Future of the WRFL

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Lavertons first jumper I believe was a an all black jumper with white diagonal stripe. Then they went to Collingwood stripes. The premiership was won with a half/half black and white jumper. I reckon they changed to port prison bars in the early 90’s and used them until 1999. The original Western Magpies jumper wasn’t a bad one either!

I could be wrong with the order but I think it’s right. Even went as far to ask a Laverton life member over a couple of beers.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Had cause to visit Crofts Reserve in Altona North last week (100 years of Altona North CC) and was very impressed with the $10m redevelopment. Great new rooms, 6 change rooms and now 3 cricket / footy grounds.

The Jets call it home on the main ground and the Superules are also tenants, just a pity there's no WFNL team there. Was talk of a new start up footy club there just prior to Covid, the group was being encouraged by the WRFL then, but seems Covid killed that movement off.

Seems a bit of a waste.

 

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Looks like the name change is official. The logo though, looks more like a logo for a transport company than a sporting league

 

[jumperfan]

Looks like the name change is official. The logo though, looks more like a logo for a transport company than a sporting league

That is a godawful font choice.

 

[SeaSide]

Had cause to visit Crofts Reserve in Altona North last week (100 years of Altona North CC) and was very impressed with the $10m redevelopment. Great new rooms, 6 change rooms and now 3 cricket / footy grounds.

The Jets call it home on the main ground and the Superules are also tenants, just a pity there's no WFNL team there. Was talk of a new start up footy club there just prior to Covid, the group was being encouraged by the WRFL then, but seems Covid killed that movement off.

Seems a bit of a waste.

I agree with you ‘not yet Dead Doggie’.

It won't happen: it doesn't seem that anybody on this side of the Yarra is interested in anything but their own clubs.
Therefore the future looks grim. Insular personified!

A great facility, and hopefully the Jets, Supers and possibly the disadvantaged (FIDA) make good use of it.

St Paul’s College did use it for their inter-college games, and if they now don’t, let’s hope that they resume there.

Local WRFL club members won’t support a new club as it would drain the thin amount of talent that’s currently there.

The WRFL won’t either, nor will the AFL. I approached the WRFL to assist in the founding of a new primary schools’ competition.

The WRFL advised me to contact the AFL.
The AFL advised me to contact the WRFL.
Touché – snookered.

That’s it for me, “adieu”.

BUT I’m still willing if I can get some help; can't do it on my own, will need at least 5 of us. Just drop a line on this forum.

 

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Here's the marketing guru who came up with it, and what he spent his outrageous fees on:

 

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But let's all band together and sing the praises of the WRFL. You know you want to.

 

[SeaSide]

But let's all band together and sing the praises of the WRFL. You know you want to.

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Smart a..e. And I still owe you a beer, or is it that you owe me one?
Can't remember. Must get together for a chat!
Anyway, I'd love to help as you know, but too many can't pull their heads out of their ...... you know the rest.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

You see that logo and you don't have a clue it is for football.

Usually the logo would have an oval shape in it, or even a half oval and half circle for football/netball.

 

[SeaSide]

You see that logo and you don't have a clue it is for football.

Usually the logo would have an oval shape in it, or even a half oval and half circle for football/netball.

Like the competition; down the gurg!

 

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You see that logo and you don't have a clue it is for football.

Usually the logo would have an oval shape in it, or even a half oval and half circle for football/netball.

Genuinely reckon it’s one of the worst logos I’ve ever seen. Can tell it was made in 5 mins.

 

[2s Hack]

Just spit balling here but could reasons for new logo be:
• further link to Western Bulldogs with colour scheme pattern of logo for sponsorship/academies etc?
• WRFL name change to WFNL, logo more inclusive of women with the W?
• No direct inference of a footy league in the logo, hence more than just a footy league
• I notice that the CEO came from another league with an established netball comp, trying to emulate?

Before you all come at me, I haven't said I like the logo

 

[MortlockWatcher]

My issue is that you see the logo and have no idea what it is for - as someone said earlier it looks like it is a logo for a public transport company.

I looked at seven league logos at random and in the Eastern FNL, Northern FNL, Heathcote District FNL, Kyabram District League and Colac DFNL ones there is a football and a netball, an oval shape inside a round shape or the silhouettes of footballers and netballers. The Loddon Valley and Goulburn Valley ones didn't.

If I looked at the logo for the first time without the writing underneath I would have no hope in identifying what it was for - for mine, that is a fail in Marketing and Branding 101.

 

[BlueJet]

My issue is that you see the logo and have no idea what is is for - as someone said earlier it looks like it is a logo for a public transport company.

I looked at seven league logos at random and in the Eastern FNL, Northern FNL, Heathcote District FNL, Kyabram District League and Colac DFNL ones there is a football and a netball, an oval shape inside a round shape or the silhouettes of footballers and netballers. The Loddon Valley and Goulburn Valley ones didn't.

If I looked at the logo for the first time without the writing underneath I would have no hope if identifying what it was for - for mine, that is a fail in Marketing and Branding 101.

Well said.
Ballarat FNL has a footy, a netball & the Southern Cross - no prizes for guessing what the logo is for.
A cursory glance should inform what it is.
The WRFL logo could be anything from Professional Wrestling to freight..

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I agree with you ‘not yet Dead Doggie’.

It won't happen: it doesn't seem that anybody on this side of the Yarra is interested in anything but their own clubs.
Therefore the future looks grim. Insular personified!

A great facility, and hopefully the Jets, Supers and possibly the disadvantaged (FIDA) make good use of it.

St Paul’s College did use it for their inter-college games, and if they now don’t, let’s hope that they resume there.

Local WRFL club members won’t support a new club as it would drain the thin amount of talent that’s currently there.

The WRFL won’t either, nor will the AFL. I approached the WRFL to assist in the founding of a new primary schools’ competition.

The WRFL advised me to contact the AFL.
The AFL advised me to contact the WRFL.
Touché – snookered.

That’s it for me, “adieu”.

BUT I’m still willing if I can get some help; can't do it on my own, will need at least 5 of us. Just drop a line on this forum.

If it’s any consolation (and it’s probably not) the AFL are equally useless in this area wherever you are.

Auskick is a good thing once you get them in, but try to put something in place to get more younger kids (particularly from backgrounds that are not traditionally footy focused) and they are woeful.

They might give a bit of money to some school program the government dreams up… it gets implemented by some Grade 2 teacher who has never picked up a footy in their life and doesn’t know how to make it fun for kids.

All the big money goes into NSW and Queensland because they see that as delivering more TV viewers.

 

[SeaSide]

If it’s any consolation (and it’s probably not) the AFL are equally useless in this area wherever you are.

Auskick is a good thing once you get them in, but try to put something in place to get more younger kids (particularly from backgrounds that are not traditionally footy focused) and they are woeful.

They might give a bit of money to some school program the government dreams up… it gets implemented by some Grade 2 teacher who has never picked up a footy in their life and doesn’t know how to make it fun for kids.

All the big money goes into NSW and Queensland because they see that as delivering more TV viewers.

Can we try?

 

[missfinland]

How does everyone see the future of the WFNL based on the junior competition with how many divisions across each age group and clubs that are placed within these divisions.

Several clubs having 2 and 3 teams in a age group which is fantastic.

There appears to be a few ducks and drakes being played, certain clubs looking for that flag in a division that they shouldn't be and I know it’s happened for years and years, not sure what the league can do about it, looks to be a 6-week grading period as well which is strange.

EDFL having similar issues by the looks - not sure there is a perfect answer.

 

[SimmoJ]

Where is the league and it's clubs heading?
What could new clubs come from and which ones are at risk?
Do the Western Bulldogs do enough in the region to promote the game?

Strengths:
Population boom. Melbourne's West is the fastest growing area in Victoria (if not Australia).
Grounds - seems as if every new housing estate is being built with a footy oval

Opportunities:
Club equality. We know what has happened in div 1 with a team winning 7 consecutive flags.
Competing with other sports. Western United A-League game is about to start with a new stadium in Tarneit. The changing demographic of the area is one you wouldn't associate with footy. The WSUCCA churches cricket comp have 10 divisions worth of competition.

Its funny how people think that WRFL and EDFL should merge, yet it sounds like EDFL is as much a rabble at the moment. Barely a quorum at their AGM, voted in board members based on only 13 clubs out of 35 after a totally butchered postal vote, now supposedly being lead by a tired dinosaur who still doesn't believe that women's footy has a place. Doesnt sound like the future of footy would be in good hands there either

 

[SeaSide]

Its funny how people think that WRFL and EDFL should merge, yet it sounds like EDFL is as much a rabble at the moment. Barely a quorum at their AGM, voted in board members based on only 13 clubs out of 35 after a totally butchered postal vote, now supposedly being lead by a tired dinosaur who still doesn't believe that women's footy has a place. Doesnt sound like the future of footy would be in good hands there either

Sad

Its funny how people think that WRFL and EDFL should merge, yet it sounds like EDFL is as much a rabble at the moment. Barely a quorum at their AGM, voted in board members based on only 13 clubs out of 35 after a totally butchered postal vote, now supposedly being lead by a tired dinosaur who still doesn't believe that women's footy has a place. Doesnt sound like the future of footy would be in good hands there either

Very sad.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Its funny how people think that WRFL and EDFL should merge, yet it sounds like EDFL is as much a rabble at the moment. Barely a quorum at their AGM, voted in board members based on only 13 clubs out of 35 after a totally butchered postal vote, now supposedly being lead by a tired dinosaur who still doesn't believe that women's footy has a place. Doesnt sound like the future of footy would be in good hands there either

That's incredible.

Can't argue top of Premier EDFL is superior to WFNL, but the strength of a comp is not just the top but also what lays below. There were 7 forfeits in EDFL Premier Reserves last year by 3 of the 10 clubs. Many other reserves teams there failed to score and many more failed to score a goal.

No doubt there's many problems and a kind of resignation that the Comp there is dominated by a handful of clubs.

Plenty of problems in the WFNL too, but don't recall any forfeits in the senior grades in 2024 (happy to be corrected).

A few green shoots in the WFNL but it needs the quality of D2 to improve and for clubs to improve themselves for the comp to improve its depth and to go forward......oh and to keep its current clubs, seems a few still want to get to the EDFL if the rumours are true. The 2 year WFNL / EDFL agreement to not transfer clubs will help the WFNL consolidate in the short term.