 

Finals are the most exciting time on the footy calendar, but it's no simple task to manage 31 different finals series across 8 weeks.

 

In this episode of our semi-regular podcast series INSIDE THE VAFA, Jason Bennett & Paddy Grindlay explore the process of FINALS FIXTURING with VAFA CEO, JASON REDDICK.

 
How is the VAFA Finals fixture constructed?

 
What are the guiding principles as to who plays where & when?

 
Why do we play finals at non-VAFA venues?

 
What happens behind the scenes for the VAFA to match-manage 97 finals games & 31 Grand Finals across the course of 8 weeks?

Take a peek behind the curtain for some interesting insights into the running of the biggest senior football competition in Australia as we take you INSIDE THE VAFA, thanks to MECWACARE!

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Finals are the most exciting time on the footy calendar, but it's no simple task to manage 31 different finals series across 8 weeks.
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In this episode of our semi-regular podcast series INSIDE THE VAFA, Jason Bennett &amp; Paddy Grindlay explore the process of FINALS FIXTURING with VAFA CEO, JASON REDDICK.
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How is the VAFA Finals fixture constructed?</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>What are the guiding principles as to who plays where &amp; when?</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Why do we play finals at non-VAFA venues?</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>What happens behind the scenes for the VAFA to match-manage 97 finals games &amp; 31 Grand Finals across the course of 8 weeks?</li>
</ul>
Take a peek behind the curtain for some interesting insights into the running of the biggest senior football competition in Australia as we take you INSIDE THE VAFA, thanks to MECWACARE!

Joe Pignataro, Jason Bennett and Paddy Grindlay take an in-depth look each week at the VAFA, featuring interviews, analysis, humour, tips for the weekend’s game and more.

Joe Pignataro, Jason Bennett and Paddy Grindlay take an in-depth look each week at the VAFA, featuring interviews, analysis, humour, tips for the weekend’s game and more.

For the Love of the Game

Listen to weekly Podcasts covering the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) - Australia's largest senior community football competition - including For the Love of the Game, Inside the Boundary, VAFA Legends and Match of the Day Recap. Interviews, analysis, humour, tips and more!

Listen to weekly Podcasts covering the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) - Australia's largest senior community football competition - including For the Love of the Game, Inside the Boundary, VAFA Legends and Match of the Day Recap. Interviews, analysis, humour, tips and more!

VAFA Podcasts

Listen to weekly Podcasts covering the Victorian Amateur Football Association - Australia's largest community football competition - including For the Love of the Game, Inside the Boundary, VAFA Legends and Match of the Day Recap.

Listen to weekly Podcasts covering the Victorian Amateur Football Association - Australia's largest community football competition - including For the Love of the Game, Inside the Boundary, VAFA Legends and Match of the Day Recap.

VAFA Podcast

INSIDE THE VAFA - Finals Fixturing Special: with CEO, Jason Reddick

Jason Bennett & Paddy Grindlay bring you the 2025 VAFA Awards Show, where the final League Best & Fairest leaderboards are announced for every section except Premier Men's & Women's.

Every winner is interviewed in a show that always delivers wonderful back-stories & depths of emotion as we celebrate individual excellence across the VAFA in 2025.

Jason Bennett &amp; Paddy Grindlay bring you the 2025 VAFA Awards Show, where the final League Best &amp; Fairest leaderboards are announced for every section except Premier Men's &amp; Women's.
Every winner is interviewed in a show that always delivers wonderful back-stories &amp; depths of emotion as we celebrate individual excellence across the VAFA in 2025.

2025 VAFA Awards Show - Celebrating our League Best & Fairest Winners!

Paddy Grindlay, Simon Petch, Hugo Higginbotham, Daniel Ward, Matthew Donald & Cal Cummins bring you all the colour, excitement and emotion of Premier Men's Grand Final Day 2025.

Will it be the Tonners collecting their first ever top-flight premiership, or will the Cardinals go back-to-back for the first time since 1934?

Paddy Grindlay, Simon Petch, Hugo Higginbotham, Daniel Ward, Matthew Donald &amp; Cal Cummins bring you all the colour, excitement and emotion of Premier Men's Grand Final Day 2025.
Will it be the Tonners collecting their first ever top-flight premiership, or will the Cardinals go back-to-back for the first time since 1934?

VAFA 2025 William Buck Premier Men's GRAND FINAL - Old Brighton v Old Scotch

Jason Bennett, Paddy Grindlay & Matthew Donald bring you a blockbuster episode of FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME as they look back at an action-packed weekend of Premier Grand Finals, then preview the final game of the season - the Premier Men's Grand Final.

The boys review the weekend's premiership deciders with:
Old Trinity premiership coach DONALD McDONALD as the T's slide the trophy into the cabinet & start thinking about the challenge of Premier Men's next season;
Beaumaris skipper CAL LINEHAN talks us through the Sharks' Premier C Grand Final triumph & their chance to tackle the challenge of Premier B once again in 2026;
Best afield in the Premier Women's Grand Final - Old Scotch star JORDY MIFSUD - after her team secured back-to-back top-flight women's premierships for the first time in club history.

Then we look ahead to William Buck Premier Men's Grand Final Day with:
Old Brighton captain HARRY HILL, who provides us with some insights into how his team plans to deliver the Tonners' first ever top-flight title;
Old Scotch skipper ANDY JELBART tells us what his team needs to do to win back-to-back flags;
VAFA Media expert DANIEL WARD talks us through how he sees the big game panning out & the Keys to Success for both teams.

Plus VAFA news-breaker BRAYDEN MAY on the latest talking points around the VAFA.

Throw in Paddy & Matty's Grand Final tips and you've got yourself one of the biggest episodes of the entire season, FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME - thanks to MECWACARE!

Jason Bennett, Paddy Grindlay &amp; Matthew Donald bring you a blockbuster episode of FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME as they look back at an action-packed weekend of Premier Grand Finals, then preview the final game of the season - the Premier Men's Grand Final.
The boys review the weekend's premiership deciders with:
<ul>
<li>Old Trinity premiership coach DONALD McDONALD as the T's slide the trophy into the cabinet &amp; start thinking about the challenge of Premier Men's next season;</li>
<li>Beaumaris skipper CAL LINEHAN talks us through the Sharks' Premier C Grand Final triumph &amp; their chance to tackle the challenge of Premier B once again in 2026;</li>
<li>Best afield in the Premier Women's Grand Final - Old Scotch star JORDY MIFSUD - after her team secured back-to-back top-flight women's premierships for the first time in club history.</li>
</ul>
Then we look ahead to William Buck Premier Men's Grand Final Day with:
<ul>
<li>Old Brighton captain HARRY HILL, who provides us with some insights into how his team plans to deliver the Tonners' first ever top-flight title;</li>
<li>Old Scotch skipper ANDY JELBART tells us what his team needs to do to win back-to-back flags;</li>
<li>VAFA Media expert DANIEL WARD talks us through how he sees the big game panning out &amp; the Keys to Success for both teams.</li>
</ul>
Plus VAFA news-breaker BRAYDEN MAY on the latest talking points around the VAFA.
Throw in Paddy &amp; Matty's Grand Final tips and you've got yourself one of the biggest episodes of the entire season, FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME - thanks to MECWACARE!

INSIDE THE VAFA - Finals Fixturing Special: with CEO, Jason Reddick

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