salesian Old Yarra Cobras
Relegated	Aquinas Hawthorn
J Fullerton Medallist	Ben Ablett (West Brunswick – 22 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Jacob McElroy (St Mary's Salesian – 69 goals)
Matches played	94
←  2024 2026  →

St Mary's Salesian won the Division 2 Men's premiership for the first time, defeating Old Yarra Cobras by three points in the grand final. ^[61] It was the club's first senior premiership. ^[62]

The round 5 match between Old Yarra Cobras and Whitefriars was abandoned after Cobras player Matt Falkingham suffered a broken arm during the second quarter. ^{[63] [64]}

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Old Yarra Cobras	18	15	2	1	1956	1063	184.0	62	Finals series
2	St Mary's Salesian (P)	18	15	3	0	1878	1155	162.6	60
3	West Brunswick	18	13	5	0	1707	1172	145.6	52
4	South Melbourne Districts	18	11	7	0	1284	1216	105.6	44
5	MHSOB	18	9	9	0	1613	1515	106.5	36
6	Whitefriars	18	8	9	1	1481	1588	93.3	34
7	Canterbury	18	8	10	0	1730	1714	100.9	32
8	St John's	18	6	12	0	1437	1846	77.8	24
9	Aquinas	18	2	16	0	1114	1901	58.6	8	Relegated to Division 3
10	Hawthorn	18	2	16	0	1159	2189	52.9	8

Source: ^[65]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Old Yarra Cobras	8.8 (56)								Old Yarra Cobras		7.13 (55)
	2	St Mary's Salesian	8.7 (55)								St Mary's Salesian		8.10 (58)
						St Mary's Salesian		13.11 (89)
						South Melbourne Districts		9.10 (64)
	3	West Brunswick	8.6 (54)
	4	South Melbourne Districts	8.9 (57)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 30 August (2:00pm)	Old Yarra Cobras 8.8 (56)	def.	St Mary's Salesian 8.7 (55)	Genis Steel Oval
Saturday, 30 August (2:00pm)	West Brunswick 8.6 (54)	def. by	South Melbourne Districts 8.9 (57)	Martin Reserve

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Sunday, 7 September (2:55pm)	St Mary's Salesian 13.11 (89)	def.	South Melbourne Districts 9.10 (64)	Elsternwick Park

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Division 2 Men's Grand Final
Sunday, 14 September (2:30pm)	Old Yarra Cobras	def. by	St Mary's Salesian	Dunshea Oval	[66]
	3.2 (20) 5.7 (37) 7.8 (50) 7.13 (55)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 5.7 (37) 8.8 (56) 8.10 (58)

Awards

Team of the Year

2025 VAFA Division 2 Men's Team of the Year ^[67]

B:	Rory Chipman (Old Yarra Cobras)	Ben Hunt (South Melbourne Districts)	Angus Molden (St Mary's Salesian)
HB:	Michael Tobb (Canterbury)	Mitch Barry (St John's)	Joel Krauss (West Brunswick)
C:	Brock Ward (West Brunswick)	Emlyn Nettleton (West Brunswick)	Seb Gotch (Canterbury)
HF:	James Perrin (Whitefriars)	Jack Hall (Old Yarra Cobras)	Will Hellier (MHSOB)
F:	Jacob McElroy (St Mary's Salesian)	Mathew Pereira (MHSOB)	Tom Foley (South Melbourne Districts)
Foll:	Michael Wheeler (Canterbury)	Ben Ablett (West Brunswick) (c)	Ben Tricarico (St Mary's Salesian)
Int:	Harry Flack (Aquinas)	Herbert Fithall (West Brunswick)	Wil Fleming (Hawthorn)
	Tom Bell (Old Yarra Cobras)
Coach:	Clay Tait (St Mary's Salesian)

Club best and fairest

Club	Winner	Ref
Aquinas	Harry Flack	[68]
Canterbury	Michael Topp	[69]
Hawthorn	Wil Fleming	[70]
MHSOB
Old Yarra Cobras
South Melbourne Districts
St John's
St Mary's Salesian
West Brunswick
Whitefriars

Division 2 Women's

2025 Division 2 Women's season
Date	5 April – 7 September 2025
Teams	11
Premiers	La Trobe University 1st Division 2 premiership
Runners-up	Parkside
Minor premiers	Old Carey
Regraded mid-season	Wattle Park
Best and fairest	Emogen Johnson [37] [71] (Hawthorn – 24 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Martina Zeevaarder (Parkside – 23 goals)
Matches played	76
←  2024 2026  →

La Trobe University won the Division 2 Women's premiership for the first time, defeating Parkside by three points in the grand final.

Ladder

Because teams did not play an equal number of home-and-away matches, the ladder was decided on match ratio. ^[33]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WF	L	LF	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	M/R	Qualification
1	Old Carey	12	10	1	2	0	0	570	246	231.7	44	84.6	Finals series
2	Parkside	14	11	0	3	0	0	652	310	210.3	44	78.6
3	La Trobe University (P)	13	9	1	4	0	0	402	190	211.6	40	71.4
4	UHS-VU	13	7	0	5	0	1	328	323	101.6	30	57.7
5	Box Hill North	13	7	1	6	0	0	511	387	132.0	32	57.1
6	De La Salle	13	6	0	6	0	1	312	405	77.0	26	50.0
7	Hawthorn [a]	14	6	0	8	0	0	299	305	98.0	24	42.8
8	Brunswick	13	5	0	8	0	0	350	361	97.0	20	38.5
9	Aquinas	14	4	0	10	0	0	363	457	79.4	16	28.6
10	MCC	14	4	0	10	0	0	341	486	70.2	16	28.6
11	Coburg [a]	7	0	0	7	3	0	62	636	9.7	0	0.0
–	Wattle Park	4	0	0	4	0	0	56	166	33.7	0	0.0	Regraded mid-season

Source: ^{[72] [73]}
Rules for classification: 1) match ratio; 2) points; 3) percentage; 4) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Division 3 Men's

2025 Division 3 Men's season
Date	5 April – 14 September 2025 [74]
Teams	10
Premiers	Power House 2nd Division 3 premiership
Runners-up	North Brunswick 1st Division 3 runners-up result
Minor premiers	Power House
Promoted	Power House North Brunswick
Hutchinson Medallist	Harry Davis (Wattle Park – 34 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Blake Williams (Box Hill North – 85 goals)
Matches played	94
←  2024 2026  →

Power House won the Division 3 Men's premiership for the second time, defeating North Brunswick by 84 points in the grand final.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Power House (P)	18	15	3	0	2270	871	260.6	60	Finals series
2	Wattle Park	18	15	3	0	2068	1071	193.1	60
3	North Brunswick	18	13	5	0	1896	933	203.2	52
4	Richmond Central	18	13	5	0	1937	957	202.4	52
5	Box Hill North	18	11	7	0	1635	1302	125.6	44
6	Albert Park	18	10	8	0	1737	1265	137.3	40
7	La Trobe University	18	6	12	0	1318	1538	85.7	24
8	Swinburne University	18	4	14	0	1094	1852	59.1	16
9	Chadstone	18	3	15	0	1012	2430	41.6	12
10	Eley Park	18	0	18	0	611	3359	18.2	0

Source: ^[75]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand Final
	1	Power House	11.14 (80)								Power House		15.19 (109)
	2	Wattle Park	8.4 (52)								North Brunswick		3.7 (25)
						Wattle Park		7.9 (51)
						North Brunswick		8.6 (54)
	3	North Brunswick	10.10 (70)
	4	Richmond Central	4.8 (32)

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Sunday, 31 August (9:20am)	North Brunswick 10.10 (70)	def.	Richmond Central 4.8 (32)	Martin Reserve
Sunday, 31 August (2:00pm)	Power House 11.14 (80)	def.	Wattle Park 8.4 (52)	Martin Reserve

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 6 September (12:00pm)	Wattle Park 7.9 (51)	def. by	North Brunswick 8.6 (54)	Elsternwick Park

Grand Final

	2025 VAFA Division 3 Men's Grand Final
Sunday, 14 September (2:30pm)	Power House	def.	North Brunswick	Genis Steel Oval	[76]
	3.8 (26) 3.11 (29) 11.17 (83) 15.19 (109)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.0 (0) 0.2 (2) 0.3 (3) 3.7 (25)

Awards

Team of the Year

2025 VAFA Division 3 Men's Team of the Year ^[77]

B:	Zac Durrant (Wattle Park)	Richie Keane (Box Hill North)	Adam Tsardakis (North Brunswick)
HB:	Connor McCredden (La Trobe University)	Sasha Araldi (Richmond Central)	Luke Stubbs (Power House)
C:	Mitch Newman (Power House)	Harry Davis (Wattle Park) (c)	Nick Trewhella (North Brunswick)
HF:	Blake Williams (Box Hill North)	Simon Heather (Swinburne University)	Andrew Ramzy (North Brunswick)
F:	Ben Young (Richmond Central)	Thomas Wilson (Albert Park)	Michael Timmons (Power House)
Foll:	Beau Parthenides (Box Hill North)	Ben Circosta (Power House)	Zac Dicianni (North Brunswick)
Int:	Nathan Bird (Wattle Park)	Hristos Millaras (Chadstone)	Elias Manne (North Brunswick)
	Zac Hayes (Eley Park)
Coach:	Nick Cox (Power House)

Division 3 Women's

2025 Division 3 Women's season
Date	5 April – 6 September 2025
Teams	12
Premiers	St Mary's Salesian 1st Division 3 premiership
Runners-up	Ormond
Minor premiers	St Mary's Salesian
Regraded mid-season	Canterbury Preston Bullants
Best and fairest	Lucy Dobbyn [37] [78] (St Mary's Salesian – 26 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Georgia Cropley (St Mary's Salesian – 49 goals) Indiana Harrison (Ormond – 49 goals)
Matches played	77
←  2024 2026  →

St Mary's Salesian won the Division 3 Women's premiership for the first time, defeating Ormond by two points in the grand final.

Clubs

Venues

Club	Home venue(s)	Capacity
Albert Park	Ian Johnson Oval
Canterbury	Canterbury Sports Ground
Elsternwick	Holmes-Todd Oval	6,000
Mazenod	Central Reserve	6,000
North Brunswick	Allard Park
Old Camberwell	Gordon Barnard Reserve
Ormond	EE Gunn Reserve
Prahran	Toorak Park	5,000
Preston Bullants	Ruthven Reserve
South Melbourne Districts	Ian Johnson Oval
St Mary's Salesian	Ferndale Park
Wattle Park	Bennettswood Reserve

Ladder

Because teams did not play an equal number of home-and-away matches, the ladder was decided on match ratio. ^[33]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WF	L	LF	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	M/R	Qualification
1	St Mary's Salesian	15	14	1	1	0	0	922	189	487.8	60	93.8	Finals series
2	Ormond	16	13	0	3	0	0	878	228	385.1	52	81.3
3	Old Camberwell	14	10	2	4	0	0	621	212	292.9	48	75.0
4	Albert Park	16	10	0	6	0	0	447	251	178.1	40	62.5
5	Mazenod	16	10	0	6	0	0	337	328	102.7	40	62.5
6	Wattle Park [a]	16	7	0	9	0	0	263	215	122.3	28	43.8
7	North Brunswick	16	7	0	9	0	0	416	353	117.9	28	43.8
8	South Melbourne Districts	16	3	0	13	1	0	192	604	31.8	12	18.8
9	Elsternwick	15	2	0	13	0	0	255	689	37.0	8	13.3
10	Prahran	14	1	0	13	1	0	90	1015	8.9	4	6.7
–	Canterbury	4	0	0	4	0	0	47	249	18.9	0	0.0	Regraded mid-season
–	Preston Bullants [a] [b]	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	123	4.9	0	0.0

Source: ^[81]
Rules for classification: 1) match ratio; 2) points; 3) percentage; 4) number of points for.

Division 4 Women's

2025 Division 4 Women's season
Date	5 April – 7 September 2025
Teams	13
Premiers	Westbourne 1st Division 4 premiership
Runners-up	Old Yarra Cobras
Minor premiers	Westbourne
Regraded mid-season	Preston Bullants [b]
Best and fairest	Jacqui Morton [37] [82] (Old Yarra Cobras – 17 votes)
Matches played	77
←  2024 2026  →

Westbourne won the Division 4 Women's premiership for the first time, defeating Old Yarra Cobras by twelve points in the grand final.

Notable events

• Prior to round 1, the VAFA Umpires Association said it was considering "disruptions" to the 2025 season after having their bonuses for finals matches removed. ^[83] The dispute was resolved on 3 April 2025, with umpires receiving an increase in practice match payments and reimbursements for visits to clubs during the pre-season. ^[84]
• On 22 September 2025, University Blues under-19s player Will Richter died after being struck by a truck while cycling. ^{[85] [86]}
• On 29 October 2025, 17-year-old VAFA umpire Ben Austin died in hospital, one day after being struck in the neck by a ball in practice nets while playing cricket. ^{[87] [88]} Austin had made his senior Premier Men's umpiring debut in round 11 and officiated in the Premier Men's reserves grand final. ^{[89] [90]}

Notes

1. Under the VAFA's regrading policy, a team that is moved to a higher section will retain their points for/against totals from the pre-regrading matches, but a team that is moved to a lower section will have all their points for/against totals from the pre-regrading matches removed. ^[34]
2. Preston Bullants were moved from Division 4 to Division 3 as part of the mid-season regrading, but were moved back down to Division 4 after two matches (including a forfeit). ^{[79] [80]}

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