Warrnambool is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Allansford) marks the western end of the Great Ocean Road and the southern end of the Hopkins Highway.
Jason Heatley is a former Australian rules football full-forward, who played for Subiaco and St Kilda during the 1990s.
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria and play in the Ovens & Murray Football League. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is W.J. Findlay Oval in Wangaratta. Their playing guernsey consists of gold and brown stripes on the front and gold on the back.
Colin Campbell Watson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
Kevin Neale was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Later in his career, he was a player-coach or captain-coach for a number of teams in the Australian Capital Territory, before eventually becoming a full-time coach.
Australian rules football in Victoria is the most watched and second most participated code of football. Australian rules football originated in Melbourne in the late 1850s and grew quickly to dominate the sport, which it continues to. Victoria has more than double the number of players of any other state in Australia accounting for approximately 42% of all Australian players in 2023 and continues to grow strongly. Only Soccer in Victoria has more football participants, though the code's growth in Victoria has made up much ground lost to that code over previous decades such that they have now a similar number of players. The sport is governed by AFL Victoria based in Melbourne. The national governing body, the AFL Commission is also based in Melbourne.
The Tungamah Football Netball Club Inc, nicknamed the Bears, is an Australian Rules football club playing in the Picola & District Football League.
Ainslie Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.
The Wimmera Football League is a major Australian rules country league based in Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region: the regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murtoa and Warracknabeal.
The Maryborough Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Maryborough, Victoria.
Bill 'Newhaven' Jackson was an Australian cyclist and an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Joe McLaren is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The Warrnambool Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Blues, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the city of the same name. Warrnambool teams compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, where the football squad has played since 1933.
The South Warrnambool Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Roosters, are an Australian rules football and netball club that competes in the Hampden Football League. The club is based in the regional Victorian city of Warrnambool and have played in the Hampden Football League since 1933.
The Port Fairy Football Club, nicknamed the Seagulls, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the coastal town of Port Fairy, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, with its football squad having played there since 1949.
The Camperdown Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Camperdown, Victoria.
The Terang Mortlake Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bloods, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian towns of Terang and Mortlake. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League.
The Portland Football Netball Cricket Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian sports club based in the city of Portland, Victoria. The club's football and netball teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, with the football squad having joined it in 2013 along with the Hamilton Kangaroos.
Hugh McCluggage is a professional Australian rules footballer and vice-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
