The Ellinbank and District Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria for smaller towns and villages in the regions of Baw Baw, South Gippsland and Cardinia.
The Ellinbank and District Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria for smaller towns and villages in the regions of Baw Baw, South Gippsland and Cardinia.
There are 11 teams in the league fielding 2 senior sides and 2 junior sides (U/16.5 and U/18.5)
History
The EDFL was founded in 1937.
In 2014, the league partitioned into two geographic divisions which operated as separate competitions with separate premiers. In this season, the seven-team western division comprised Nar Nar Goon, Garfield, Cora Lynn, Koo-wee-rup, Bunyip, Catani and Lang Lang; and the eastern division, with eight clubs, comprised Nyora, Poowong, Ellinbank, Nilma-Darnum, Warragul Industrials, Buln Buln, Neerim-Neerim South and Longwarry. This partition lasted only one year, and the league rejoined as a single division again from 2015.In 2016 C31 broadcast a live match of the EDFL game between Koo Wee Rup and Cora Lynn.
In 2017 five clubs were redirected to found the West Gippsland Football Netball League. This left the league with ten clubs. The 2019 senior premiership was won by Longwarry Football Club over Ellinbank by 39 points. The grand final was played at Dowton Park Yarragon.
In the 2018 AFL Gippsland League Review, Yarragon joined from the neighbouring Mid Gippsland League. Warragul Industrials moved to the West Gippsland League, keeping the competition at ten clubs.
The 2019 senior premiership was won by Longwarry Football Club over Ellinbank by 39 points. This ended a 51-year premiership drought for Longwarry and giving them their first EDFL premiership. The grand final was played at Dowton Park Yarragon.
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, all EDFL competitions were abandoned for season 2020.
In 2021 the Trafalgar Football and Netball Club will join the EDFL taking the total teams to 11. 2021 will also see the junior age structure change to Under 16.5 and Under 18.5
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