AFL Victoria have announced the new rankings for the 2020 WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships after the 2019 edition was played out last weekend, with the Northern Football Netball League claiming the number one spot following a 24 point victory over the Geelong Football Netball League.
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It was Geelong’s second loss in the showpiece game in as many years after they were defeated by the Eastern Football League in 2018. Geelong were able to play in the showpiece again this season after the Eastern Football League decided to opt out of the competition.
The AFL Outer East lost convincingly to the Bendigo Football Netball League in ‘Game Five’ of the 2019 edition which pitted the two sides ranked nine and ten against each other. Following the 99 point loss the Outer East have now slipped to 11th position in the rankings, replaced inside the top ten by the Central Murray FNL who defeated the Gippsland Football Netball League by nine points on Saturday.
Bendigo climbed into eighth position in the rankings, above the Ballarat Football Netball League who went down by 74 points to the Hampden Football Netball League.
At this stage fixtures for next season are not finalised as leagues are given until the final months of the year to decide whether or not they would like to partake in the WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships in 2020.
The current 2020 rankings are below :
1. Northern Football Netball League
2. Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League
3. Geelong Football Netball League
4. Golburn Valley Football League
5. Ovens and Murray Football League
6. Hampden Football Netball League
7. Western Region Football League
8. Bendigo Football Netball League
9. Ballarat Football Netball League
10. Central Murray Football Netball League
11. AFL Outer East Football Netball League
12. Wimmera Football Netball League
13. Gippsland Football Netball League
14. Bellarine Football Netball League
15. Murray Football Netball League
16. Heathcote District Football Netball League
17 . Geelong District Football League
18. Riddell District Football League
19. Sunraysia Football League
20. North Central Football League
21. Southern Football Netball League
22. West Gippsland Football League
23. Central Highland Football League
24. Colac District Football Netball League
25. Ellinbank District Football Netball League
26. Horsham District Football League
27. Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League
28. Kyabram District Football Netball League
29 . Loddon Valley Football League
30. Golden Rivers Football League