Yes, you read that correctly. The VFL match is on pretty much at the same time as the AFL match. The bastards. We’re at Windy Hill, but who cares?
It is on Kayo, which I would say is a good thing except I have this sneaky suspicion that the reason there is the clash is that this is a Kayo ‘freebie’ match. The AFL wouldn’t deliberately create a clash so that people had to sign up for Kayo to watch it … would they???
Whether I watch it will probably depend on how depressed or excited I am from the seniors.
I’m new to both AFL and the Bombers. I’m trying to understand the relationship between the VFL and AFL. Is one a farm league for the other? Or is their relationship completely different?
More or less. The VFL is a second tier competition which now is not only Victorian teams but NSW and QLD teams. Every AFL side based in those states has either a reserves side (like us) or an affiliated pre-existing VFL side (e.g. Melbourne have Casey) which they control and run (either wholly or partially depending on if it’s a proper reserve “club” or just an affiliated VFL side) and the players not playing in the AFL side will play with the VFL side (along with some exclusively VFL players who aren’t on the AFL list and can’t be picked for the AFL).
So our list has 45 (?) blokes on it, we pick 22 (and a half for the sub…) to play in the AFL and everyone else who’s fit but not picked plays for Essendon VFL to ply their trade and develop/make their case for selection in the AFL
It’s essentially the same setup in WA with the WAFL and SA with the SANFL for what it’s worth.
Does Sandringham choose their players based on the names of former greats?
Even just from Essendon they’ve got a Fordham, a Fletcher, a Williams, a Goddard…….
