2025 VAFA Division 1 Men

Senior Ladder

W L % Pts
Ormond 18 0 154.62 72
Old Peninsula 14 4 158.03 56
Kew 12 6 131.23 48
Oakleigh 11 7 124.39 44
Preston Bullants 11 7 114.49 44
UHS-VU 9 9 105.90 36
Brunswick
6 12 91.24 24
Monash Blues 5 13 71.43 20
Therry Penola 3 15 53.16 12
Elsternwick 1 17 55.28 4

Round 1

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.1-19
8.3-51
10.13-73
13.16-94
Therry Penola Therry Penola
1.2-8
1.2-8
2.3-15
4.6-30
Goals:
A. Jaycock (4), O. Watt (3), P. Scamporlino (2), Z. Hooke, L. Pearson, L. Bonney McKenzie, T. Wilson
Best:
F. Banfield, A. Jaycock, B. Wilson, B. Young, T. Hedley, M. Foti

The stage was perfectly set for Brunswick's return to Division 1 on Saturday at Gillon Oval against old rivals Therry Penola and they delivered their lines with aplomb, opening up an early lead and proceeding to dominate the opposition to the tune of 64 points.

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Round 2

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.2-20
5.4-34
9.6-60
10.8-68
Oakleigh Oakleigh
6.4-40
9.8-62
12.11-83
15.17-107
Goals:
O. Watt (3), T. Wilson (2), L. Pearson, P. Scamporlino, F. Banfield, W. McKenzie, B. Young
Best:
D. Mott, L. Bonney McKenzie, T. Haddock, F. Banfield, O. Watt, T. Wilson

On the hottest day in living memory for a home-and-away game at Gillon Oval, there was plenty of heat in a high-quality Round 2 encounter between Brunswick and Oakleigh on Saturday, but it was the Krushers who were able to absorb the pressure and execute their skills better for longer, eventually running out 39-point victors.

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Round 3

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.1-19
6.3-39
9.3-57
11.3-69
Old Peninsula Old Peninsula
0.2-2
5.2-32
9.9-63
16.15-111
Goals:
J. Gale (4), A. Jaycock (2), O. Watt (2), S. Kiebert, M. Deeth, M. Hicks
Best:
L. Bonney McKenzie, R. Hogenbirk, F. Banfield, J. Mackie, W. McKenzie, J. Gale

In a match of wildly fluctuating fortunes at Gillon Oval on Saturday, Old Peninsula left a gallant Brunswick shell-shocked, turning a four-goal deficit at the 10-minute mark of the third quarter into an impressive seven-goal win.

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Round 4

UHS-VU UHS-VU
2.0-12
8.3-51
9.6-60
14.7-91
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.2-14
5.4-34
9.5-59
10.7-67
Goals:
A. Coverdale (3), O. Watt (3), L. Pearson, A. Jaycock, J. Gale, M. Hicks
Best:
T. Haddock, J. Gale, O. Watt, G. Banova, J. Browne, M. Hicks

It is 34 years since North Old Boys (now known as Brunswick) left their home ground in Brens Oval for Gillon Oval and on Saturday their senior men's team returned for the first time to face their old co-tenants Uni High School, who, remarkably, they had not played since 1971, and for three quarters it looked like they might crown the occasion with a famous win, but it was the team in green and tan who handled the moment better, consigning the purple and white to a third straight loss.

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Round 5

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
7.4-46
10.8-68
15.13-103
22.16-148
Elsternwick Elsternwick
0.2-2
2.3-15
5.3-33
7.3-45
Goals:
O. Watt (6), J. Gale (5), M. Hicks (4), B. Wilson (2), D. Mott, L. Pearson, A. Jaycock, W. McKenzie, R. Hogenbirk
Best:
D. Mott, B. Wilson, O. Watt, M. Hicks, R. Hogenbirk, C. Thorpe

The last time Brunswick met Elsternwick was in the 2024 Division 2 grand final and the contrast between the conditions for Saturday's game at an idyllic Gillon Oval and a wet and windy La Trobe University Oval could not have been starker, nor could the outcome, with the NOBs exacting a modicum of revenge for last year's low-scoring loss in the form of a 103-point thumping of the Wickers.

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Round 6

Monash Blues Monash Blues
1.1-7
4.4-28
5.6-36
7.6-48
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
1.9-15
4.11-35
7.11-53
9.15-69
Goals:
J. Gale (2), O. Watt (2), A. Coverdale, G. Banova, T. Wilson, M. Hicks, B. Young
Best:
R. Hogenbirk, T. Haddock, F. Banfield, A. Coverdale, W. Bishop, B. Wilson

Up against the winless Monash Blues at Frearson Oval on Saturday, Brunswick needed to bank the four points to stay in touch with the top half of the Division 1 ladder and in wet conditions they managed to do so, but it was an ugly 21-point win.

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Round 7

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
4.2-26
7.4-46
12.7-79
12.9-81
Kew Kew
2.4-16
4.6-30
7.8-50
10.12-72
Goals:
T. Wilson (4), O. Watt (3), J. Gale (2), L. Pearson, A. Jaycock, R. Hogenbirk
Best:
G. Banova, T. Wilson, M. Foti, W. Kempt, R. Hogenbirk, W. McKenzie

An impressive Brunswick held off a last quarter challenge from second-placed Kew to record their third successive win in an exciting game at a windy Gillon Oval on Saturday.

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Round 8

Preston Bullants Preston Bullants
4.4-28
9.6-60
12.8-80
21.11-137
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
5.5-35
7.9-51
12.16-88
16.17-113
Goals:
O. Watt (4), P. Scamporlino (3), G. Banova (3), J. Gale (2), D. Mott, F. Banfield, A. Jaycock, R. Hogenbirk
Best:
D. Mott, G. Banova, L. Bonney McKenzie, F. Banfield, R. Hogenbirk, M. Foti

In an old school shoot-out at the postage stamp-sized Ruthven Reserve on Saturday, Brunswick paid the price for failing to capitalise on their chances in the third quarter as the Preston Bullants kicked nine goals in the final term to win by 24 points and retain their spot in the top-four.

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Round 9

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.1-13
3.1-19
5.4-34
7.5-47
Ormond Ormond
2.2-14
6.3-39
7.6-48
10.13-73
Goals:
T. Wilson (2), P. Scamporlino, O. Watt, W. McKenzie, G. Banova, M. Hicks
Best:
D. Mott, F. Banfield, W. Bishop, W. McKenzie, P. Scamporlino, G. Banova

Up against Division 1 pacesetters in the form of undefeated Ormond, Brunswick gave an excellent account of themselves in a game that was high on quality, despite the bitterly cold and gusty conditions at Gillon Oval on Saturday, but in the end their forwards weren't able to capitalise on the work of their gun midfield and fell short by 26 points.

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Round 10

Therry Penola Therry Penola
1.2-8
2.4-16
3.5-23
9.5-59
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
5.3-33
7.8-50
15.13-103
17.13-115
Goals:
P. Scamporlino (5), O. Watt (3), M. Hicks (3), A. Jaycock (2), R. Hogenbirk (2), L. Pearson, D. Mott
Best:
B. Wilson, R. Hogenbirk, A. Jaycock, P. Scamporlino, W. Bishop, M. Hicks

For the second time this season, Brunswick comfortably accounted for arch-rivals Therry Penola to keep themselves in the finals race but missed the opportunity to record a big percentage-booster by conceding the last four goals of the game at J.P. Fawkner Reserve on Saturday.

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Round 11

Oakleigh Oakleigh
5.1-31
11.2-68
15.6-96
21.9-135
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
1.4-10
6.7-43
10.13-73
13.15-93
Goals:
P. Scamporlino (5), O. Watt (3), T. Wilson (2), Z. Hooke, J. Doherty, T. Kearney
Best:
F. Banfield, P. Scamporlino, R. Hogenbirk, D. Mott, A. Jaycock, L. Bonney McKenzie

In a game that was crucial to Brunswick's finals hopes, a slow start proved costly against a taller and more accurate Oakleigh outfit as they were soundly beaten by 42 points at Scammell Reserve on Saturday.

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Round 12

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
4.2-26
5.4-34
5.5-35
6.6-42
UHS-VU UHS-VU
1.3-9
4.8-32
7.12-54
10.17-77
Goals:
M. Varley (3), P. Scamporlino, J. Gale, D. Mott
Best:
M. Varley, F. Banfield, T. Haddock, W. Bishop, B. Wilson, B. Griffin

Brunswick's hopes of playing finals in their first season back in Division 1 of the VAFA appear to be over as they slumped to their fourth loss in five outings at the hands of a more desperate UHS-VU under sunny skies at Gillon Oval on Saturday.

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Round 13

Old Peninsula Old Peninsula
5.2-32
6.4-40
10.7-67
13.10-88
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.2-14
5.4-34
7.6-48
8.8-56
Goals:
P. Scamporlino (2), F. Banfield (2), T. Wilson (2), B. Wilson, A. Jaycock
Best:
A. Jaycock, D. Mott, G. Banova, T. Haddock, W. Bishop, T. Wilson

Making their first trip down the highway to Mount Eliza for four years, Brunswick got a stark reminder of just how hard it is to defeat arch-rivals Old Peninsula in the hostile surrounds of Harry MacDonald Oval, taking the fight up to the Pirates for three quarters before falling away to lose by 32 points in blustery conditions on Saturday.

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Round 14

Elsternwick Elsternwick
2.1-13
5.7-37
9.9-63
12.15-87
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.1-19
8.7-55
14.10-94
19.14-128
Goals:
M. Hicks (4), P. Scamporlino (4), R. Hogenbirk (3), G. Banova (2), T. Wilson (2), J. Gale, D. Mott, A. Jaycock, T. Kearney
Best:
D. Mott, R. Hogenbirk, P. Scamporlino, F. Banfield, T. Haddock, Z. Hooke

Brunswick successfully fended off the challenge of last year's grand final nemesis Elsternwick, who were desperately trying to keep their remote chances of avoiding relegation back to Division 2 alive, to notch up their sixth victory of the season by 41 points at a windy Elsternwick Park No. 2 on Saturday.

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Round 15

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
0.3-3
2.6-18
4.9-33
5.11-41
Monash Blues Monash Blues
7.2-44
14.4-88
17.6-108
18.9-117
Goals:
M. Hicks (2), L. Pearson, G. Banova, T. Wilson
Best:
J. Browne, F. Banfield, B. Wilson, G. Banova, L. Allman, L. Pearson

On a perfect day for footy, Gillon Oval became the House of Horrors for Brunswick on Saturday as they meekly succumbed in the first half to the eighth-placed Monash Blues, then suffered carnage on the bench in the second, ending the game with 16 players on the field and a 76-point shellacking.

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Round 16

Kew Kew
7.3-45
9.4-58
16.7-103
17.14-116
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.0-18
6.5-41
11.7-73
14.10-94
Goals:
P. Scamporlino (4), O. Watt (3), J. Doherty, J. Gale, W. Kempt, D. Mott, R. Hogenbirk, G. Banova, M. Hicks
Best:
W. Kempt, J. Gale, R. Hogenbirk, J. Browne, O. Watt, P. Scamporlino

Under sunny skies at Victoria Park on Saturday Kew got the early jump on Brunswick, which proved to be decisive as the game became a fast-paced shoot-out with goals aplenty on both sides, with the Bears eventually holding on to win by 22 points.

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Round 17

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.1-13
3.8-26
3.9-27
6.11-47
Preston Bullants Preston Bullants
4.8-32
8.9-57
12.13-85
13.17-95
Goals:
T. Wilson (2), P. Scamporlino (2), O. Watt, W. Kempt
Best:
R. Hogenbirk, B. Wilson, J. Browne, J. Gale, F. Banfield, L. Allman

Finals-bound Preston outclassed and outworked a disappointing Brunswick at Gillon Oval on Saturday, when the weather was the source of more interest than the action on the ground at times, in an eight-goal thumping.

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Round 18

Ormond Ormond
4.6-30
6.7-43
9.13-67
12.16-88
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
0.0-0
3.4-22
5.5-35
9.12-66
Goals:
J. Gale (2), L. Jerkovic, O. Watt, B. Wilson, F. Banfield, G. Banova, M. Foti, P. Scamporlino
Best:
F. Banfield, W. McKenzie, J. Browne, R. Hogenbirk, J. Gale, M. Deeth

After some indifferent performances in recent weeks, Brunswick finished their season on a positive note and can look forward to competing strongly in Division 1 in 2026, after giving the undefeated Ormond a real scare at EE Gunn Reserve on Saturday, eventually going down by 22 points.

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