Golden Rivers Football League

The Golden Rivers Football Netball League was an Australian rules football and netball competition that was based in north-central Victoria and the western Riverina area of New South Wales.

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History

The league, formed in 1919, was known as the Kerang and District Football Association until 1944. In 1946, the league was re-established as the Kerang and District Football League.
In 1998, the league changed its name to the Golden Rivers Football League at the direction of the Victorian Country Football League to better reflect its expansion beyond the immediate Kerang area.
The league was disbanded at the end of the 2025 season due to a declining number of clubs.

Clubs

The league finished with six clubs from towns in Victoria and New South Wales. All football clubs fielded seniors, reserves, under 18 and under 15 teams. All netball clubs fielded A grade, B grade, B reserve, C grade, 17 and under and 14 and under teams.

Premiers

1945 QUAMBATOOK
1946 KERANG
1947 MACORNA
1948 MACORNA
1949 MURRABIT
1950 BOORT
1951 MACORNA
1952 MACORNA
1953 MACORNA
1954 KERANG ROVERS
1955 WANDELLA
1956 WANDELLA
1957 WANDELLA
1958 MURRABIT
1959 WANDELLA
1960 MACORNA
1961 MOULAMEIN
1962 MACORNA
1963 MURRABIT
1964 APPIN
1965 MURRABIT
1966 MURRABIT
1967 MURRABIT
1968 MURRABIT
1969 MURRABIT
1970 MACORNA
1971 KERANG ROVERS
1972 LAKES
1973 QUAMBATOOK
1974 QUAMBATOOK
1975 KERANG ROVERS
1976 WAKOOL
1977 WANDELLA
1978 WAKOOL
1979 WANDELLA
1980 WAKOOL
1981 ULTIMA
1982 HAY
1983 ULTIMA
1984 QUAMBATOOK
1985 WANDELLA
1986 WANDELLA
1987 APPIN
1988 MOULAMEIN
1989 WAKOOL
1990 WAKOOL
1991 ULTIMA
1992 HAY
1993 WANDELLA
1994 ULTIMA
1995 HAY
1996 ULTIMA
1997 QUAMBATOOK
1998 NULLAWIL
1999 MURRABIT
2000 NULLAWIL
2001 NULLAWIL
2002 ULTIMA
2003 ULTIMA
2004 ULTIMA
2005 MURRABIT
2006 WAKOOL
2007 MURRABIT
2008 WANDELLA
2009 WANDELLA
2010 WANDELLA
2011 WANDELLA
2012 NULLAWIL
2013 WAKOOL
2014 ULTIMA
2015 ULTIMA
2016 MURRABIT
2017 WANDELLA
2018 NULLAWIL
2019 NULLAWIL
2020 League in recess due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Finals not played due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 NULLAWIL
2023 HAY
2024 ULTIMA
2025 HAY

E.G Hunt Medallion

The E.G Hunt Medallion is awarded to the Best and Fairest player of the Senior Football competition.

Year	Player	Year	Player
1947	Marsh Long	1987	Wayne Ladson
1948	Marsh Long	1988	Evan Eilson
1949	Marsh Long	1989	Robert Styles
1950	Marsh Long	1990	Greg Turbill
1951	Vince Kelly	1991	Warren Maher
1952	Keith Morrison	1992	Royce Simpson
1953	Marsh Long	1993	Shane Ingram
1954	Marsh Long	1994	Roger Smith
1955	Linton Mills	1995	Terry Blake
1956	Athol Livingston	1996	Des Smith
1957	Jack Findlay	1997	Brian Theizs
1958	Jack Findlay	1998	Matt Champerlain
1959	Charles Peach Cliff Mowat	1999	Dean Young
1960	Barry Doran	2000	Grant Caelli
1961	John Wishart	2001	Des Smith
1962	John Maloni	2002	Mat Fleming
1963	Stuart Robertson	2003	Luke O'Toole
1964	Graham Clark	2004	Glenn Smith
1965	Bruce Robinson	2005	Luke O'Toole
1966	Jim Sheldon	2006	Josh Bode
1967	Leon Whelan	2007	Glenn Smith
1968	William Proud	2008	Will Callow
1969	Leon Whelan	2009	Luke Maher Michael Rowe
1970	Leon Whelan	2010	Dain Hayes Luke Maher
1971	Barry Taylor	2011	Wayne Mitrovic Scott Mathiaske
1972	Robin Taylor	2012	Wayne Mitrovic
1973	Ian Pay	2013	Luke O'Toole
1974	Ian Prendergast	2014	Thomas Isma
1975	Bill Zeldenryk	2015	Brodie Bennett
1976	Ian Prendergast	2016	Bryden Morrison
1977	Ian Prendergast	2017	Justin Robinson
1978	Mark Newell	2018	Andrew Oberdofer Daniel Watts
1979	Claude Jackson Ian Prendergast	2019	Thomas Isma Jackson Ferguson
1980	Peter Crawford	2020	League Cancelled due to Covid-19
1981	Neil Byers	2021	Matt Quigley
1982	Neil Byers	2022	Ricky Wild
1983	Peter Evans	2023	Heath Moloney
1984	Barry Prendergast	2024	Jack Cattanach
1985	Eddie Redfern	2025	Jacob Watson
1986	Bryan Livingston	-	-