| Murray Valley Football Netball League | |
| Sport: | Australian rules football Netball |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Confed: | SANFL Community Football |
| Country: | Australia |
The Murray Valley Football Netball League (MVFNL) is an Australian rules football League located in South Australia's Riverland region. The league features clubs from the smaller towns of the Riverland and Upper Murray region.
The league was born out of the ashes of the Riverland Independent Football League, which, after disassociating from the Riverland Football League following the conclusion of the 2022 season, combined with the Riverland Independent Netball Association to create a new administration and competition.[1]
The origins of this league came in 1909 when Lyrup, Renmark Town and Fairview Rovers founded the Murray Football Association. Lyrup won the first ever premiership.
The competition reformed in 1919 as the Upper Murray Football Association and in 1923 split into A and B grade competitions. In 1952, the Association became the Upper Murray Football League (UMFL), not to be confused with the league of the same name located around Corryong, Victoria.
In 1971, the league's B Grade division split out into its own competition as the Riverland Independent B-Grade Football Association. It was renamed the Riverland Independent Football League (RIFL) the following season, while the UMFL underwent its own renaming to the Riverland Football League.
Ramco joined the RIFL in 2009 from the Mid Murray Football Association (MMFA), as did Blanchetown/Swan Reach in 2010, and the MMFA disbanded.
At the conclusion of the 2022 season, the Mallee Football League disbanded and Murrayville applied for admittance to the new MVFNL competition.
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in MVFNL | MVFNL Premierships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | ||||||||
| Blanchetown-Swan Reach | Redbacks (formerly Bulldogs) | Blanchetown Oval, Blanchetown and Swan Reach Oval, Swan Reach | RIFL | 1972 | 2023– | 0 | – | ||
| Browns Well | Bombers | Paruna Oval, Paruna | RIFL | 1969 | 2023– | 0 | – | ||
| Murrayville | Blues (formerly Bulldogs) | Murrayville Oval, Murrayville | MFL | 1960 | 2023– | 1 | 2024 | ||
| Paringa | Swans | Paringa Oval, Paringa | RIFL | 1961 | 2023– | 0 | – | ||
| Sedan-Cambrai | Magpies | Cambrai Sports Club, Cambrai | RIFL | 1922 | 2023– | 1 | 2023 | ||
| Ramco | Roosters | Ramco Sporting Facility, Ramco | RIFL | 1909 | 2023– | 0 | – | ||
| Wunkar | Bulldogs | Wunkar Oval, Wunkar | RIFL | 1971 | 2023– | 0 | – | ||
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in RIFL | RIFL Premierships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years[2] | ||||||||
| Blanchetown-Swan Reach | Redbacks (formerly Bulldogs) | Blanchetown Oval, Blanchetown and Swan Reach Oval, Swan Reach | MMFA | 1972 | 2010–2014, 2016–2022 | 2 | 2012, 2022 | ||
| Browns Well | Bombers | Paruna Oval, Paruna | 1969 | 1971–2022 | 10 | 1972, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1985–86, 1988, 2000, 2016–17 | |||
| Paringa | Swans | Paringa Oval, Paringa | 1961 | 1971–2022 | 8 | 1979, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018 | |||
| Sedan-Cambrai | Magpies | Cambrai Sports Club, Cambrai | HFL | 1922 | 2016–2022 | 1 | 2019 | ||
| Ramco | Roosters | Ramco Sporting Facility, Ramco | MMFA | 1909 | 2009–2022 | 1 | 2021 | ||
| Wunkar | Bulldogs | Wunkar Oval, Wunkar | – | 1971 | 1971–2022 | 2 | 1974, 1976 | ||
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in RIFL | RIFL Premierships | Fate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | |||||||||
| Browns Well 2 | Bombers | Paruna Oval, Paruna | 1969 | 1971–1976 | 0 | - | Folded in 1977 | |||
| Chaffey | Blues | 1971–1973 | 0 | - | Folded in 1974, merged with Renmark Rovers to become Renmark-Chaffey in 1981 | |||||
| Cobdogla | Eagles | Cobdogla Oval, Cobdogla | 1919 | 1971–2021 | 11 | 1981, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008 | Folded in 2022 | |||
| East Murray | Tigers | East Murray Community Complex, Mindarie | 1971 | 1994–2014 | 1 | 2003 | Folded in 2015 | |||
| Gerard | Red, white and black | Hawks | 1948 | 1971–1972, 1974–1984, 1987–1989 | 0 | - | Folded in 1990 | |||
| Lyrup | Lions | Lyrup Sporting Complex, Lyrup | 1909 | 1971–2013, 2014–2021 | 8 | 1973, 1980, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2015 | Folded in 2022 | |||
| Moorook-Kingston | Warriors | Moorook Oval, Moorook | 1963 | 1971–2016 | 7 | 1971, 1977, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2014 | Folded in 2017 | |||
| Renmark-Chaffey | Rovers | – | 1981 | 1981–1986 | 0 | - | Folded in 1987 | |||
| Riverland United | Saints | – | 1997 | 1997–2001, 2003 | 0 | - | Suspended mid-season 2001, returned in 2002 and folded in 2004 | |||
| Riverland Independent | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1419 | 596 | 70.42% | 30 | 1st Semi | Wunkar | 9 | 13 | 67 | Browns Well | 9 | 8 | 62 | |
| Sedan Cambrai | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1475 | 822 | 64.21% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Sedan Cambrai | 13 | 5 | 83 | Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 10 | 2 | 62 | |
| Wunkar | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1050 | 952 | 52.45% | 16 | Preliminary | Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 16 | 13 | 109 | Wunkar | 6 | 10 | 46 | |
| Browns Well | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 884 | 1136 | 43.76% | 8 | Grand | Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 10 | 7 | 67 | Sedan Cambrai | 8 | 6 | 54 | |
| Ramco | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 794 | 1389 | 36.37% | 6 | ||||||||||
| Paringa | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 721 | 1448 | 33.24% | 4 | ||||||||||
| Murray Valley | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan Cambrai | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1540 | 331 | 82.31% | 24 | 1st Semi | Murrayville | 12 | 8 | 80 | Ramco | 15 | 9 | 99 | ||
| Browns Well | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1095 | 626 | 63.63% | 16 | 2nd Semi | Sedan Cambrai | 21 | 11 | 137 | Browns Well | 6 | 10 | 46 | ||
| Murrayville | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 936 | 817 | 53.39% | 16 | Preliminary | Browns Well | 14 | 11 | 95 | Ramco | 8 | 5 | 53 | ||
| Ramco | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 640 | 933 | 40.69% | 12 | Grand | Sedan Cambrai | 13 | 13 | 91 | Browns Well | 8 | 5 | 53 | ||
| Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 518 | 836 | 38.26% | 6 | |||||||||||
| Wunkar | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 643 | 1090 | 37.10% | 6 | |||||||||||
| Paringa | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 416 | 1155 | 26.48% | 4 | |||||||||||
| Murray Valley | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1087 | 709 | 60.52% | 26 | 1st Semi | Browns Well | 8 | 6 | 54 | Wunkar | 4 | 6 | 30 | |
| Murrayville | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1211 | 735 | 62.23% | 18 | 2nd Semi | Murrayville | 16 | 11 | 107 | Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 12 | 5 | 77 | |
| Browns Well | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1075 | 665 | 61.78% | 18 | Preliminary | Browns Well | 12 | 14 | 86 | Blanchetown/Swan Reach | 6 | 6 | 42 | |
| Wunkar | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 850 | 932 | 47.70% | 12 | Grand | Murrayville | 22 | 10 | 142 | Browns Well | 9 | 6 | 60 | |
| Ramco | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 852 | 995 | 46.13% | 10 | ||||||||||
| Sedan Cambrai | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 756 | 1101 | 40.71% | 8 | ||||||||||
| Paringa | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 511 | 1205 | 29.78% | 6 | ||||||||||