Sunraysia Football League

The Sunraysia Football and Netball League, also known simply as the SFNL is an Australian rules league in the Sunraysia district of north-west Victoria and south-west New South Wales. Nine clubs – Mildura, South Mildura, Imperials, Irymple, Red Cliffs, Merbein, Robinvale–Euston, Ouyen United and Wentworth – participate in the competition, which includes senior and junior grades of football and netball. The SFNL is considered a major country league. The league's grand final is traditionally played at City Oval in Mildura.

Sunraysia Football & Netball League

General Information
Founded	1945
Records
Highest Score	298 - Wentworth 45.28.298 (v Mildura) - 2002
Most goals in a game	20 - Paul Evans - Robinvale (v South Mildura) – 2001 Jarrod Arentz – Wentworth Districts (v South Mildura) – 2001
Most goals in a season	163 - Trevor Sutton - Robinvale - 1984
Most career goals	689 - Graham Bland (Merbein)
Most wins in a row	38 - Imperials 1986-1988
Most losses in a row	46 Ouyen 1979-1981
Most flags in a row	4 Imperials 1992-1995

History

The Sunraysia Football League was formed in 1945, replacing the earlier Mildura Football League (which existed from 1903 to 1920) and the Mildura District Football League (which existed from 1921 to 1944).

Stance on Violence

Irymple Football Club is working with Kim O'Reilly to educate players around healthy relationships and violence against women. O'Reilly was seriously assaulted by ex-Irymple player Jake Frecker.

Irymple Club president Dennis Mitchell has called for Football clubs to change their culture around violence, condemning the support Dimboola Football Club provided to Frecker after he was charged with the assault on O'Reilly,"When your sporting club is the heart of the community, then it is our responsibility to be a vehicle for [education on family violence]"[1]

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Colours	Years in SFNL	Premierships
Imperials	Imps	Mildura, Victoria	City Oval	Green and white	1945-	19 (1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1971, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013)
Irymple	Swallows	Irymple, Victoria	Henshilwood Oval	Blue and gold	1945-	7 (1954, 1966, 1976, 1978, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2019)
Merbein	Magpies	Merbein, Victoria	Kenny Park		1945-	6 (1948, 1962, 1963, 1975, 2002, 2003)
Mildura	Demons	Mildura, Victoria	City Oval		1945-	8 (1946, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1982, 2007)
Ouyen United	Kangas[2]	Ouyen and Underbool, Victoria	Blackburn Park and Underbool Recreation Reserve		2016-	2 (2016, 2018)
Red Cliffs	Tigers	Red Cliffs, Victoria	Quandong Park		1945-	11 (1953, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2014, 2015)
Robinvale–Euston	Eagles	Robinvale, VIC and Euston, NSW	John James Oval and Euston Recreation Reserve		1958-	9 (1965, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2010)
South Mildura	Bulldogs	Mildura, Victoria	Sarah Oval		1945-	4 (1968, 1969, 1970, 1998)
Wentworth Districts	Kangaroos	Dareton, New South Wales	George Gordon Oval		1957-	6 (1973, 1984, 1996, 2001, 2009, 2012)

Former clubs

Club	Location	Premierships
RAAF	Mildura, Victoria	1 (1945)
University	Mildura, Victoria	1 (1947)
South Merbein	Merbein South, Victoria	nil
Ouyen*	Ouyen, Victoria	nil

(*) Ouyen competed between 1979 - 1982

Premiers

1945 RAAF 1946 MILDURA 1947 UNIVERSITY 1948 MERBEIN 1949 IMPERIALS 1950 IMPERIALS 1951 MILDURA 1952 MILDURA 1953 RED CLIFFS 1954 IRYMPLE 1955 MILDURA 1956 IMPERIALS 1957 IMPERIALS 1958 MILDURA 1959 RED CLIFFS 1960 MILDURA 1961 RED CLIFFS 1962 MERBEIN 1963 MERBEIN 1964 RED CLIFFS

1965 ROBINVALE 1966 IRYMPLE 1967 ROBINVALE 1968 SOUTH MILDURA 1969 SOUTH MILDURA 1970 SOUTH MILDURA 1971 IMPERIALS 1972 ROBINVALE 1973 WENTWORTH DISTRICTS 1974 ROBINVALE 1975 MERBEIN 1976 IRYMPLE 1977 IMPERIALS 1978 IRYMPLE 1979 ROBINVALE 1980 RED CLIFFS 1981 RED CLIFFS 1982 MILDURA 1983 RED CLIFFS 1984 WENTWORTH DISTRICTS

1985 RED CLIFFS 1986 IMPERIALS 1987 IMPERIALS 1988 IMPERIALS 1989 ROBINVALE 1990 IMPERIALS 1991 ROBINVALE 1992 IMPERIALS 1993 IMPERIALS 1994 IMPERIALS 1995 IMPERIALS 1996 WENTWORTH DISTRICTS 1997 ROBINVALE 1998 SOUTH MILDURA 1999 IMPERIALS 2000 RED CLIFFS 2001 WENTHWORTH DISTRICTS 2002 MERBEIN 2003 MERBEIN 2004 IMPERIALS

2005 IMPERIALS 2006 IRYMPLE 2007 MILDURA 2008 IMPERIALS 2009 Wentworth Districts 2010 Robinvale 2011 Irymple 2012 Wentworth Districts 2013 Imperials 2014 Red Cliffs 2015 Red Cliffs 2016 Ouyen United 2017 Irymple 2018 Ouyen United 2019 Irymple 2020 Recess due to COVID19 pandemic

Leading goalkickers

Year	Player	Club	Home and away goals	Finals goals	Total goals
1945	N McManus	Red Cliffs	114	7	121
1946
1947	Barry Moore	Imperials	45	0	45
1948	Jack Doherty	Merbein	62	0	62
1949	Jack Gleeson	Imperials	116	2	118
1950	Jack Gleeson	Imperials	118	13	131
1951	Lance Simpson	Merbein	68	0	68
1952	Ross Burr	Mildura	74	16	90
1953	Jim McKechnie	Red Cliffs	29	10	39
1954	Ross Burr	Mildura	58	9	67
1955	Ross Burr	Mildura	73	5	78
1956	Jim McKechnie	Red Cliffs	64	0	64
1957	David Gathercole	Irymple	71	4	75
1958	Stan Nokes	Merbein	110	11	133
1959	John Jessup	Irymple	73	5	78
1960	Ken Whitecross	Mildura	71	6	77
1961	John Jessup	Irymple	81	4	85
1962	John Jessup	Irymple	71	4	75
1963	John Jessup	Irymple	71	0	71
1964	Merv Summerfield	Imperials	47	0	47
1965	Peter Mitchell	Merbein	71	0	71
1966	Ross Burr	Irymple	56	0	56
1967	Alan Rowarth	Robinvale	79	0	79
1968	Alan Rowarth	Robinvale	59	0	59
1969	Graham Bland	Merbein	83	5	88
1970	Graham Bland	Merbein	87	0	87
1971	Graham Bland	Merbein	83	0	83
1972	Graham Bland	Merbein	106	0	106
1973	John Thompson	Wentworth	79	0	79
1974	Graham Bland	Merbein	100	5	105
1975	Graham Bland	Merbein	121	14	135
1976	Frank Curran	Robinvale	67	1	68
1977	Graham Bland	Merbein	107	4	111
1978	Alan McDonald	Imperials	85	4	89
1979	Peter Woodford	Red Cliffs	105	5	110
1980	Colin Chester	Mildura	139	15	154
1981	Colin Chester	Mildura	69	0	69
1982	Colin Chester	South Mildura	104	13	117
1983	John Price	Imperials	73	1	74
1984	Trevor Sutton	Robinvale	154	9	163
1985	John Price	Imperials	105	0	105
1986	Craig Earnshaw	Irymple	87	6	93
1987	Phillip Nash	Imperials	98	0	98
1988	Heath Shepherd	Robinvale	72	4	76
1989	Pat Healy	Robinvale	99	8	107
1990	Phillip Nash	Imperials	78	8	86
1991	Michael Dean	Wentworth	88	0	88
1992	Jasmin Baryzcka	Mildura	76	0	76
1993	Michael Johnston	Red Cliffs	109	3	112
1994	Chris Pohlner	South Mildura	96	8	104
1995	Michael Bilucaglia	South Mildura	107	14	121
1996	Dallas Kalms	Wentworth	78	15	93
1997	Dallas Kalms	Wentworth	111	11	122
1998	Michael Bilucaglia	South Mildura	85	13	98
1999	Toby Cardew	Mildura	71	0	71
2000	Robert Lindsey	Red Cliffs	124	10	134
2001	Paul Evans	Robinvale	119	0	119
2002	Brenton McMasters	Merbein	94	0	94
2003	Jason Bell	Red Cliffs	77	0	77
2004	Jason Bell	Red Cliffs	96	11	107
2005	Jason Bell	Wentworth	90	9	99
2006	Brett Haase	South Mildura	79	0	79
2007	Jason Bell	Wentworth	98	6	104
2008	Michael Faulkhead	Red Cliffs	77	0	77
2009	Michael Faulkhead	Red Cliffs	111	6	117
2010	Bradley O'Connor	Robinvale	115	17	132
2011	Carmelo Lando	Wentworth	103	11	114
2012	Carmelo Lando	Wentworth	74	6	80
2013	Michael Faulkhead	Red Cliffs	65	8	73
2014	Troy Moncur	Red Cliffs	62	11	73
2015	Jason Eagle	Irymple	117	6	123
2016	William Farrer	Ouyen United	54	10	64
2017	William Farrer	Ouyen United	90	3	93

2009 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Wentworth	14	0	4	0	2301	1409	163.31%	56		1st Semi	Robinvale	11	8	74	Red Cliffs	11	7	73
Imperials	13	0	5	0	2091	1286	162.60%	52		2nd Semi	Wentworth	20	12	132	Imperials	12	16	88
Robinvale	13	0	5	0	2073	1369	151.42%	52		Preliminary	Robinvale	13	13	91	Imperials	10	13	73
Red Cliffs	10	0	8	0	1980	1534	129.07%	40		Grand	Wentworth	24	19	163	Robinvale	10	10	70
Irymple	8	0	10	0	1947	1731	112.48%	32
Mildura	8	0	10	0	1824	1858	98.17%	32
South Mildura	6	0	12	0	1536	2003	76.68%	24
Merbein	0	0	18	0	755	3317	22.76%	0

2010 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Robinvale	18	0	0	0	2731	674	405.19%	72		1st Semi	Irymple	16	12	108	Imperials	13	9	87
Wentworth	14	0	4	0	1891	1420	133.17%	56		2nd Semi	Robinvale	28	8	176	Wentworth	10	8	68
Imperials	11	0	7	0	1825	1442	126.56%	44		Preliminary	Irymple	14	11	95	Wentworth	8	18	66
Irymple	10	0	8	0	1626	1637	99.33%	40		Grand	Robinvale	21	12	138	Irymple	11	10	76
Mildura	9	0	9	0	1634	1738	94.02%	36
South Mildura	8	0	10	0	1597	1923	83.05%	32
Merbein	2	0	16	0	1475	2594	56.86%	8
Red Cliffs	0	0	18	0	1071	2422	44.22%	0

2011 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irymple	16	0	2	0	2236	1077	207.61%	64		1st Semi	Wentworth	18	11	119	South Mildura	9	11	65
Robinvale	15	0	3	0	2253	1111	202.79%	60		2nd Semi	Robinvale	17	8	110	Irymple	11	13	79
South Mildura	13	0	5	0	1907	1205	158.26%	52		Preliminary	Irymple	13	17	95	Wentworth	11	7	73
Wentworth	11	0	7	0	2196	1478	148.58%	44		Grand	Irymple	13	10	88	Robinvale	12	9	81
Mildura	8	0	10	0	1602	1788	89.60%	32
Merbein	5	0	13	0	1222	2539	48.13%	20
Red Cliffs	3	0	15	0	1155	2294	50.35%	12
Imperials	1	0	17	0	1177	2256	52.17%	4

2012 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irymple	17	0	1	0	1977	799	247.43%	68		1st Semi	South Mildura	16	14	110	Mildura	7	3	45
Wentworth	15	0	3	0	2262	1154	196.01%	60		2nd Semi	Irymple	17	8	110	Wentworth	12	8	80
South Mildura	13	0	5	0	2052	1166	175.99%	52		Preliminary	Wentworth	13	11	89	South Mildura	4	17	41
Mildura	9	0	9	0	1268	1593	79.60%	36		Grand	Wentworth	14	7	91	Irymple	11	18	84
Robinvale	6	0	11	1	1311	1669	78.55%	26
Merbein	5	0	12	1	1396	1614	86.49%	22
Red Cliffs	4	0	14	0	1150	2044	56.26%	16
Imperials	2	0	16	0	916	2293	39.95%	8

2013 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irymple	14	0	4	0	2093	1156	181.06%	56		1st Semi	Red Cliffs	26	11	167	Wentworth	18	7	115
Imperials	13	0	4	1	1731	1276	135.66%	54		2nd Semi	Irymple	13	14	92	Imperials	11	8	74
Red Cliffs	13	0	4	1	1795	1346	133.36%	54		Preliminary	Imperials	10	19	79	Red Cliffs	8	7	55
Wentworth	9	0	9	0	1603	1630	98.34%	36		Grand	Imperials	12	8	80	Irymple	6	10	46
Mildura	7	0	11	0	1308	1477	88.56%	28
Robinvale	6	0	11	1	1325	1632	81.19%	26
South Mildura	6	0	11	1	1312	1814	72.33%	26
Merbein	2	0	16	0	1187	2023	58.68%	8

2014 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Imperials	16	0	2	0	1879	1019	184.40%	64		1st Semi	Red Cliffs	14	12	96	Imperials	11	11	77
Red Cliffs	14	0	4	0	1829	1365	133.99%	56		2nd Semi	Irymple	9	12	66	Mildura	9	8	62
Irymple	12	0	6	0	1727	1250	138.16%	48		Preliminary	Imperials	15	9	99	Irymple	9	8	62
Mildura	11	0	7	0	1401	1192	117.53%	44		Grand	Red Cliffs	15	20	110	Irymple	14	6	90
South Mildura	9	0	9	0	1581	1476	107.11%	36
Wentworth	5	0	13	0	1510	1596	94.61%	20
Robinvale	3	0	15	0	945	1947	48.54%	12
Merbein	2	0	16	0	983	2010	48.91%	8

2015 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Imperials	15	0	3	0	2087	1155	180.69%	60		1st Semi	Red Cliffs	12	14	86	Irymple	10	13	73
Mildura	15	0	3	0	1959	1155	169.61%	60		2nd Semi	Imperials	17	7	109	Mildura	6	13	49
Irymple	12	0	6	0	1810	1388	130.40%	48		Preliminary	Red Cliffs	18	8	116	Mildura	12	9	81
Red Cliffs	12	0	6	0	1720	1759	97.78%	48		Grand	Red Cliffs	15	9	99	Imperials	14	7	91
South Mildura	7	0	11	0	1468	1582	92.79%	28
Merbein	6	0	12	0	1393	1854	75.13%	24
Wentworth	4	0	14	0	1228	1834	66.96%	16
Robinvale-Euston	1	0	17	0	1019	1957	52.07%	4

2016 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Mildura	13	0	3	0	1523	1004	151.69%	52		1st Semi	Ouyen United	11	14	80	Merbein	6	7	43
Irymple	13	0	3	0	1438	1097	131.08%	52		2nd Semi	Mildura	11	13	79	Irymple	5	6	36
Ouyen United	9	0	7	0	1263	1157	109.16%	36		Preliminary	Ouyen United	17	6	108	Irymple	8	13	61
Merbein	9	0	7	0	1301	1322	98.41%	36		Grand	Ouyen United	16	10	106	Mildura	11	11	77
Red Cliffs	7	0	9	0	1420	1354	104.87%	28
Wentworth	7	0	9	0	1206	1265	95.34%	28
Robinvale-Euston	7	0	9	0	1130	1313	86.06%	28
Imperials	4	0	12	0	1069	1372	77.92%	16
South Mildura	3	0	13	0	839	1305	64.29%	12

2017 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Mildura	14	0	2	0	1831	939	194.99%	56		1st Semi	Irymple	14	19	103	Robinvale-Euston	3	6	24
Ouyen United	12	0	4	0	1748	1197	146.03%	48		2nd Semi	Ouyen United	12	10	82	Mildura	11	10	76
Irymple	10	0	6	0	1586	936	169.44%	40		Preliminary	Irymple	11	8	74	Mildura	5	13	43
Robinvale-Euston	10	0	6	0	1445	1190	121.43%	40		Grand	Irymple	9	15	69	Ouyen United	9	8	62
Imperials	10	0	6	0	1534	1286	119.28%	40
Wentworth	4	0	12	0	1021	1461	69.88%	16
Merbein	4	0	12	0	1123	1782	63.02%	16
Red Cliffs	4	0	12	0	1071	1803	59.40%	16
South Mildura	4	0	12	0	884	1649	53.61%	16

2018 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Ouyen United	14	0	2	0	1878	931	201.72%	56		1st Semi	Irymple	12	11	83	Robinvale-Euston	6	11	47
Red Cliffs	13	0	3	0	1401	1039	134.84%	52		2nd Semi	Ouyen United	15	10	100	Red Cliffs	8	12	60
Robinvale-Euston	12	0	4	0	1490	947	157.34%	48		Preliminary	Irymple	10	6	66	Red Cliffs	8	7	55
Irymple	10	0	6	0	1348	904	149.12%	40		Grand	Ouyen United	10	11	71	Irymple	10	6	66
Imperials	10	0	6	0	1302	1074	121.23%	40
South Mildura	5	0	11	0	948	1420	66.76%	20
Wentworth	4	0	12	0	783	1310	59.77%	16
Mildura	3	0	13	0	851	1464	58.13%	12
Merbein	1	0	15	0	748	1660	45.06%	4

2019 Ladder

Sunrayia FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irymple	14	0	1	1	1597	963	165.84%	58		1st Semi	Robinvale-Euston	14	9	93	Wentworth	11	7	73
Imperials	13	0	3	0	1571	887	177.11%	52		2nd Semi	Imperials	12	13	85	Irymple	9	15	69
Robinvale-Euston	10	0	5	1	1331	1213	109.73%	42		Preliminary	Irymple	12	15	87	Robinvale-Euston	5	5	35
Wentworth	8	0	8	0	1284	1307	98.24%	32		Grand	Irymple	9	12	66	Imperials	8	11	59
Ouyen United	8	0	8	0	1244	1302	95.55%	32
Merbein	7	0	9	0	1369	1358	100.81%	28
Mildura	5	0	11	0	1114	1314	84.78%	20
Red Cliffs	4	0	12	0	1074	1550	69.29%	16
South Mildura	2	0	14	0	819	1509	54.27%	8

External links

• Full Points Footy -Sunraysia Football League
• League website

References

1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-24/domestic-violence-victim-says-football-clubs-must-change/13007848
2. Ouyen in as the Kangas