Central Murray Football Netball League

Central Murray
Football Netball League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1997; 27 years ago
President	John Brookshaw
No. of teams	11
Country	Australia
Most recent; champion(s)	Kerang
Most titles	Kerang ; (10)
Sponsor(s)	Murray Downs Golf & Country Club, 3SH
Related; competitions	VFL, MFL
Official website	cmfnl.com.au

The Central Murray Football Netball League (CMFNL) is a major country Australian rules football and netball competition based in northern Victoria and southwest New South Wales in Australia.

History[edit]

The league was formed in 1997, combining all eight teams from the existing Mid Murray Football League, and three sides from the Northern and Echuca Football League. Leitchville-Gunbower joined the league in 2002, while Tooleybuc merged with former Mallee Football League club Manangatang in 2004.

Leitchville-Gunbower moved to the Heathcote District Football League in 2010.

Clubs[edit]

Current clubs[edit]

Club	Moniker	Location	Home venue	Est.	Former league	CMFNL seasons		CMFNL premierships
						CMFNL seasons		Football
						First	Total	Total	Most recent
Balranald	Roos	Balranald	Greenham Park	c. 1940s	MMFL	1997⁺	26	2	2009
Cohuna Kangas	Kangas	Cohuna	Cohuna Recreation Reserve	1996	—	1997⁺	26	—	—
Kerang	Blues	Kerang	Riverside Park	1996^[a]	—	1997⁺^[a]	26	10	2023
Koondrook Barham	River Raiders	Barham	Barham Recreation Reserve	1996	NEFL	1997⁺	26	—	—
Lake Boga	Magpies	Lake Boga	Lake Boga Community Park	1892	MMFL	1997⁺	26	1	2003
Mallee Eagles	Eagles	Lalbert	Lalbert Recreation Reserve	c. 1910s^[b]	MMFL	1997⁺^[b]	26	—	—
Nyah-Nyah West United	Demons	Nyah	Nyah Recreation Reserve	1978	MMFL	1997⁺	26	2	2001
Swan Hill	Swans	Swan Hill	Swan Hill Showgrounds	c. 1920s	MMFL	1997⁺	26	3	2011
Tooleybuc Manangatang	Saints	Tooleybuc	Tooleybuc Recreation Reserve	2004	—	2004	19	1	2007
Tyntynder	Bulldogs	Swan Hill	Alan Garden Reserve	1919	MMFL	1997⁺	26	3	1999
Woorinen	Tigers	Woorinen	Woorinen Recreation Reserve	1919	MMFL	1997⁺	26	3	2019
⁺ denotes that the club was a founding member of the CMFL

Former clubs[edit]

Club	Moniker	Location	Home venue	Est.	Former league	Current league	CMFNL seasons		CMFNL premierships
							CMFNL seasons		Football
							First	Total	Total	Most recent
Leitchville Gunbower	Bombers	Leitchville / Gunbower^[c]	Leitchville RR / Gunbower RR^[c]	1995	NCFL	HDFL	2002	8	—	—
Tooleybuc	Bucs	Tooleybuc	Tooleybuc Recreation Reserve	1903	MMFL	—	1997⁺	7	—	—
⁺ denotes that the club was a founding member of the CMFL

Premierships[edit]

1997 Tyntynder
1998 Tyntynder
1999 Tyntynder
2000 Nyah-Nyah West United
2001 Nyah-Nyah West United
2002 Woorinen
2003 Lake Boga
2004 Kerang
2005 Swan Hill
2006 Balranald

2007 Tooleybuc-Manangatang
2008 Swan Hill
2009 Balranald
2010 Kerang
2011 Swan Hill
2012 Kerang
2013 Kerang
2014 Kerang
2015 Kerang
2016 Kerang

2017 Kerang
2018 Woorinen
2019 Woorinen
2020 League in recess due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 No Finals System due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Kerang
2023 Kerang
2024

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b as Kerang Rovers–Appin
^ ^a ^b as Lalbert
^ ^a ^b As an amalgamated club, Leitchville Gunbower split its home games evenly between the two towns. The club's postal address is in Leitchville.

References[edit]

^ Governance Central Murray Football League, SportsTG. Accessed 6 October 2016.

External links[edit]

Official website
Central Murray at Full Points Footy

[Kerang-2] s Kerang Rovers–Appin

[Mallee-3] s Lalbert

[LG-4] As an amalgamated club, Leitchville Gunbower split its home games evenly between the two towns. The club's postal address is in Leitchville.

[1] Governance Central Murray Football League, SportsTG. Accessed 6 October 2016.

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v t e Clubs in the Central Murray Football Netball League
Current	Balranald Cohuna Kangas Kerang Koondrook Barham Lake Boga Mallee Eagles Nyah Nyah West United Swan Hill Tooleybuc Manangatang Tyntynder Woorinen
Former	Leitchville Gunbower Tooleybuc

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