Ovens & Murray Football Netball League
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The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray area. The name comes from the Ovens River, the river in the part of north-eastern Victoria covered by the league, and the Murray River, which separates Victoria and New South Wales.
Formerly | List
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Sport | Football (1893–present) Netball (1993–present) |
Founded | 1893; 131 years ago (1893) in Rutherglen, Victoria |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | Australia |
Confederation | AFL Victoria Country (2012–present) Netball Victoria (1993–present) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Established 2012 |
Leagues |
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Ovens & Murray |
Tallangata & District |
Ovens & King |
Upper Murray |
Wangaratta & District Junior |
Albury Wodonga Junior |
AFLNEB Youth Girls |
The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being Seniors, Reserve-Grade and Under 18s. In the netball competition, there are four grades, with these being A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade and Under 16s.
Currently a home and away season consisting of eighteen rounds is played. The best five teams then play off according to the McIntyre system, culminating in the O&MFNL Grand Final, which from 1995 to 2017 was held at the Lavington Sports Ground in the Albury suburb of Hamilton Valley.