- Feb 19, 2018
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- AFL Club
- Carlton
Thanks RoyboyBoth forfeited due to Covid both sides played each other the week before
At this early stage only 4 can win it
Ararat Eagles
Lismore/ Derrinallum
Tatyoon
Woorndoo
As to the future of the league…I’d suggest to you that it is bleak.
No one lives in the majority of these towns / localities.
Effectively you have;
Tatyoon
Great Western
Moyston Willaura
Ararat Eagles
All coming out of Ararat
SMW Rovers
Lismore Derrinallum
Come out of Ballarat
Wickliffe Lake Bolac
Come out of Geelong
Woorndoo
Get a lot out of Camperdown
Caramut
Hawkesdale MacArthur
Penshurst
Come out of Warrnambool
Glenthompson Dunkeld
Come out of Hamilton
Caramut & Moyston Willaura are in serious trouble, but effectively so are a minimum 3-4 others. Covid and increasing fuel prices have meant that it’s a perfect storm, low player numbers, low volunteers and more importantly low crowds and low community interest.
There has been a review called for the region but I reckon it’s probably a bit too late for a few. There is some talk of some of the western end clubs heading back to the South West league but that would leave a few in a mess. Travel is massive in this league and I’m sure 2022 will be the last for a few and at an extreme level could be the end of the league.
Yer see some big margins in games what’s happened to Great Western did they buy the premiership a few years ago or all Covid related