Geelong Football Netball League

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Geelong Football Netball League
Geelong fnl logo.png
FormerlyGeelong Football League (1979–2012)
Sport
Founded1979;45 years ago (1979)
No. of teams12
CountryAustralia
Headquarters Highton, Victoria, Australia
ConfederationAFL Barwon
Sponsor(s) Blood Toyota
Related
competitions		 Geelong & District FNL
Bellarine FNL
Official website www.aflbarwon.com.au/gfnl

The Geelong Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, Australia. It is widely regarded as the highest standard Australian rules football league in regional Victoria, with several former AFL players now playing for a variety of clubs.

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History

The league was formed in 1979 when twelve clubs broke away from the Geelong & District Football League. [1] The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league of the GDFL. Many of the teams in the lower league wanted a system of promotion and relegation, which was fought by the GFL until the early 1980s when the Victorian Country Football League held a hearing in Melbourne. As a result, a trial promotion-relegation system was put into place on a voluntary basis. Today, the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with a three-division, three league competition of the Geelong FL, Bellarine FL and Geelong & District FL in place in the Geelong region. [2]

In March 2024, following extensive consultation [3] AFL Barwon detailed a plan that would expand the second-tier Bellarine Football Netball League to 12 teams from 2025 with a path for a team to accept an invitation for promotion to the GFNL, replacing a club that would then be relegated from the GFNL. [4]

Clubs

Current clubs

ClubColoursMonikerHome venueEst.Former
league		GFNL SeasonsGFNL premierships
FootballNetball
TotalMost recentTotalMost recent
Bell Park
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DragonsHamlyn Park, Bell Park 1958 GDFL 1979–present420110—
Colac
Colac Football Club colours.jpg
TigersCentral Reserve, Colac 1948 HFL 2001–present120140—
Grovedale
RichmondDesign.svg
TigersBurdoo Reserve, Grovedale 1947 GDFL 1979–present0—0—
Geelong West
GWS Giants Football Club colours.jpg
GiantsWest Oval, Geelong West 2017—2017–present0—0—
Lara
Lara Football Club colours.jpg
CatsLara Recreation Reserve, Lara 1880 GDFL 1989–present2200222003
Leopold
Leopold Football Club colours.jpg
LionsLeopold Memorial Park, Leopold 1955 BFL 1992–present320240—
Newtown & Chilwell
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EaglesElderslie Reserve, Newtown 1933 GDFL 1979–present3198682024
North Shore
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SeagullsWindsor Park, North Shore 1927 GDFL 1979–present11200022001
South Barwon
Southbarwon swans icon.png
SwansMcDonald Reserve, Belmont 1990—1990–present8201382012
St Albans
St Albans Football Club colours.jpg
SupersaintsSt Albans Reserve, Thomson 1880 GDFL 1979–present219880—
St Joseph's
St Josephs Football Club colours.jpg
JoeysHerne Hill Reserve, Herne Hill 1973 GDFL 1985–present4201812008
St Mary's
St Mary's Sporting Club colours.jpg
Saints Kardinia Park West, South Geelong 1953 GDFL 1979–present620220—

Former clubs

ClubColoursMonikerHome venueFormer
league		Est.GFNL SeasonsGFNL premiershipsFate
TotalMost recent
Barwon
Southbarwon swans icon.png
BulldogsHighton Recreation Reserve, Highton GDFL c. 19001979–19890—Merged with Belmont to form South Barwon in 1990
East Geelong
East Geelong Football Club colours.jpg
EaglesRichmond Oval, East Geelong GDFL 187919790—Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1980
Geelong Amateur
Geelong Amateur Football Club colours.jpg
AmmosQueens Park, Highton GDFL 19261986–19880—Moved to Bellarine FNL in 1989
Geelong West SC
Geelong West Sporting Club colours.jpg
CheetahsWest Oval, Geelong West GDFL 19261979–19850—Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1986
Geelong West St Peters
Geelong West St Peters Football Club colours.jpg
RoostersWest Oval, Geelong West —19891989–20160—Merged with Geelong West SC to form Geelong West Giants in 2017
North Geelong
AFL Collingwood Icon.jpg
MagpiesOsborne Park,

North Geelong

GDFL 18761979–19820—Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1984
St Peters
AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg
SaintsWalker Oval, Herne Hill GDFL c. 19501979, 1982–19880—Merged with Geelong West to form Geelong West St Peters in 1989
Thomson
Thomson Football Club colours.jpg
TigersThomson Recreation Reserve, Thomson GDFL 19531979–1981, 19840—Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1985

Premiers

Senior football

+Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
^Player also won the Mathieson Medal as the best and fairest in the league
SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreVenueBest on groundRef.
1979 St Mary's North Shore 15.13 (103) d. 12.10 (82)West OvalTrevor McLean (St Mary's) [5] [6]
1980 North Shore + St Mary's 14.11 (95) d. 13.7 (85)West OvalSteve Mathieson (North Shore) [5] [6]
1981 North Shore +(2) Newtown & Chilwell 14.12 (96) d. 12.8 (80)West OvalJohn Albon (North Shore) [5] [6]
1982 Newtown & Chilwell St Peters 19.21 (135) d. 12.9 (81)West OvalGary Kelly (Newtown & Chilwell) [5] [6]
1983 North Shore +(3) Bell Park 18.14 (122) d. 17.14 (116)West OvalDarren Purcell (North Shore) [5] [6]
1984 Bell Park St Albans 12.9 (81) d. 10.6 (66)West OvalGrant Sutherland (Bell Park) [5] [6]
1985 Newtown & Chilwell +(2) St Albans 21.11 (137) d. 13.18 (96)West Oval Basil Flynn^ (Newtown & Chilwell) [5] [6]
1986 Newtown & Chilwell (3) St Albans 21.8 (144) d. 15.8 (98)West Oval Basil Flynn (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [5] [6]
1987 St Albans + Newtown & Chilwell 14.12 (110) d. 12.16 (88)West OvalMark Dahlhaus^ (St Albans) [5] [6]
1988 St Albans +(2) St Joseph's 12.14 (86) d. 11.12 (78)West OvalWayne Tyquin (St Albans) [5] [6]
1989 St Joseph's + St Mary's 18.14 (122) d. 10.5 (65)West Oval John Fitzgerald (St Joseph's) [5] [6]
1990 North Shore (4) St Mary's 14.17 (101) d. 13.9 (87)West OvalRussell Campbell (North Shore) [5] [6]
1991 Bell Park +(2) North Shore 10.9 (69) d. 4.8 (32)West OvalBrad Nicholls (Bell Park) [5] [6]
1992 St Mary's +(2) Lara 20.6 (126) d. 12.19 (91)West OvalMichael Hosking (St Mary's) [5] [6]
1993 North Shore +(5) Lara 25.10 (160) d. 12.12 (64)West OvalFrank Fopiani (North Shore) [5] [6]
1994 Lara + St Mary's 13.12 (90) d. 12.10 (82)West OvalJason Hassett (Lara) [5] [6]
1995 North Shore +(6) Lara 15.22 (112) d. 10.9 (69)West OvalFrank Fopiani (2) (North Shore) [5] [6]
1996 North Shore (7) West Saints 9.15 (69) d. 8.12 (60)West OvalDamien Clark (North Shore) [5] [6]
1997 North Shore +(8) St Joseph's 22.14 (146) d. 18.7 (115)West OvalGlenn Keast (North Shore) [5] [6]
1998 North Shore +(9) South Barwon 25.15 (165) d. 11.11 (77)West OvalDanny Warren (North Shore) [5] [6]
1999 North Shore +(10) St Joseph's 24.12 (156) d. 12.7 (79) Kardinia Park Nathan Lewis (North Shore) [5] [6]
2000 North Shore (11) Lara 9.12 (66) d. 3.9 (27) Kardinia Park Mick Atkins (North Shore) [5] [6]
2001 South Barwon North Shore 16.15 (11) d. 9.4 (58) Kardinia Park Glen Wallace (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2002 Lara +(2) St Joseph's 17.14 (116) d. 13.14 (92) Kardinia Park Paul Lynch (Lara) [5] [6]
2003 Bell Park (3) St Mary's 8.11 (59) drew 8.11 (59) Kardinia Park Andrew Merriman (St Mary's) [7] [5] [6]
R: 14.6 (90) d. 10.11 (71) Kardinia Park Bruce Cohen (Bell Park) [5] [6]
2004 St Mary's (3) North Shore 19.8 (122) d. 14.11 (95) Kardinia Park Frank Fopiani (3) (St Mary's) [5] [6]
2005 South Barwon (2) Newtown & Chilwell 17.13 (125) d. 14.10 (94) Kardinia Park Leighton Richards (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2006 South Barwon (3) St Joseph's 14.12 (96) d. 12.8 (80) Kardinia Park Warwick Knuckey (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2007 South Barwon +(4) Bell Park 11.13 (79) d. 6.6 (42) Kardinia Park Jason Armistead (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2008 St Mary's +(4) Colac 21.15 (141) d. 5.12 (42) Kardinia Park Ben Lavars (St Mary's) [5] [6]
2009 South Barwon +(5) St Joseph's 15.12 (102) d. 6.9 (45) Kardinia Park Paul Sullivan (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2010 South Barwon (6) Bell Park 11.14 (80) d. 7.13 (55) Kardinia Park Luke Buckland (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2011 Bell Park +(4) South Barwon 11.12 (78) d. 11.6 (72) Kardinia Park Charlie Hallam (Bell Park) [5] [6]
2012 South Barwon +(7) Bell Park 17.9 (111) d. 8.12 (60) Kardinia Park Clinton Wells (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2013 South Barwon +(8) Grovedale 13.16 (94) d. 12.2 (74) Kardinia Park Anthony Biemans (South Barwon) [5] [6]
2014 Colac Leopold 19.14 (128) d. 11.13 (79) Kardinia Park Marcus Crook (Colac) [5] [6]
2015 St Joseph's +(2) Newtown & Chilwell 13.15 (93) d. 11.9 (75) Kardinia Park Daniel Lovick (St Joseph's) [5] [6]
2016 Leopold + St Mary's 14.9 (93) d. 8.9 (57) Kardinia Park Jai Thompson (Leopold) [5] [6]
2017 St Joseph's +(3) St Mary's 18.16 (124) d. 9.7 (61) Kardinia Park Daniel Lovick (2) (St Joseph's) [5] [6]
2018 St Joseph's (4) St Mary's 13.8 (86) d. 11.11 (77) Kardinia Park Joe Macula (St Joseph's) [5] [6]
2019 St Mary's (5) Colac 10.14 (74) d. 10.12 (72) Kardinia Park Ben Moloney (St Mary's) [5] [6]
2020Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
2022 St Mary's +(6) Leopold 13.13 (91) d. 6.10 (46)St Albans ReserveDamian McMahon (St Mary's) [9] [10]
2023 Leopold (2) South Barwon 13.16 (94) d. 6.8 (44)Leopold Memorial ParkLogan Wagener (Leopold) [11]
2024 Leopold (3) South Barwon 12.11 (83) d. 9.8 (62) Kardinia Park Brock Williamson (Leopold) [12]

A Grade netball

SeasonPremiersRunners-upScore [13] VenueBest on courtRef.
2000 North Shore St Joseph's 32 – 17[ ? ][ ? ]
2001 North Shore (2) Colac 32 – 31[ ? ][ ? ]
2002 Lara North Shore 54 – 44[ ? ][ ? ]
2003 Lara (2) South Barwon 51 – 49[ ? ][ ? ]
2004 South Barwon Grovedale 53 – 46[ ? ][ ? ]
2005 South Barwon (2) Grovedale 61 – 44[ ? ][ ? ]
2006 South Barwon (3) St Joseph's 64 – 36[ ? ][ ? ]
2007 South Barwon (4) St Joseph's 54 – 38[ ? ][ ? ]
2008 St Joseph's South Barwon 49 – 38[ ? ][ ? ]
2009 South Barwon (5) Colac 59 – 35[ ? ][ ? ]
2010 South Barwon (6) St Mary's 49 – 47 Geelong Arena Kelsey Browne (South Barwon) [14] [15]
2011 South Barwon (7) St Mary's 55 – 41 Geelong Arena [ ? ]
2012 South Barwon (8) Leopold 59 – 43 Geelong Arena [ ? ]
2013 Newtown & Chilwell South Barwon 54 – 31 Geelong Arena Casey Price (Newtown & Chilwell) [16]
2014 Newtown & Chilwell (2) Leopold 49 – 28 Kardinia Park Danielle Stewart (Newtown & Chilwell) [17]
2015 Newtown & Chilwell (3) South Barwon 44 – 43 Kardinia Park Danielle Stewart (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [17]
2016 Newtown & Chilwell (4) South Barwon 51 – 42 Kardinia Park Kathleen Knott (Newtown & Chilwell) [17]
2017 Newtown & Chilwell (5) St Albans 58 – 46 Kardinia Park Julia Woolley (Newtown & Chilwell) [18]
2018 Newtown & Chilwell (6) St Albans 60 – 45 Kardinia Park Kathleen Knott (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [19]
2019 Newtown & Chilwell (7) St Albans 57 – 30 Kardinia Park Danielle Stewart (3) (Newtown & Chilwell) [20]
2020Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
2022 Colac Newtown & Chilwell 41 – 33St Albans ReserveBrooke Allan (Colac) [21]
2023 Colac (2) Newtown & Chilwell 38 – 37Leopold Memorial ParkIndya Forde (Colac) [22]
2024 Newtown & Chilwell (8) St Joseph's 38 – 34 Kardinia Park Julia Woolley (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [23]

Individual awards

Senior football

Mathieson Medal

The Don Mathieson Medal is presented to the league's best and fairest player at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. It is named after Don Mathieson OAM, who founded the league in 1979. [24] Two players have won the award on three occasions: John Williams for Barwon and St Mary's across four seasons in the late 1980s, and Newtown & Chilwell's Matthew McMahon in consecutive seasons in the late 2010s. The award has been shared on eight occasions, most notably during a four-way tie in 1995.

^Player also won the Leading Goalkicker Award
Table of recipients
SeasonPlayerClubVotesRef.
1979Ray Pawley Bell Park [ ? ] [25]
1980Alex Rizun Bell Park [ ? ] [25]
1981 Alan Woodman St Albans [ ? ] [25]
1982Brent Dew St Albans [ ? ] [25]
1983John Pickering St Peters [ ? ] [25]
1984Rod Barrett St Mary's [ ? ] [25]
Vin Todd North Shore [ ? ] [25]
1985 Basil Flynn Newtown & Chilwell [ ? ] [25]
1986John Williams Barwon [ ? ] [25]
1987Mark Dahlhaus St Albans [ ? ] [25]
Paul Keating North Shore [ ? ] [25]
1988John Williams (2) St Mary's [ ? ] [25]
1989John Williams (3) St Mary's [ ? ] [25]
1990Paul Keating (2) North Shore [ ? ] [25]
1991Glenn Keast St Albans [ ? ] [25]
1992Dennis Pacor South Barwon [ ? ] [25]
Rene Peters Lara [ ? ] [25]
1993Brian Hinkley Bell Park [ ? ] [25]
1994Mark Dahlhaus (2) Leopold [ ? ] [25]
1995Alister Ford St Albans [ ? ] [25]
Glenn Keast (2) North Shore [ ? ] [25]
Shane Korth South Barwon [ ? ] [25]
Jason McGowan North Shore [ ? ] [25]
1996Matt Bruhn Grovedale [ ? ] [25]
1997Ricky O'Toole St Joseph's [ ? ] [25]
1998Mark Stewart St Albans [ ? ] [25]
1999Tom Hall North Shore [ ? ] [25]
2000Glen Wallace South Barwon [ ? ] [25]
2001Chris Huxtable North Shore [ ? ] [25]
2002Rick Wilde Leopold [ ? ] [25]
2003Rick Wilde (2) Leopold [ ? ] [25]
2004 Danny O'Brien North Shore [ ? ] [25]
2005Christian Shaw North Shore [ ? ] [25]
2006 Tony Brown Leopold [ ? ] [25]
2007Mark Corrigan South Barwon [ ? ] [25]
David Mensch Grovedale [ ? ] [25]
2008Torin Baker St Joseph's [ ? ] [25]
Paul Carson Geelong West St Peters [ ? ] [25]
2009Nick Batchelor Bell Park [ ? ] [25]
2010Ben Lavars St Mary's 21 [26]
2011 James Byrne North Shore 19 [27]
Daniel Lovick St Joseph's 19 [27]
2012Daniel Lovick (2) St Joseph's 15 [lower-alpha 1] [28]
Tim Sheringham Bell Park 15 [lower-alpha 1] [28]
2013Stephen Paulke Bell Park 18 [lower-alpha 2] [29]
2014Guy O'Keefe Leopold 24 [30]
2015Stephen Paulke (2) Bell Park 20 [31]
2016Nathan Deans Grovedale 17 [32]
2017Matthew McMahon Newtown & Chilwell 21 [33]
2018Matthew McMahon (2) Newtown & Chilwell 32 [34]
2019Matthew McMahon (3) Newtown & Chilwell 33 [35]
2020Not awarded [8]
2021Harry Benson St Mary's 26 [lower-alpha 3] [36]
2022Harry Benson (2) St Mary's 25 [lower-alpha 4] [37]
2023Matt Caldow South Barwon 22 [38]
Fraser Fort South Barwon 22 [38]
2024Doyle Madigan South Barwon 19 [39] [40]

Leading Goalkicker Award

The Leading Goalkicker Award is presented to the player who has kicked the most goals at the conclusion of the home-and-away season.

^Player also won the Mathieson Medal as the best and fairest in the league
Table of recipients
SeasonPlayerClubGoalsRef.
1979Rod Aylmer North Shore 71
1980Stephen Bentley Grovedale 82
1981Ross Aylmer North Shore 89
1982 Kevin Higgins Newtown & Chilwell 131
1983Bill Higgins St Peters 103
1984Bill Higgins (2) St Peters 102
1985 John Scarlett Newtown & Chilwell 104
1986Russell Webber Newtown & Chilwell 95
1987Russell Webber (2) Newtown & Chilwell 86
1988Wayne Tyquin St Albans 114
1989Chris Doyle St Joseph's 76
1990Dean Holroyd Grovedale 74
1991Dean Holroyd (2) Grovedale 52
1992Wayne Tyquin (2) North Shore 117
1993 Ray Sarcevic Bell Park 107
1994Ian Tompkins South Barwon 74
1995Matthew Kershaw Lara 78
1996Wayne Tyquin (3) St Albans 103
1997 Aaron Greaves St Joseph's 86
1998Shane Lowther Lara 73
1999Tom Hall North Shore 88
2000Zvonimir Suto Lara 100
2001Zvonimir Suto (2) Lara 83
2002Zvonimir Suto (3) Lara 59
2003Zvonimir Suto (4) St Mary's 84
2004Jay Bett Newtown & Chilwell 64
2005 Aaron Greaves (2) St Joseph's 84
2006Tim McLean St Mary's 65
2007Dale Carson Geelong West St Peters 56
2008Jarrod Garth Bell Park 86
2009Tim McLean (2) St Mary's 70
2010Dale Carson (2) St Joseph's 56
2011 Russell Robertson St Joseph's 80
2012 Russell Robertson (2) St Joseph's 69
2013Shaydon Bloomfield Lara 92
2014Jacob McGuane Colac 78 [41]
2015Jase Perkins St Albans 87 [42]
2016Jordan Erskine Grovedale 78 [43]
2017Jarrod Garth (2) Bell Park 90 [44]
2018Aiden Grace St Mary's 59 [45]
2019Andrew Boseley South Barwon 57 [46]
2020Not awarded [8]
2021Tom Gillett Grovedale 42 [lower-alpha 3] [47]
2022Mitch Patten Leopold 55 [48]
2023Sam Dobson St Mary's 60 [49]
2024Adam Garner Colac 62 [50]

A Grade netball

Best & Fairest Award

Table of recipients
SeasonPlayerClubVotesRef.
2000Sarah Birch North Shore [ ? ] [51]
2001Stacey Carson Colac [ ? ] [51]
2002Hope Carmody Colac [ ? ] [51]
2003Sascha Veldhuis South Barwon [ ? ] [51]
2004Jess Osment Bell Park [ ? ] [51]
2005Melanie Hyett North Shore [ ? ] [51]
2006Renee Smith St Albans [ ? ] [51]
2007Vikki Madden St Joseph's [ ? ] [51]
2008Renee Smith (2) Grovedale [ ? ] [51]
2009Casey Carroll St Mary's [ ? ] [51]
2010Renee Smith (3) St Mary's 29 [51] [52]
2011 Shelley Scott Colac 30 [51] [53]
2012Kristy Davis Lara 22 [51] [54]
2013Julia Knott Newtown & Chilwell 23 [51] [55]
2014 Molly Jovic St Joseph's 27 [41] [56]
2015Kaitlyn Amor Leopold 29 [42] [57]
2016Tori Honner St Joseph's 25 [43] [58]
Zanna Woods Leopold 25 [43] [58]
2017Zanna Woods (2) Leopold 24 [44] [59]
2018Zanna Woods (3) Leopold 30 [45] [60]
Julia Woolley (2) Newtown & Chilwell 30 [45] [60]
2019Hannah van Gemst St Mary's 23 [46] [61]
2020Not awarded [8]
2021Tori Honner (2) St Joseph's 11 [lower-alpha 3] [47] [62]
Kaitlyn Sheringham Bell Park 11 [lower-alpha 3] [47]
2022Ellen Doyle South Barwon 22 [63]
2023Emma Buwalda St Joseph's 34 [64]
2024Ellen Doyle (2) South Barwon 20 [40]
Eliza Cahill Colac

Hot Shot Award

Table of recipients
SeasonPlayerClubGoalsRef.
2000[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2001[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2002[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2003[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2004[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2005[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2006[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2007[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2008[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2009[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2010[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2011[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2012[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ]
2013Ruby Horton South Barwon [ ? ] [65]
2014Ruby Horton (2) South Barwon 769 [41] [66]
2015Ruby Horton (3) South Barwon 729 [42]
2016Ruby Horton (4) South Barwon 927 [43]
2017 Tharjini Sivalingam St Albans 701 [44]
2018Hannah van Gemst St Mary's [ ? ] [45]
2019Hannah van Gemst (2) St Mary's 861 [46] [61]
2020Not awarded [8]
2021Jane Cook St Albans 369 [lower-alpha 3] [47]
2022Ellen Doyle South Barwon 892 [63]
2023Ellen Doyle (2) South Barwon 701 [64]
2024Ellen Doyle (3) South Barwon 727 [40] [67]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Colac's Andrew Kelly polled 21 votes to lead the count, but was ineligible due to suspension.
  2. ↑ Colac's Andrew Kelly polled 18 votes to jointly lead the count, but was ineligible due to suspension.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Only 12 games were played due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ↑ Colac's Darcy Lang polled 26 votes to lead the count, but was ineligible due to suspension.

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