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|founded = [[2009 in Australia|2009]]
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|divisions = Championship<br>Division 1<br>Under-19
|divisions = Championship<br>23 & Under
|levels = 3
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|country= [[Netball in Australia|Australia]]
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|region= [[Netball Victoria|Victoria]]
|region= [[Netball Victoria|Victoria]]
|champions = Geelong Cougars
|champions = City West Falcons
|most successful club = City West Falcons<br>(5 Championships)
|most successful club = City West Falcons<br>(7 Championship titles)
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|website= [https://vic.netball.com.au/victorian-netball-league vic.netball.com.au]
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The '''Victorian Netball League''' is a [[State league (sport)|state]] [[netball]] league featuring teams from [[Victoria, Australia]]. The league is organised by [[Netball Victoria]]. The modern league was first played for during the 2009 season. It replaced an earlier state league as the top level netball competition in Victoria. On a national level, the VNL is effectively a third level league, below [[Suncorp Super Netball]] and the [[Australian Netball League]]. Between 2009 and 2011, due to [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] and [[naming rights]] arrangements, the VNL was also known as the '''Holden Cruze Cup'''. Since 2018, the league has been sponsored by [[Bupa]] and, as a result, it is also known as the '''Bupa Victorian Netball League'''. The league features ten teams who enter teams in three divisions – the Championship, Division 1 and an Under-19 division. Historically, the league's most successful team has been City West Falcons. Originally known as Hume City Falcons, they have won five Championships and fourteen premierships across all three divisions.
The '''Victorian Netball League''' (VNL) is a [[State league (sport)|state]] [[netball]] league featuring teams from [[Victoria, Australia]]. The league is organised by [[Netball Victoria]], with the modern league beginning in 2009. It replaced an earlier state league as the top level netball competition in Victoria. On a national level, the VNL is effectively a third-tier league, below [[Suncorp Super Netball]] and the [[Australian Netball Championships]].

From 2009-2011, due to [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] and [[naming rights]] arrangements, the VNL was known as the Holden Cruze Cup. Between 2018-2020, the league was sponsored by [[Bupa]] and was known as the Bupa Victorian Netball League.

A change at the end of the 2023 season saw three divisions (Championship, Division 1 and 19 & Under) become two - with Division 1 and 19 & Under replaced with a 23 & Under division. It also saw the inclusion of new clubs [https://vic.netball.com.au/news/victorian-netball-league-names-new-clubs-2024 Bendigo Strikers, Gippsland Stars and Western Warriors]. The Stars will initially field a 23 & Under team, before entering the Championship division by 2027.

Nine existing clubs (Boroondara, Casey, City West, Geelong, Hawks, Lightning, Blaze, Waves and Saints) had their licenses renewed, with foundation club Ariels a casualty of the restructure.

The league's most successful team, City West Falcons (originally known as Hume City Falcons), have won seven Championship titles and 17 premierships in total, to the end of 2023.


==History==
==History==
===Foundation===
===Foundation===
The modern league was first played for during the 2009 season. It replaced an earlier [[Netball Victoria]] state league as the top level netball competition in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]. The earlier state league featured eighteen teams but, after restructuring, this number was reduced to ten. The founding ten members of the new league were Ballarat Pride, Boroondara Genesis, Geelong Cougars, Hume City Falcons, [[Monash University|Monash University Central]], North East Blaze, Peninsula Waves, Southern Saints, [[Victoria University, Melbourne|VU Western Lightning]] and [[Yarra Valley Grammar|Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels]]. The new league featured three divisions – the Championship, Division 1 and an Under-19 division. The ten teams enter a team in each division. The new structure was designed to encourage player development.<ref name="vicnetball">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/victorian-netball-league|title=Victorian Netball League|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153437/https://vic.netball.com.au/victorian-netball-league|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vicnetball2009">{{cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/06164500/NV-Annual-Report-2009_reduced-size2.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2009|work=[[Netball Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112224117/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/06164500/NV-Annual-Report-2009_reduced-size2.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2021|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="bna090309">{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.org.au/images/stories/Annual_VNL/LEV050.pdf|title=The talk is over|publisher=www.bna.org.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=9 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318210845/https://bna.org.au/images/stories/Annual_VNL/LEV050.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="courier200214">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2100716/prides-bid-to-stay-in-victorian-netball-league/|title=Pride's bid to stay in Victorian Netball League|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=20 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615133437/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2100716/prides-bid-to-stay-in-victorian-netball-league/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
The modern league began in 2009, replacing an earlier [[Netball Victoria]] state league as the top level netball competition in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]. The earlier league featured eighteen teams but, after restructuring, the number was reduced to ten. The founding ten members of the new league were Ballarat Pride, Boroondara Genesis, Geelong Cougars, Hume City Falcons, [[Monash University|Monash University Central]], North East Blaze, Peninsula Waves, Southern Saints, [[Victoria University, Melbourne|VU Western Lightning]] and [[Yarra Valley Grammar|Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels]]. The league featured three divisions – Championship, Division 1 and 19 & Under. The ten teams entered a team in each of the three divisions. The new structure was designed to encourage player development.<ref name="vicnetball">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/victorian-netball-league|title=Victorian Netball League|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153437/https://vic.netball.com.au/victorian-netball-league|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vicnetball2009">{{cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/06164500/NV-Annual-Report-2009_reduced-size2.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2009|work=[[Netball Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112224117/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/06164500/NV-Annual-Report-2009_reduced-size2.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2021|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="bna090309">{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.org.au/images/stories/Annual_VNL/LEV050.pdf|title=The talk is over|publisher=www.bna.org.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=9 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318210845/https://bna.org.au/images/stories/Annual_VNL/LEV050.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="courier200214">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2100716/prides-bid-to-stay-in-victorian-netball-league/|title=Pride's bid to stay in Victorian Netball League|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=20 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615133437/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2100716/prides-bid-to-stay-in-victorian-netball-league/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


===City West Falcons===
===City West Falcons===
Historically, the league's most successful team has been City West Falcons who have won five Championships and fourteen premierships across all three divisions.<ref name="vnlfalcons">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/city-west-falcons|title=City West Falcons|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153700/https://vic.netball.com.au/city-west-falcons|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> As Hume City Falcons they won the inaugural Championship in 2009 and then retained it in 2010.<ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="star020310">{{cite web|url=https://starcommunity.com.au/star/02-03-2010/falcons-take-wing/|title=Falcons take wing|publisher=starcommunity.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=2 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615205533/https://starcommunity.com.au/star/02-03-2010/falcons-take-wing/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wyndham070415">{{cite web|title=City West Falcons embrace the red, white and blue|url=https://wyndham.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1835656-city-west-falcons-embrace-the-red-white-and-blue/|publisher=wyndham.starweekly.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615150524/https://wyndham.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1835656-city-west-falcons-embrace-the-red-white-and-blue/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> With a team that included [[Kathleen Knott]] they won their first Championship as City West Falcons in 2012 <ref name="vicnetball2012">{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06163159/Annual-Report-2012_Online.pdf|title=2012 Annual Report – Netball Victoria – Melbourne Vixens|publisher=[[Netball Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112130347/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06163159/Annual-Report-2012_Online.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2021|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="wordpress110812">{{cite web|url=https://brittanyshanahan.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/western-rivals-collide/|title=Western rivals collide|publisher=wordpress.com|access-date=14 June 2020|date=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617070410/https://brittanyshanahan.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/western-rivals-collide/|archive-date=17 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and then retained it in 2013.<ref name="vicnetball2013">{{cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06164114/NV_AR_FA_Digital-1.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2013|publisher=[[Netball Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234719/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06164114/NV_AR_FA_Digital-1.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="starweekly050813">{{cite web|url=https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1683456-vnl-city-west-falcons-soar-to-vnl-win/|title=VNL: City West Falcons soar to VNL win|publisher=starweekly.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=5 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615195030/https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1683456-vnl-city-west-falcons-soar-to-vnl-win/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Falcons won their fifth Championship title.<ref name="vicnetball2018">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/NV_201820Annual20Report_FA_Screen_Spreads.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – 2018 Annual Report|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun030918">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/sport/victorian-netball-league-city-west-falcons-beat-geelong-cougars-in-grand-final/news-story/779b35bda86e2f9c74aa15daebb1a3e0|title=Victorian Netball League: City West Falcons beat Geelong Cougars in grand final|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904130354/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/sport/victorian-netball-league-city-west-falcons-beat-geelong-cougars-in-grand-final/news-story/779b35bda86e2f9c74aa15daebb1a3e0|archive-date=4 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
The league's most successful team has been City West Falcons, who have won seven Championship titles and 17 premierships in total, across three divisions.<ref name="vnlfalcons">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/city-west-falcons|title=City West Falcons|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153700/https://vic.netball.com.au/city-west-falcons|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> As Hume City Falcons, they won the inaugural Championship in 2009 and claimed it again the following year<ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="star020310">{{cite web|url=https://starcommunity.com.au/star/02-03-2010/falcons-take-wing/|title=Falcons take wing|publisher=starcommunity.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=2 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615205533/https://starcommunity.com.au/star/02-03-2010/falcons-take-wing/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wyndham070415">{{cite web|title=City West Falcons embrace the red, white and blue|url=https://wyndham.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1835656-city-west-falcons-embrace-the-red-white-and-blue/|publisher=wyndham.starweekly.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615150524/https://wyndham.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1835656-city-west-falcons-embrace-the-red-white-and-blue/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> With a team that included [[Kathleen Knott]], they won their first Championship as City West Falcons in 2012 <ref name="vicnetball2012">{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06163159/Annual-Report-2012_Online.pdf|title=2012 Annual Report – Netball Victoria – Melbourne Vixens|publisher=[[Netball Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112130347/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06163159/Annual-Report-2012_Online.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2021|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="wordpress110812">{{cite web|url=https://brittanyshanahan.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/western-rivals-collide/|title=Western rivals collide|publisher=wordpress.com|access-date=14 June 2020|date=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617070410/https://brittanyshanahan.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/western-rivals-collide/|archive-date=17 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and again in 2013.<ref name="vicnetball2013">{{cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06164114/NV_AR_FA_Digital-1.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2013|publisher=[[Netball Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234719/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/09/06164114/NV_AR_FA_Digital-1.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="starweekly050813">{{cite web|url=https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1683456-vnl-city-west-falcons-soar-to-vnl-win/|title=VNL: City West Falcons soar to VNL win|publisher=starweekly.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=5 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615195030/https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/uncategorized/1683456-vnl-city-west-falcons-soar-to-vnl-win/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Falcons won their fifth Championship title.<ref name="vicnetball2018">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/NV_201820Annual20Report_FA_Screen_Spreads.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – 2018 Annual Report|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun030918">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/sport/victorian-netball-league-city-west-falcons-beat-geelong-cougars-in-grand-final/news-story/779b35bda86e2f9c74aa15daebb1a3e0|title=Victorian Netball League: City West Falcons beat Geelong Cougars in grand final|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904130354/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/sport/victorian-netball-league-city-west-falcons-beat-geelong-cougars-in-grand-final/news-story/779b35bda86e2f9c74aa15daebb1a3e0|archive-date=4 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Falcons won their sixth Championship title in 2022, also winning the 19 & Under Grand Final.


===Victorian Fury===
===Victorian Fury===
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==Teams==
==Teams==
===2020 teams===
===2023 teams===
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{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Team
|-
! Home venue/base
! style="background:silver;" | Team
! Home city/town/suburb
! style="background:silver;" | Home venue/base
!Debut season
! style="background:silver;" | Home city/town/suburb
|-
|Ariels VCNA <ref name="arielsnetball">{{cite web|url=https://arielsnetball.com.au/|title=Ariels VCNA|publisher=arielsnetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303213347/http://arielsnetball.com.au/|archive-date=3 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlariels">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/ariels|title=Ariels|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153607/https://vic.netball.com.au/ariels|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Maroondah Nets <ref name="vnlmaroondah">{{cite web|url=https://www.maroondahleisure.com.au/venues/maroondah-nets/maroondah-nets-competitions/representative-and-vnl-netball/|title=Representative and VNL Netball|publisher=www.maroondahleisure.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615144455/https://www.maroondahleisure.com.au/venues/maroondah-nets/maroondah-nets-competitions/representative-and-vnl-netball/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Heathmont, Victoria]]
|-
|-
|Boroondara Express <ref name="bna">{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.org.au/vnl|title=Boroondara Express|publisher=www.bna.org.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160223/https://www.bna.org.au/vnl|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlexpress">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/boroondara-express|title=Boroondara Express|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153603/https://vic.netball.com.au/boroondara-express|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Boroondara Sports Complex||[[City of Boroondara|Boroondara]]
|Boroondara Express <ref name="bna">{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.org.au/vnl|title=Boroondara Express|publisher=www.bna.org.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160223/https://www.bna.org.au/vnl|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlexpress">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/boroondara-express|title=Boroondara Express|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153603/https://vic.netball.com.au/boroondara-express|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Boroondara Sports Complex||[[City of Boroondara|Boroondara]]
|2009
|-
|-
|Casey Demons <ref name="caseydemons">{{cite web|url=http://caseydemonsnetball.vic.netball.com.au/|title=Casey Demons Netball|publisher=caseydemonsnetball.vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160211/http://caseydemonsnetball.vic.netball.com.au/|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnldemons">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/casey-demons|title=Casey Demons|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153611/https://vic.netball.com.au/casey-demons|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="melbournefc190918">{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/254701/casey-joins-victorian-netball-league|title=Casey joins Victorian Netball League|publisher=www.melbournefc.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614220928/https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/254701/casey-joins-victorian-netball-league|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Casey Stadium||[[City of Casey]]
|Casey Demons <ref name="caseydemons">{{cite web|url=http://caseydemonsnetball.vic.netball.com.au/|title=Casey Demons Netball|publisher=caseydemonsnetball.vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160211/http://caseydemonsnetball.vic.netball.com.au/|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnldemons">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/casey-demons|title=Casey Demons|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153611/https://vic.netball.com.au/casey-demons|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="melbournefc190918">{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/254701/casey-joins-victorian-netball-league|title=Casey joins Victorian Netball League|publisher=www.melbournefc.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614220928/https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/254701/casey-joins-victorian-netball-league|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Casey Stadium||[[City of Casey]]
|2019
|-
|-
|City West Falcons <ref name="vnlfalcons"/>||[[Maribyrnong College]]<ref name="wyndham070415"/>||[[Maribyrnong, Victoria]]
|City West Falcons <ref name="vnlfalcons" />||[[Maribyrnong College]]<ref name="wyndham070415" />||[[Maribyrnong, Victoria|Maribyrnong]]
|2009 (as Hume City Falcons)
|-
|-
|Geelong Cougars <ref name="geelongnetball">{{cite web|url=https://geelongnetball.com.au/|title=Geelong Netball Club|publisher=geelongnetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626161738/https://geelongnetball.com.au/|archive-date=26 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlcougars">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/geelong-cougars|title=Geelong Cougars|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153627/https://vic.netball.com.au/geelong-cougars|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| ||[[Geelong]]
|Geelong Cougars <ref name="geelongnetball">{{cite web|url=https://geelongnetball.com.au/|title=Geelong Netball Club|publisher=geelongnetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626161738/https://geelongnetball.com.au/|archive-date=26 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlcougars">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/geelong-cougars|title=Geelong Cougars|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153627/https://vic.netball.com.au/geelong-cougars|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| -||[[Geelong]]
|2009
|-
|-
|Hawks Netball <ref name="hawksnetball">{{cite web|url=http://hawksnetballclub.com.au/|title=Hawks Netball Club|publisher=hawksnetballclub.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614163422/http://hawksnetballclub.com.au/|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlhawks">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/hawks-netball|title=Hawks Netball|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153635/https://vic.netball.com.au/hawks-netball|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hawthornfc190318">{{cite web|url=https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/465404/hawks-expand-their-wings-into-netball|title=Hawks expand their wings into netball|publisher=www.hawthornfc.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615150526/https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/465404/hawks-expand-their-wings-into-netball|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| ||
|Hawks Netball <ref name="hawksnetball">{{cite web|url=http://hawksnetballclub.com.au/|title=Hawks Netball Club|publisher=hawksnetballclub.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614163422/http://hawksnetballclub.com.au/|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlhawks">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/hawks-netball|title=Hawks Netball|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153635/https://vic.netball.com.au/hawks-netball|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hawthornfc190318">{{cite web|url=https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/465404/hawks-expand-their-wings-into-netball|title=Hawks expand their wings into netball|publisher=www.hawthornfc.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615150526/https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/465404/hawks-expand-their-wings-into-netball|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| -||-
|2009 (as Monash Storm)
|-
|-
|Melbourne University Lightning <ref name="mulhistory">{{cite web|url=https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|title=Melbourne University Lightning – Our History|publisher=mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618182832/https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|archive-date=18 June 2020|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="vnllightning">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/melbourne-university-lightning|title=Melbourne University Lightning|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614174636/https://vic.netball.com.au/melbourne-university-lightning|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="unimelb">{{cite web|url=https://sport.unimelb.edu.au/clubs/netball|title=Melbourne University Sport – Netball|publisher=sport.unimelb.edu.au|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143941/https://sport.unimelb.edu.au/clubs/netball|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Parkville Campus ||[[University of Melbourne]]
|Melbourne University Lightning <ref name="mulhistory">{{cite web|url=https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|title=Melbourne University Lightning – Our History|publisher=mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618182832/https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|archive-date=18 June 2020|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="vnllightning">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/melbourne-university-lightning|title=Melbourne University Lightning|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614174636/https://vic.netball.com.au/melbourne-university-lightning|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="unimelb">{{cite web|url=https://sport.unimelb.edu.au/clubs/netball|title=Melbourne University Sport – Netball|publisher=sport.unimelb.edu.au|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143941/https://sport.unimelb.edu.au/clubs/netball|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Parkville Campus ||[[University of Melbourne]]
|2009 (as VU Western Lightning)
|-
|North East Blaze <ref name="blazenetball">{{cite web|url=http://www.northeastblazenetball.com.au/|title=North East Blaze Netball Club|publisher=www.northeastblazenetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313181943/http://www.northeastblazenetball.com.au/|archive-date=13 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlblaze">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/north-east-blaze|title=North East Blaze|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153656/https://vic.netball.com.au/north-east-blaze|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Community Bank Stadium||[[Diamond Creek]]
|2009
|-
|Peninsula Waves <ref name="waves">{{cite web|url=https://peninsulawaves.com.au/|title=Peninsula Waves|publisher=peninsulawaves.com.au/|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306062803/http://peninsulawaves.com.au/|archive-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlwaves">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/peninsula-waves|title=Peninsula Waves|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614173617/https://vic.netball.com.au/peninsula-waves|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| -||[[Mornington Peninsula]]
|2009
|-
|-
|North East Blaze <ref name="blazenetball">{{cite web|url=http://www.northeastblazenetball.com.au/|title=North East Blaze Netball Club|publisher=www.northeastblazenetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313181943/http://www.northeastblazenetball.com.au/|archive-date=13 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlblaze">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/north-east-blaze|title=North East Blaze|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153656/https://vic.netball.com.au/north-east-blaze|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Community Bank Stadium||[[Diamond Creek, Victoria]]
|Wilson Storage Southern Saints <ref name="bayside">{{cite web|url=http://baysidenetballclub.com/southern-saints/|title=Wilson Storage Southern Saints|publisher=baysidenetballclub.com|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617070410/http://baysidenetballclub.com/southern-saints/|archive-date=17 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlsaints">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/wilson-storage-southern-saints|title=Wilson Storage Southern Saints|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153658/https://vic.netball.com.au/wilson-storage-southern-saints|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| -||[[City of Bayside]]
|2009
|-
|-
|Bendigo Strikers
|Peninsula Waves <ref name="waves">{{cite web|url=https://peninsulawaves.com.au/|title=Peninsula Waves|publisher=peninsulawaves.com.au/|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306062803/http://peninsulawaves.com.au/|archive-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlwaves">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/peninsula-waves|title=Peninsula Waves|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614173617/https://vic.netball.com.au/peninsula-waves|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| ||[[Mornington Peninsula]]
|Red Energy Stadium
|[[Bendigo]]
|2024
|-
|-
|Gippsland Stars
|Wilson Storage Southern Saints <ref name="bayside">{{cite web|url=http://baysidenetballclub.com/southern-saints/|title=Wilson Storage Southern Saints|publisher=baysidenetballclub.com|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617070410/http://baysidenetballclub.com/southern-saints/|archive-date=17 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnlsaints">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/wilson-storage-southern-saints|title=Wilson Storage Southern Saints|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153658/https://vic.netball.com.au/wilson-storage-southern-saints|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|| ||[[City of Bayside]]
| -
| -
|2024
|-
|-
|Western Warriors
| -
| -
|2024
|}
|}


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===Former teams===
===Former teams===
{| class="wikitable collapsible" border="1"
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Team
|-
! Home city/town/suburb
! style="background:silver;" | Team
! Debut season
! style="background:silver;" | Home city/town/suburb
! style="background:silver;" | Debut season
! Final season
! style="background:silver;" | Final season
|-
|-
| Ballarat Pride <ref name="courier200214"/><ref name="courier260614">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2379997/ballarats-exit-from-vnl-would-be-hugely-detrimental-vixens-tegan-caldwell/|title=Ballarat's exit from VNL would be hugely detrimental: Vixens' Tegan Caldwell|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143636/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2379997/ballarats-exit-from-vnl-would-be-hugely-detrimental-vixens-tegan-caldwell/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="courier060918">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5629501/sovereigns-unsuccessful-in-its-bid-for-victorian-netball-league-licence/|title=Sovereigns unsuccessful in its bid for Victorian Netball League licence|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=6 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140008/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5629501/sovereigns-unsuccessful-in-its-bid-for-victorian-netball-league-licence/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Ballarat]]||2009||2014
| Ballarat Pride <ref name="courier200214"/><ref name="courier260614">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2379997/ballarats-exit-from-vnl-would-be-hugely-detrimental-vixens-tegan-caldwell/|title=Ballarat's exit from VNL would be hugely detrimental: Vixens' Tegan Caldwell|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143636/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2379997/ballarats-exit-from-vnl-would-be-hugely-detrimental-vixens-tegan-caldwell/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="courier060918">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5629501/sovereigns-unsuccessful-in-its-bid-for-victorian-netball-league-licence/|title=Sovereigns unsuccessful in its bid for Victorian Netball League licence|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=6 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140008/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5629501/sovereigns-unsuccessful-in-its-bid-for-victorian-netball-league-licence/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Ballarat]]||2009||2014
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| ACU Sovereigns <ref name="courier060918"/><ref name="2016vnlteams">{{cite web|url=https://www.pixelninjacreative.com.au/articles/2016-victorian-netball-league|title=2016 Victorian Netball League Guide|publisher=www.pixelninjacreative.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615022507/https://www.pixelninjacreative.com.au/articles/2016-victorian-netball-league|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="courier030316">{{cite web|title=Netball: new on-court leader for Sovereigns|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3768235/lawson-gets-sovereigns-captaincy-role/|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=12 June 2020|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612202112/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3768235/lawson-gets-sovereigns-captaincy-role/|archive-date=12 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Ballarat]]||2015||2018
| ACU Sovereigns <ref name="courier060918"/><ref name="2016vnlteams">{{cite web|url=https://www.pixelninjacreative.com.au/articles/2016-victorian-netball-league|title=2016 Victorian Netball League Guide|publisher=www.pixelninjacreative.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615022507/https://www.pixelninjacreative.com.au/articles/2016-victorian-netball-league|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="courier030316">{{cite web|title=Netball: new on-court leader for Sovereigns|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3768235/lawson-gets-sovereigns-captaincy-role/|publisher=www.thecourier.com.au|access-date=12 June 2020|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612202112/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3768235/lawson-gets-sovereigns-captaincy-role/|archive-date=12 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Ballarat]]||2015||2018
|-
|-
|Ariels
|Maroondah Nets
|2009
|2023
|}
|}


==Championship grand finals==
==Championship Grand Finals==
{| class="wikitable collapsible" border="1"
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Season
|-
! Winners
! style="background:silver;" | Season
! Score
! style="background:silver;" | Winners
! Runners Up
! style="background:silver;" | Score
! Venue
! style="background:silver;" | Runners Up
! style="background:silver;" | Venue
|-
|-
|2009 <ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="vnlfalcons"/><ref name="bna"/>||Hume City Falcons||47–44||Boroondara Genesis||[[State Netball and Hockey Centre|SNHC]]
|2009 <ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="vnlfalcons"/><ref name="bna"/>||Hume City Falcons||47–44||Boroondara Genesis||[[State Netball and Hockey Centre|SNHC]]
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|2019 <ref name="vicnetball2019">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-03/NV_2019%20Annual%20Report_FA_Screen_Spreads.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – 2019 Annual Report|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="vnl140819">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-vnl-grand-final-results|title=Bupa VNL Grand Final results|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615190129/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-vnl-grand-final-results|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cranbourne150819">{{cite web|url=https://cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2019-08-15/casey-falls-at-the-final-hurdle/|title=Casey falls at the final hurdle|publisher=cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615014415/https://cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2019-08-15/casey-falls-at-the-final-hurdle/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="geelong190819">{{cite web|url=https://geelongnetball.com.au/2019-vnl-champions/|title=2019 VNL Champions|publisher=geelongnetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615015044/https://geelongnetball.com.au/2019-vnl-champions/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Geelong Cougars||69–55||Casey Demons||[[State Netball and Hockey Centre|SNHC]]
|2019 <ref name="vicnetball2019">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-03/NV_2019%20Annual%20Report_FA_Screen_Spreads.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – 2019 Annual Report|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="vnl140819">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-vnl-grand-final-results|title=Bupa VNL Grand Final results|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615190129/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-vnl-grand-final-results|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cranbourne150819">{{cite web|url=https://cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2019-08-15/casey-falls-at-the-final-hurdle/|title=Casey falls at the final hurdle|publisher=cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615014415/https://cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2019-08-15/casey-falls-at-the-final-hurdle/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="geelong190819">{{cite web|url=https://geelongnetball.com.au/2019-vnl-champions/|title=2019 VNL Champions|publisher=geelongnetball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615015044/https://geelongnetball.com.au/2019-vnl-champions/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Geelong Cougars||69–55||Casey Demons||[[State Netball and Hockey Centre|SNHC]]
|-
|-
|2020|| || || ||
|2020||colspan=4|''No competition due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
|-
|2021||colspan=4|''No finals series played''<ref name="2021report"/>
|-
|2022<ref>{{cite web |title=VNL 2022: Season wrap |url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/vnl-2022-season-wrap |website=Netball Victoria |access-date=4 November 2022 |date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=City West Falcons claim epic Grand Final win |url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/city-west-falcons-claim-epic-grand-final-win |website=Netball Victoria |access-date=4 November 2022 |date=11 August 2022}}</ref>||City West Falcons||49–47||Geelong Cougars||[[Melbourne Sports Centre – Parkville|Parkville]]
|-
|2023
|City West Falcons
|60-54
|Boroondara Express
|Parkville
|}
|}


==Notable players==
==Notable players==
The VNL is a effectively a feeder league for the [[Suncorp Super Netball]] teams [[Melbourne Vixens]] and [[Collingwood Magpies Netball|Collingwood Magpies]]. VNL players have also played for the [[Australia national netball team]] and other international teams.<ref name="fury180320"/><ref name="bnavixens">{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.org.au/vnl/melbourne-vixens|title=Vixens & Magpies|publisher=www.bna.org.au|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160323/https://www.bna.org.au/vnl/melbourne-vixens|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
The VNL is effectively a feeder league for the [[Suncorp Super Netball]] teams [[Melbourne Vixens]] and [[Collingwood Magpies Netball|Collingwood Magpies]]. VNL players have also played for the [[Australia national netball team]] and other international teams.<ref name="fury180320"/><ref name="bnavixens">{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.org.au/vnl/melbourne-vixens|title=Vixens & Magpies|publisher=www.bna.org.au|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160323/https://www.bna.org.au/vnl/melbourne-vixens|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Internationals===
===Internationals===
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* [[Matilda Garrett]]
* [[Matilda Garrett]]
* [[Molly Jovic]]
* [[Molly Jovic]]
* [[Maggie Lind]]
||
||
* [[Kelsie Rainbow]]
* [[Kelsie Rainbow]]
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;Margaret Caldow Trophy
;Margaret Caldow Trophy
The Championship MVP award is named after [[Margaret Caldow]].
The Championship MVP award is named after [[Margaret Caldow]].
{| class="wikitable collapsible" border="1"
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Season
|-
! Player
! style="background:silver;" | Season
! Team
! style="background:silver;" | Player
! style="background:silver;" | Team
|-
|-
|2009 <ref name="vicnetball2009"/>||[[Brooke Thompson]]||VU Western Lightning
|2009 <ref name="vicnetball2009"/>||[[Brooke Thompson]]||VU Western Lightning
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|2010 || ||
|2010 || ||
|-
|-
|2011<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staindl |first1=Gavin |title=Never say never again |url=https://pakenham.starcommunity.com.au/gazette/2011-11-23/never-say-never-again/ |website=Pakenham Gazette |access-date=7 November 2022 |date=23 November 2011}}</ref> ||Melinda Cranston||Boroondara Genesis
|2011 || ||
|-
|-
|2012 <ref name="vicnetball2012"/>||[[Caitlyn Strachan]] ''{{ref|1|(Note 1)}}''||Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
|rowspan=3|2012 <ref name="vicnetball2012"/>||[[Caitlyn Strachan]] ''{{ref|1|(Note 1)}}''||Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
|-
|-
|2012 <ref name="vicnetball2012"/>||[[Mwai Kumwenda]] ''{{ref|1|(Note 1)}}''||Peninsula Waves
|[[Mwai Kumwenda]]||Peninsula Waves
|-
|-
|2012 <ref name="vicnetball2012"/>||Helen Barclay ''{{ref|1|(Note 1)}}''||Monash University Central
|Helen Barclay||Monash University Central
|-
|-
|2013 <ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||[[Caitlyn Strachan]]''{{ref|2|(Note 2)}}''||Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
|rowspan=2|2013 <ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||[[Caitlyn Strachan]]''{{ref|2|(Note 2)}}''||Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
|-
|-
|2013 <ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||[[Brooke Thompson]] ''{{ref|2|(Note 2)}}''||VU Western Lightning
|[[Brooke Thompson]]||VU Western Lightning
|-
|-
|2014 <ref name="vicnetball2014"/>||Chloe Watson||City West Falcons
|2014 <ref name="vicnetball2014"/>||Chloe Watson||City West Falcons
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|2018 || ||
|2018 || ||
|-
|-
|2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Bupa VNL Awards Night - live updates |url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-vnl-awards-night-live-updates |website=Netball Victoria |access-date=4 November 2022 |date=21 August 2019}}</ref> ||Julia Woolley||Geelong Cougars
|2019 || ||
|-
|-
|2020||colspan=2|''Not awarded''
|-
|rowspan=2|2021<ref name="2021report">{{cite web |title=Netball Victoria Annual Report 2021 |url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2022-04/NV_2021%20Annual%20Report_FA_Screen.pdf |website=Netball Victoria |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>||Julia Woolley ''{{ref|3|(Note 3)}}''||Geelong Cougars
|-
|Maggie Lind||City West Falcons
|-
|2022<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 VNL Awards announced |url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/2022-vnl-awards-announced |website=Netball Victoria |access-date=4 November 2022 |date=12 August 2022}}</ref>||Nyah Allen||North East Blaze
|}
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* {{note|1|1}} 2012 award was shared.
* {{note|1|1}} 2012 award was shared.
* {{note|2|2}} 2013 award was shared.
* {{note|2|2}} 2013 award was shared.
* {{note|3|3}} 2021 award was shared.


;Player of the Championship Grand Final
;Player of the Championship Grand Final
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|-
! Player
! style="background:silver;" | Season
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|-
|-
|2009 <ref name="vicnetball2009"/>||[[Ashlee Howard]]||Boroondara Genesis
|2009 <ref name="vicnetball2009"/>||[[Ashlee Howard]]||Boroondara Genesis
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|-
|-
|2019 <ref name="vnl140819"/>||Vanessa Augustini||Geelong Cougars
|2019 <ref name="vnl140819"/>||Vanessa Augustini||Geelong Cougars
|-
|-
|2022 <ref>{{cite web |title=City West Falcons claim epic Grand Final win |url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/city-west-falcons-claim-epic-grand-final-win |website=Netball Victoria |access-date=7 November 2022 |date=11 August 2022}}</ref> ||Zoe Davies||City West Falcons
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==Main sponsors==
==Main sponsors==
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{| class="wikitable collapsible"
!
|-
! Years
! style="background:silver;" |
! style="background:silver;" | Years
|-
|-
|[[GM Holden Ltd]]/[[Holden Cruze]]<ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="sportstg190710">{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3501-0-0-0&sID=33720&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=12551308|title=See More VNL Netball in Round 17 of the Holden Cruze Cup!|publisher=sportstg.com|date=19 July 2010|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="sportstg070511">{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3501-0-0-0&sID=33723&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=14816173|title=Holden Cruze Cup - Round 8|publisher=sportstg.com|date=7 May 2011|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>||2009–2011
|[[Holden Cruze]]<ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="sportstg190710">{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3501-0-0-0&sID=33720&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=12551308|title=See More VNL Netball in Round 17 of the Holden Cruze Cup!|publisher=sportstg.com|date=19 July 2010|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="sportstg070511">{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3501-0-0-0&sID=33723&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=14816173|title=Holden Cruze Cup - Round 8|publisher=sportstg.com|date=7 May 2011|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>||2009–2011
|-
|-
|Devine Homes <ref name="vicnetball2012"/><ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||2012–2013
|Devine Homes <ref name="vicnetball2012"/><ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||2012–2013
|-
|-
|[[Bupa]]<ref name="vicnetball2018"/><ref name="vicnetball2019"/><ref name="vnl090418">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-announced-new-major-partner-victorian-netball-league|title=Bupa announced as new major partner of the Victorian Netball League|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615190132/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-announced-new-major-partner-victorian-netball-league|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bupa090418">{{cite web|url=https://media.bupa.com.au/bupa-announces-new-major-partnership-with-netball-victoria-with-vnl-naming-rights/|title=Bupa announces new major partnership with Netball Victoria with VNL naming rights|publisher=media.bupa.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615133439/https://media.bupa.com.au/bupa-announces-new-major-partnership-with-netball-victoria-with-vnl-naming-rights/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||2018–
|[[Bupa]]<ref name="vicnetball2018"/><ref name="vicnetball2019"/><ref name="vnl090418">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-announced-new-major-partner-victorian-netball-league|title=Bupa announced as new major partner of the Victorian Netball League|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615190132/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/bupa-announced-new-major-partner-victorian-netball-league|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bupa090418">{{cite web|url=https://media.bupa.com.au/bupa-announces-new-major-partnership-with-netball-victoria-with-vnl-naming-rights/|title=Bupa announces new major partnership with Netball Victoria with VNL naming rights|publisher=[[Bupa]]|access-date=15 June 2020|date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615133439/https://media.bupa.com.au/bupa-announces-new-major-partnership-with-netball-victoria-with-vnl-naming-rights/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||2018–2020
|-
|-
|No sponsor
|2021-current
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[[Category:Victorian Netball League| ]]
[[Category:Victorian Netball League| ]]
[[Category:Netball leagues in Victoria (Australia)| ]]
[[Category:Netball leagues in Victoria (state)| ]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 2009]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 2009]]

Latest revision as of 00:08, 18 August 2024

Victorian Netball League
Founded2009
CountryAustralia
RegionVictoria
DivisionsChampionship
23 & Under
Number of teams11
Level on pyramid2
Current championsCity West Falcons
Most championshipsCity West Falcons
(7 Championship titles)
Websitevic.netball.com.au

The Victorian Netball League (VNL) is a state netball league featuring teams from Victoria, Australia. The league is organised by Netball Victoria, with the modern league beginning in 2009. It replaced an earlier state league as the top level netball competition in Victoria. On a national level, the VNL is effectively a third-tier league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Netball Championships.

From 2009-2011, due to sponsorship and naming rights arrangements, the VNL was known as the Holden Cruze Cup. Between 2018-2020, the league was sponsored by Bupa and was known as the Bupa Victorian Netball League.

A change at the end of the 2023 season saw three divisions (Championship, Division 1 and 19 & Under) become two - with Division 1 and 19 & Under replaced with a 23 & Under division. It also saw the inclusion of new clubs Bendigo Strikers, Gippsland Stars and Western Warriors. The Stars will initially field a 23 & Under team, before entering the Championship division by 2027.

Nine existing clubs (Boroondara, Casey, City West, Geelong, Hawks, Lightning, Blaze, Waves and Saints) had their licenses renewed, with foundation club Ariels a casualty of the restructure.

The league's most successful team, City West Falcons (originally known as Hume City Falcons), have won seven Championship titles and 17 premierships in total, to the end of 2023.

History

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Foundation

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The modern league began in 2009, replacing an earlier Netball Victoria state league as the top level netball competition in Victoria. The earlier league featured eighteen teams but, after restructuring, the number was reduced to ten. The founding ten members of the new league were Ballarat Pride, Boroondara Genesis, Geelong Cougars, Hume City Falcons, Monash University Central, North East Blaze, Peninsula Waves, Southern Saints, VU Western Lightning and Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels. The league featured three divisions – Championship, Division 1 and 19 & Under. The ten teams entered a team in each of the three divisions. The new structure was designed to encourage player development.[1][2][3][4]

City West Falcons

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The league's most successful team has been City West Falcons, who have won seven Championship titles and 17 premierships in total, across three divisions.[5] As Hume City Falcons, they won the inaugural Championship in 2009 and claimed it again the following year[2][6][7] With a team that included Kathleen Knott, they won their first Championship as City West Falcons in 2012 [8][9] and again in 2013.[10][11] In 2018, Falcons won their fifth Championship title.[12][13] Falcons won their sixth Championship title in 2022, also winning the 19 & Under Grand Final.

Victorian Fury

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The Australian Netball League team Victorian Fury is effectively the representative team of the VNL. In turn, Fury is the reserve team of Melbourne Vixens.[14][15][16]

Teams

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2023 teams

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Team Home venue/base Home city/town/suburb Debut season
Boroondara Express [17][18] Boroondara Sports Complex Boroondara 2009
Casey Demons [19][20][21] Casey Stadium City of Casey 2019
City West Falcons [5] Maribyrnong College[7] Maribyrnong 2009 (as Hume City Falcons)
Geelong Cougars [22][23] - Geelong 2009
Hawks Netball [24][25][26] - - 2009 (as Monash Storm)
Melbourne University Lightning [27][28][29] Parkville Campus University of Melbourne 2009 (as VU Western Lightning)
North East Blaze [30][31] Community Bank Stadium Diamond Creek 2009
Peninsula Waves [32][33] - Mornington Peninsula 2009
Wilson Storage Southern Saints [34][35] - City of Bayside 2009
Bendigo Strikers Red Energy Stadium Bendigo 2024
Gippsland Stars - - 2024
Western Warriors - - 2024
Notes

Source:[3][21][37][38][39]

Former teams

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Team Home city/town/suburb Debut season Final season
Ballarat Pride [4][40][41] Ballarat 2009 2014
ACU Sovereigns [41][42][43] Ballarat 2015 2018
Ariels Maroondah Nets 2009 2023

Championship Grand Finals

[edit]
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2009 [2][5][17] Hume City Falcons 47–44 Boroondara Genesis SNHC
2010 [5] Hume City Falcons SNHC
2011 [17][25] Monash University Storm Boroondara Express SNHC
2012 [8][9] City West Falcons 42–37 VU-Western Lightning SNHC
2013 [10][11] City West Falcons 44–41 Peninsula Waves SNHC
2014 [44][45] Southern Saints 48–42 City West Falcons SNHC
2015 [46][47] Boroondara Express 50–44 City West Falcons SNHC
2016 [48][49] Melbourne University Lightning 53–52 City West Falcons SNHC
2017 [50][51] North East Blaze 49–46 Melbourne University Lightning SNHC
2018 [12][13] City West Falcons 56–48 Geelong Cougars SNHC
2019 [52][53][54][55] Geelong Cougars 69–55 Casey Demons SNHC
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 No finals series played[56]
2022[57][58] City West Falcons 49–47 Geelong Cougars Parkville
2023 City West Falcons 60-54 Boroondara Express Parkville

Notable players

[edit]

The VNL is effectively a feeder league for the Suncorp Super Netball teams Melbourne Vixens and Collingwood Magpies. VNL players have also played for the Australia national netball team and other international teams.[14][59]

Internationals

[edit]
 Australia
 Malawi
 Scotland
 Sri Lanka

Melbourne Vixens

[edit]

Collingwood Magpies

[edit]

Source:[6][9][27][47][49][51][53][59]

Award winners

[edit]
Margaret Caldow Trophy

The Championship MVP award is named after Margaret Caldow.

Season Player Team
2009 [2] Brooke Thompson VU Western Lightning
2010
2011[60] Melinda Cranston Boroondara Genesis
2012 [8] Caitlyn Strachan (Note 1) Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
Mwai Kumwenda Peninsula Waves
Helen Barclay Monash University Central
2013 [10] Caitlyn Strachan(Note 2) Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
Brooke Thompson VU Western Lightning
2014 [44] Chloe Watson City West Falcons
2015 [46] Kathleen Knott City West Falcons
2016 [48] Maggie Lind City West Falcons
2017 [50] Micaela Wilson North East Blaze
2018
2019[61] Julia Woolley Geelong Cougars
2020 Not awarded
2021[56] Julia Woolley (Note 3) Geelong Cougars
Maggie Lind City West Falcons
2022[62] Nyah Allen North East Blaze
Notes
  • ^1 2012 award was shared.
  • ^2 2013 award was shared.
  • ^3 2021 award was shared.
Player of the Championship Grand Final
Season Player Team
2009 [2] Ashlee Howard Boroondara Genesis
2010
2011
2012 [8] Christie Barnes City West Falcons
2013 [10] Elizabeth Watson City West Falcons
2014 [44] Leah Percy Southern Saints
2015 [46] Sarah Yule Boroondara Express
2016 [48] Dani Stewart Melbourne University Lightning
2017 [50] Micaela Wilson North East Blaze
2018
2019 [53] Vanessa Augustini Geelong Cougars
2022 [63] Zoe Davies City West Falcons

Main sponsors

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Years
Holden Cruze[2][64][65] 2009–2011
Devine Homes [8][10] 2012–2013
Bupa[12][52][66][67] 2018–2020
No sponsor 2021-current

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