Riddell District Football Netball League

The Riddell District Football Netball League (RDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, Australia. The RDFNL covers towns in the Macedon Ranges and an area from Rockbank in the south to Broadford in the north.

Riddell District
Football Netball League

Sport	Australian rules football Netball
Founded	c. 1912
No. of teams	10
Country	Australia
Venue(s)	AFL Victoria
Most recent champion(s)	Rupertswood (2019)
Most titles	Romsey (27)
Sponsor(s)	OnTime Group

The league also runs junior competitions from Under 10 to Under 18 age groups.

Brief history

1970s

This decade saw Hesket club go into recess and the introduction of new clubs Craigieburn, Melton and Melton South. In 1975 the league went two divisional, With eight teams in First Division and six clubs in Second Division. Numbers were boosted by the return of Trentham and Hesket clubs. 1977 saw Broadford and a second team from Sunbury join the league. Diggers Rest joined in 1978.

1980s

1985 saw the league return to one division with twelve clubs. In 1987 the league went two divisional again as clubs were admitted from the Panton Hill Football League and North Fawkner from the disbanded YCW league the league had nineteen clubs.

1990s

By the mid-1990s some clubs were struggling to compete and clubs went into recess.

The strongest clubs, Darley, Melton, Melton South & Sunbury left for the Ballarat Football League in 1998. This reduced the league to one division again. North Fawkner went into recess after 1998 after the club struggled for years to secure sufficient numbers to field 2 teams, which resulted in many large defeats many over 30 goals.

2000s

• Gisborne decided to play in the Bendigo Football League from 2000.
• Macedon went into recess for 2001 and 2002. Due to this it was thought that the league was becoming no longer viable.
• Wallan FC left for the Diamond Valley Football League in 2002. After a restructure the Riddell District Football League stabilised.
• 2008 saw Wallan FC return and
• 2009 saw Broadford FC recommence in the League.

2010s

• Rupertswood joined in full in 2013.[1] It had been fielding juniors for some years. The senior side transferred in from the VAFA.
• Kilmore transferred to the Northern Football League in 2016.[2]
• Sunbury Kangaroos transferred to the Essendon District Football League from 2019. [3]

2020s

• 2020 saw Broadford FC transfer to the AFL Outer East League.

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Jumper	Years in Comp	Premiers	Premiership seasons
Diggers Rest	Burras		1978-	3	1993, 2016, 2018
Lancefield	Tigers		1920-	11	1923, 1924, 1932, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1966, 1995, 1996, 2009
Macedon	Cats		1920-2000 2003- (reformed)	2	1975, 2017
Melton Central	Blues		1996-	0	–
Riddell	Bombers		1912-	14	1905, 1912, 1947, 1970, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013
Rockbank	Rams		2000-	0	–
Romsey	Redbacks		1920-	27	1891, 1897, 1898, 1902, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1963, 1968, 1975, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2015
Rupertswood	Sharks		2013-	1	2019
Wallan	Magpies		1947-53, 1965–2001, 2008-	4	1977, 1989, 1992, 1998
Woodend/Hesket	Hawks		1978- (merger)	2	2002, 2007

Former

• Broadford Football Club
• Craigieburn Football Club
• Darley Football Club
• Gisborne Football Club
• Hesket Football Club
• Jacana Football Club
• Kilmore Football Club
• Melton Football Club
• Melton South Football Club
• Moomba Park Football Club
• North Fawkner Football Club
• Sunbury Football Netball Club
• Sunbury Kangaroos Football Club
• Trentham Football Club
• Woodend Football Club

Premiers

1912 Riddell 1913 Sunbury 1914 Woodend 1915 Sunbury 1919 Macedon 1920 Romsey 1921 Romsey 1922 Sunbury 1923 Lancefield 1924 Lancefield 1925 Romsey 1926 Romsey 1927 Romsey 1928 Romsey 1929 Romsey 1930 Woodend 1931 Woodend 1932 Lancefield 1933 Romsey 1934 Gisborne 1935 Romsey 1936 Romsey 1937 Woodend 1938 Romsey 1939 Romsey World War 2 1946 Lancefield 1947 Riddell 1948 Romsey 1949 Lancefield 1950 Romsey 1951 Romsey 1952 Lancefield

1953 Sunbury 1954 Woodend 1955 Sunbury 1956 Trentham 1957 Sunbury 1958 Lancefield 1959 Trentham 1960 Hesket 1961 Trentham 1962 Gisborne 1963 Romsey 1964 Woodend 1965 Gisborne 1966 Lancefield 1967 Gisborne 1968 Romsey 1969 Sunbury 1970 Riddell 1971 Kilmore 1972 Gisborne 1973 Melton 1974 Sunbury 1975 Gisborne 1976 Sunbury 1977 Sunbury 1978 Gisborne 1979 Gisborne 1980 Sunbury 1981 Melton 1982 Sunbury 1983 Melton 1984 Melton 1985 Wallan

1986 Melton 1987 Sunbury 1988 Sunbury 1989 Darley 1990 Sunbury 1991 Riddell 1992 Riddell 1993 Craigieburn 1994 Melton South 1995 Darley 1996 Sunbury 1997 Gisborne 1998 Gisborne 1999 Gisborne 2000 Jacana 2001 Kilmore 2002 Woodend/Hesket 2003 Romsey 2004 Lancefield 2005 Riddell 2006 Riddell 2007 Woodend/Hesket 2008 Riddell 2009 Lancefield 2010 Riddell 2011 Romsey 2012 Sunbury Kangaroos 2013 Riddell 2014 Romsey 2015 Romsey 2016 Diggers Rest 2017 Macedon 2018 Diggers Rest 2019 Rupertswood 2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic

Division 2 1975 Romsey 1976 Macedon 1977 Wallan 1978 Woodend/Hesket 1979 Craigieburn 1980 Riddell 1981 Broadford 1982 Riddell 1983 Woodend/Hesket 1984 Broadford 1987 Kilmore 1988 Northern Eagles 1989 Wallan 1990 Riddell 1991 Moomba Park 1992 Wallan 1993 Diggers Rest 1994 Kilmore 1995 Lancefield 1996 Lancefield

2015 Ladder

Riddell DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Riddell	14	2	2	0	1579	960	164.48%	64		Elimination	Broadford	8	3	51	Rupertswood	5	7	37
Diggers Rest	13	2	3	0	1796	852	210.80%	60		Elimination	Romsey	12	3	75	Macedon	8	9	57
Rupertswood	13	2	3	0	1519	802	189.40%	60		Qualifying	Diggers Rest	9	12	66	Riddell	9	8	62
Romsey	13	2	3	0	1713	971	176.42%	60		1st Semi	Broadford	9	16	70	Riddell	7	13	55
Macedon	10	2	6	0	1418	1004	141.24%	48		2nd Semi	Diggers Rest	16	14	110	Romsey	13	11	89
Broadford	10	2	6	0	1526	1116	136.74%	48		Preliminary	Romsey	16	19	115	Broadford	7	14	56
Sunbury Kangaroos	9	2	7	0	1370	1151	119.03%	44		Grand	Romsey	15	19	109	Diggers Rest	14	15	99
Lancefield	7	2	9	0	1095	1306	83.84%	36
Woodend-Hesket	6	2	10	0	860	1544	55.70%	32
Wallan	4	2	12	0	1145	1567	73.07%	24
Rockbank	2	2	14	0	820	1508	54.38%	16
Melton Central	2	2	14	0	823	1620	50.80%	16

2016 Ladder

Riddell DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Diggers Rest	15	1	1	0	1772	859	206.29%	64		Elimination	Riddell	14	9	93	Rupertswood	7	8	50
Macedon	13	1	3	0	1393	956	145.71%	56		Elimination	Broadford	17	21	123	Wallan	13	7	85
Broadford	12	1	4	0	1696	1068	158.80%	52		Qualifying	Diggers Rest	19	16	130	Macedon	8	9	57
Riddell	11	1	5	0	1749	884	197.85%	48		1st Semi	Riddell	13	5	83	Macedon	12	8	80
Rupertswood	11	1	5	0	1475	866	170.32%	48		2nd Semi	Diggers Rest	15	18	108	Broadford	5	9	39
Wallan	8	1	8	0	1432	1166	122.81%	36		Preliminary	Riddell	8	6	54	Broadford	6	14	50
Sunbury Kangaroos	8	1	8	0	1171	1040	112.60%	36		Grand	Diggers Rest	12	14	86	Romsey	12	8	80
Lancefield	7	1	9	0	1279	1107	115.54%	32
Romsey	6	1	10	0	1232	1203	102.41%	28
Woodend-Hesket	3	1	13	0	1012	1472	68.75%	16
Melton Central	2	1	14	0	1012	1921	52.68%	12
Rockbank	0	1	16	0	385	3066	12.56%	4

2017 Ladder

Riddell DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Macedon	14	0	2	0	1804	631	285.90%	56		Elimination	Riddell	15	6	96	Romsey	3	4	22
Rupertswood	13	0	3	0	1932	705	274.04%	52		Elimination	Diggers Rest	10	4	64	Sunbury Kangaroos	6	6	42
Diggers Rest	12	0	4	0	1540	816	188.73%	48		Qualifying	Macedon	10	15	75	Rupertswood	9	6	60
Riddell	11	0	5	0	1459	1083	134.72%	44		1st Semi	Rupertswood	8	10	58	Riddell	5	8	38
Romsey	11	0	5	0	1351	1019	132.58%	44		2nd Semi	Macedon	9	14	68	Diggers Rest	8	8	56
Sunbury Kangaroos	10	0	6	0	1484	987	150.35%	40		Preliminary	Rupertswood	10	7	67	Diggers Rest	5	12	42
Wallan	10	0	6	0	1590	1076	147.77%	40		Grand	Macedon	11	14	80	Rupertswood	10	7	67
Melton Central	7	0	9	0	947	1419	66.74%	28
Woodend-Hesket	4	0	12	0	1080	1439	75.05%	16
Lancefield	2	0	14	0	806	1763	45.72%	8
Rockbank	2	0	14	0	773	1834	42.15%	8
Broadford	0	0	16	0	556	2550	21.80%	0

2018 Ladder

Riddell DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Rupertswood	14	0	2	0	1763	726	242.84%	56		Elimination	Diggers Rest	19	10	124	Romsey	6	7	43
Riddell	13	0	3	0	1927	727	265.06%	52		Elimination	Macedon	21	10	136	Wallan	11	10	76
Diggers Rest	12	0	4	0	1893	817	231.70%	48		Qualifying	Riddell	15	7	97	Rupertswood	9	5	59
Wallan	12	0	4	0	1671	908	184.03%	48		1st Semi	Macedon	18	12	120	Rupertswood	8	9	57
Macedon	11	0	5	0	1328	665	199.70%	44		2nd Semi	Riddell	10	8	68	Diggers Rest	7	4	46
Romsey	9	0	7	0	1479	1040	142.21%	36		Preliminary	Diggers Rest	10	8	68	Macedon	9	12	66
Woodend-Hesket	8	0	8	0	1541	1005	153.33%	32		Grand	Diggers Rest	9	12	66	Riddell	6	9	45
Sunbury Kangaroos	6	0	10	0	1154	1059	108.97%	24
Melton Central	6	0	10	0	1121	1143	98.08%	24
Lancefield	3	0	13	0	525	2076	25.29%	12
Broadford	1	0	15	0	448	2575	17.40%	4
Rockbank	1	0	15	0	424	2533	16.74%	4

2019 Ladder

Riddell DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Diggers Rest	13	0	0	3	1722	835	206.23%	56		Elimination	Rupertswood	18	7	115	Macedon	9	11	65[4]
Romsey	12	0	4	0	1978	751	263.38%	48		Elimination	Riddell	10	9	69	Wallan	16	18	114[5]
Rupertswood	12	0	4	0	1834	705	260.14%	48		Qualifying	Diggers Rest	10	12	72	Romsey	5	5	35[6]
Wallan	12	0	4	0	1671	908	184.03%	48		1st Semi	Diggers Rest	9	8	62	Rupertswood	13	10	88[7]
Riddell	12	0	4	0	1852	781	237.12%	48		2nd Semi	Romsey	6	10	46	Wallan	12	9	81[8]
Wallan	11	0	5	0	2251	839	268.30%	44		Preliminary	Diggers Rest	7	8	50	Wallan	11	11	77[9]
Macedon	10	0	6	0	1577	832	189.54%	40		Grand	Rupertswood	21	10	136	Wallan	8	3	51[10]
Melton Centrals	7	0	9	0	1294	1141	108.97%	28
Woodend-Hesket	5	0	11	0	1258	1334	94.30%	20
Broadford	4	0	12	0	814	1738	46.84%	16
Lancefield	2	0	14	0	453	2505	18.08%	8
Rockbank	0	16	0	0	254	3826	6.64%	0

References

1. http://www.vafa.com.au/latest-news/rupertswood-depart-the-vafa/
2. http://www.starweekly.com.au/sports/kilmore-joins-the-northern-fl/
3. http://essendondfl.com.au/sunbury-kangaroos-join-the-edfl-for-2019/
4. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Elimination Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
5. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Elimination Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
6. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Qualifying Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
7. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Semi Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
8. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Semi Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
9. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Preliminary Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
10. "2019 ONTIME DELIVERY SOLUTIONS SENIORS Grand Final Results 2019". Retrieved 2 June 2020.

Bibliography

• History of Football in the Bendigo District by John Stoward - ISBN 9780980592917
• 100 years of Football in the Riddell District by John Stoward

External links

• SportsTG site