Victorian Netball League

{{Short description|Netball league in Australia}} {{Infobox football league |logo = |pixels = |caption= |upcoming_season=2024 |founded = 2009 |teams= 11 |divisions = Championship<br>23 & Under |levels = 2 |country= Australia |region= Victoria |champions = City West Falcons |most successful club = City West Falcons<br>(7 Championship titles) |website= [https://vic.netball.com.au/victorian-netball-league vic.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 [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== ===Foundation=== 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.<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=== 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=== 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.<ref name="fury180320">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/victorian-fury-team-named-0|title=Victorian Fury team named|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=16 June 2020|date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616155609/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/victorian-fury-team-named-0|archive-date=16 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fury2020team">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/2020-team|title=2020 Team|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616224931/https://vic.netball.com.au/2020-team|archive-date=16 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fury2020policy">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/Victorian-Fury-Selection-Policy-Document-2020.pdf|title=Victorian Fury Selection Policy|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617204948/https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/Victorian-Fury-Selection-Policy-Document-2020.pdf|archive-date=17 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Teams== ===2023 teams=== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Team ! Home venue/base ! Home city/town/suburb !Debut season |- |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||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 |2019 |- |City West Falcons<ref name="vnlfalcons" />||Maribyrnong College<ref name="wyndham070415" />||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 |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>|| -||- |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 |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 |- |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 |Red Energy Stadium |Bendigo |2024 |- |Gippsland Stars | - | - |2024 |- |Western Warriors | - | - |2024 |}

;Notes * {{note|1|1}} Ariels VCNA previously played as Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels. * {{note|2|2}} Boroondara Express previously played as Boroondara Genesis. * {{note|3|3}} Casey Demons are affiliated to both the VFL Casey Demons and Melbourne Football Club.<ref name="melbournefc190918"/> * {{note|4|4}} City West Falcons previously played as Hume City Falcons.<ref name="wyndham070415"/> * {{note|5|5}} Hawks Netball previously played as Melbourne Central, Monash University Central, Monash University Storm. In 2018 they adopted their current name after forming a partnership with Hawthorn Football Club.<ref name="vicnetball2018"/><ref name="hawksnetball"/><ref name="vnlhawks"/><ref name="hawthornfc190318"/> * {{note|6|6}} Between 2009 and 2014, Melbourne University Lightning had a partnership with Victoria University and played as VU-Western Lightning.<ref name="wyndham070415"/><ref name="mulhistory"/><ref name="smh110814">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/education/new-era-for-netball-20140807-3d9pf.html|title=New era for netball|publisher=www.smh.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=11 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616183820/https://www.smh.com.au/education/new-era-for-netball-20140807-3d9pf.html|archive-date=16 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="bna090309"/><ref name="melbournefc190918"/><ref name="vnlteams">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/vnl-teams|title=VNL Teams|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614153458/https://vic.netball.com.au/vnl-teams|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="draftcentral2019">{{cite web|url=https://netball.draftcentral.com.au/vnl/|title=Victorian Netball League|publisher=netball.draftcentral.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304041327/https://netball.draftcentral.com.au/vnl/|archive-date=4 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnl021219">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/2020-bupa-victorian-netball-league-fixture-released|title=2020 Bupa Victorian Netball League fixture released|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140943/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/2020-bupa-victorian-netball-league-fixture-released|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

===Former teams=== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Team ! Home city/town/suburb ! Debut season ! 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 |- | 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== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Winners ! Score ! Runners up ! Venue |- |2009<ref name="vicnetball2009"/><ref name="vnlfalcons"/><ref name="bna"/>||Hume City Falcons||47–44||Boroondara Genesis||SNHC |- |2010<ref name="vnlfalcons"/>||Hume City Falcons|| || ||SNHC |- |2011<ref name="bna"/><ref name="vnlhawks"/>||Monash University Storm|| ||Boroondara Express ||SNHC |- |2012<ref name="vicnetball2012"/><ref name="wordpress110812"/>||City West Falcons||42–37||VU-Western Lightning||SNHC |- |2013<ref name="vicnetball2013"/><ref name="starweekly050813"/>||City West Falcons||44–41||Peninsula Waves||SNHC |- |2014<ref name="vicnetball2014">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/NV_AnnualReport14_Digital_FA_Spreads.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2014|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="starweekly030714">{{cite web|url=https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/sport/1805612-gallery-video-vnl-gf-city-west-falcons-v-southern-saints/|title=VNL GF: City West Falcons v Southern Saints|publisher=starweekly.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=3 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615193439/https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/sport/1805612-gallery-video-vnl-gf-city-west-falcons-v-southern-saints/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Southern Saints||48–42||City West Falcons||SNHC |- |2015<ref name="vicnetball2015">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/NV_Annual-Report-2015_v4.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2015|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="express180615">{{cite web|url=http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/3150207/success-for-boroondara-express/|title=Success for Boroondara Express|publisher=www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au|access-date=14 June 2020|date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615022350/http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/3150207/success-for-boroondara-express/|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ||Boroondara Express||50–44||City West Falcons||SNHC |- |2016<ref name="vicnetball2016">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/NV_Annual-Report-2016_FA-Issuu.pdf|title=Netball Victoria – 2016 Annual Report|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="vnl280816">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/vnl-grand-finals-report|title=VNL Grand Finals Report|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615184051/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/vnl-grand-finals-report|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||Melbourne University Lightning||53–52||City West Falcons||SNHC |- |2017<ref name="vicnetball2017">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/sites/vic/files/2020-01/2017-NV-Annual-Report.pdf|title=Annual Report 2017 – Netball Victoria |publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="vnl190817">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/blaze-and-cougars-vnl-premiers|title=Blaze and Cougars VNL Premiers|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|access-date=15 June 2020|date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615190129/https://vic.netball.com.au/news/blaze-and-cougars-vnl-premiers|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||North East Blaze||49–46||Melbourne University Lightning||SNHC |- |2018<ref name="vicnetball2018"/><ref name="heraldsun030918"/>||City West Falcons||56–48||Geelong Cougars||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||SNHC |- |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||Parkville |- |2023 |City West Falcons |60-54 |Boroondara Express |Parkville |- |2024 |City West Falcons |64-53 |Boroondara Express |Parkville |- |2025 |City West Falcons |60-58 |Hawks |Parkville |}

==Notable players== 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.<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=== ;{{nb|Australia}} {| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Erin Bell * Kelsey Browne * Tegan Caldwell * Julie Corletto || * Renae Ingles * Wendy Jones * Cynna Kydd * Sharni Layton || * Kate Moloney * Caitlyn Nevins * Elizabeth Watson * Jo Weston |} ;{{nb|Malawi}} * Mwai Kumwenda ;{{nb|Scotland}} * Fiona Themann ;{{nb|Sri Lanka}} * Tharjini Sivalingam

===Melbourne Vixens=== {| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Karyn Bailey * Kelsey Browne * Julie Corletto * Lara Dunkley * Shannon Eagland * Kate Eddy || * Erin Hoare * Ashlee Howard * Renae Ingles * Wendy Jones * Kathleen Knott * Sharni Layton || * Kara Richards * Alice Teague-Neeld * Brooke Thompson * Elizabeth Watson * Jo Weston * Micaela Wilson |}

===Collingwood Magpies=== {| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Melissa Bragg * Kelsey Browne * Matilda Garrett * Molly Jovic * Maggie Lind || * Kelsie Rainbow * Gabrielle Sinclair * Micaela Wilson |}

{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="star020310"/><ref name="wordpress110812"/><ref name="mulhistory"/><ref name="express180615"/><ref name="vnl280816"/><ref name="vnl190817"/><ref name="vnl140819"/><ref name="bnavixens"/>}}

===Award winners=== ;Margaret Caldow Trophy The Championship MVP award is named after Margaret Caldow. {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Player ! Team |- |2009<ref name="vicnetball2009"/>||Brooke Thompson||VU Western Lightning |- |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 |- |rowspan=3|2012<ref name="vicnetball2012"/>||Caitlyn Strachan ''{{ref|1|(Note 1)}}''||Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels |- |Mwai Kumwenda||Peninsula Waves |- |Helen Barclay||Monash University Central |- |rowspan=2|2013<ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||Caitlyn Strachan''{{ref|2|(Note 2)}}''||Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels |- |Brooke Thompson||VU Western Lightning |- |2014<ref name="vicnetball2014"/>||Chloe Watson||City West Falcons |- |2015<ref name="vicnetball2015"/>||Kathleen Knott||City West Falcons |- |2016<ref name="vicnetball2016"/>||Maggie Lind||City West Falcons |- |2017<ref name="vicnetball2017"/>||Micaela Wilson||North East Blaze |- |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 |- |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 |}

;Notes * {{note|1|1}} 2012 award was shared. * {{note|2|2}} 2013 award was shared. * {{note|3|3}} 2021 award was shared.

;Player of the Championship Grand Final {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Player ! Team |- |2009<ref name="vicnetball2009"/>||Ashlee Howard||Boroondara Genesis |- |2010 || || |- |2011 || || |- |2012<ref name="vicnetball2012"/>||Christie Barnes||City West Falcons |- |2013<ref name="vicnetball2013"/>||Elizabeth Watson||City West Falcons |- |2014<ref name="vicnetball2014"/>||Leah Percy||Southern Saints |- |2015<ref name="vicnetball2015"/>||Sarah Yule||Boroondara Express |- |2016<ref name="vicnetball2016"/>||Dani Stewart||Melbourne University Lightning |- |2017<ref name="vicnetball2017"/>||Micaela Wilson||North East Blaze |- |2018 || || |- |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 |}

==Main sponsors== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! ! Years |- |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 |- |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 |}

==References== {{reflist|3}}

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