2016 VFL season

2016 VFL season
2016 VFL season
Teams	15
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The 2016 Victorian Football League season is the 135th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition.

There will be 15 teams competing in the league. The season started on Saturday 9 April with Werribee and Essendon.

Ladder

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Premiership season

Round 1


	Round 1
Saturday, 9 April (12:00pm)	Essendon 12.12 (84)	def. by	Werribee 16.6 (102)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:00pm)	Box Hill 18.10 (118)	def.	Sandringham 12.9 (81)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:00pm)	Coburg 11.9 (75)	def. by	North Ballarat 12.9 (81)	Piranha Park	Report
Saturday, 9 April (7:00pm)	Casey 27.17 (179)	def.	Frankston 5.5 (35)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 10 April (11:00am)	Footscray 15.14 (104)	def.	Northern Blues 8.7 (55)	VU Whitten Oval	Report
Sunday, 10 April (11:40am)	Port Melbourne 10.13 (73)	def. by	Collingwood 14.13 (97)	North Port Oval	Report
Sunday, 10 April (2:00pm)	Williamstown 16.13 (109)	def.	Richmond 9.10 (64)	Burbank Oval	Report
	Bye Geelong

Round 2


	Round 2
Friday, 15 April (7:00pm)	Geelong 14.6 (90)	def. by	Northern Blues 16.8 (104)	Simonds Stadium	Report
Friday, 15 April (7:30pm)	Essendon 18.16 (124)	def.	North Ballarat 5.9 (39)	Queen Elizabeth Oval	Report
Saturday, 16 April (12:00pm)	Richmond 17.10 (112)	def.	Footscray 7.18 (60)	Punt Road Oval	Report
Saturday, 16 April (2:00pm)	Port Melbourne 12.12 (84)	def.	Coburg 11.8 (74)	North Port Oval	Report
Sunday, 17 April (11:40am)	Williamstown 14.13 (97)	def. by	Box Hill 17.10 (112)	Burbank Oval	Report
Sunday, 17 April (11:45am)	Collingwood 10.5 (65)	def. by	Casey 18.13 (121)	Holden Centre	Report
Sunday, 17 April (2:00pm)	Frankston 10.3 (63)	def. by	Werribee 15.11 (101)	Frankston Park	Report
	Bye Sandringham

Round 3


	Round 3
Friday, 22 April (7:00pm)	North Ballarat 5.7 (37)	def. by	Geelong 16.15 (111)	Eureka Stadium	Report
Saturday, 23 April (2:00pm)	Frankston 14.15 (99)	def.	Richmond 13.8 (86)	Frankston Park	Report
Saturday, 23 April (2:00pm)	Coburg 11.12 (78)	def. by	Box Hill 13.8 (86)	Piranha Park
Saturday, 23 April (2:00pm)	Northern Blues 8.8 (56)	def. by	Port Melbourne 10.15 (75)	Preston City Oval
Saturday, 23 April (2:00pm)	Sandringham 18.9 (117)	def.	Footscray 12.17 (89)	Trevor Barker Oval	Report
Saturday, 23 April (7:00pm)	Casey 11.4 (70)	def. by	Williamstown 17.12 (114)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 24 April (2:10pm)	Collingwood 7.8 (48)	def. by	Essendon 20.13 (133)	Victoria Park	Report
	Bye Werribee
Frankston recorded its first win since Round 16, 2014, to break a 24-game losing streak.^[1]

Round 4


	Round 4
Saturday, 30 April (12:00pm)	Footscray 12.13 (85)	def. by	Werribee 19.13 (127)	VU Whitten Oval	Report
Saturday, 30 April (2:00pm)	Northern Blues 13.13 (91)	def. by	Collingwood 14.16 (100)	Preston City Oval	Report
Saturday, 30 April (4:30pm)	Richmond 7.12 (54)	def. by	Sandringham 16.15 (111)	Punt Road Oval	Report
Sunday, 1 May (11:40am)	Williamstown 8.4 (52)	def.	Port Melbourne 5.15 (45)	Burbank Oval	Report
Sunday, 1 May (12:00pm)	Essendon 7.12 (54)	def. by	Casey 10.11 (71)	Windy Hill	Report
Sunday, 1 May (1:00pm)	Geelong 15.12 (102)	def.	Coburg 10.7 (67)	Simonds Stadium	Report
Sunday, 1 May (2:00pm)	Box Hill 14.14 (98)	def.	Frankston 5.9 (39)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
	Bye North Ballarat

Round 5


	Round 5
Saturday, 7 May (12:00pm)	Essendon 16.9 (105)	def.	Geelong 12.12 (84)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 7 May (2:00pm)	Port Melbourne 13.16 (94)	def.	Richmond 8.3 (51)	North Port Oval	Report
Saturday, 7 May (4:50pm)	Collingwood 7.5 (47)	def. by	Sandringham 16.18 (114)	Holden Centre	Report
Saturday, 7 May (7:00pm)	Werribee 9.9 (63)	def. by	Williamstown 20.17 (137)	Avalon Airport Oval	Report
Sunday, 8 May (11:40am)	Footscray 20.21 (141)	def.	North Ballarat 5.6 (36)	VU Whitten Oval	Report
Sunday, 8 May (2:00pm)	Casey 19.11 (125)	def.	Northern Blues 2.6 (18)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 8 May (2:00pm)	Frankston 8.13 (61)	def.	Coburg 7.14 (56)	Frankston Park	Report
	Bye Box Hill

Round 6


	Round 6
Saturday, 14 May (1:00pm)	Geelong 6.8 (44)	def. by	Collingwood 8.16 (64)	Simonds Stadium	Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:00pm)	Williamstown 25.22 (172)	def.	Northern Blues 3.11 (29)	Burbank Oval	Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:00pm)	Port Melbourne 8.10 (58)	def. by	Footscray 11.11 (77)	North Port Oval	Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:00pm)	Sandringham 16.6 (102)	def. by	Casey 19.19 (133)	Trevor Barker Oval	Report
Saturday, 14 May (4:30pm)	Richmond 21.16 (142)	def.	North Ballarat 10.3 (63)	Punt Road Oval	Report
Sunday, 15 May (11:40am)	Werribee 10.10 (70)	def.	Box Hill 9.14 (68)	Avalon Airport Oval	Report
Sunday, 15 May (2:00pm)	Coburg 16.7 (103)	def.	Essendon 11.6 (72)	Piranha Park	Report
	Bye Frankston

Round 7


	Round 7
Saturday, 21 May (4:50pm)	Collingwood 13.8 (86)	def.	Williamstown 12.9 (81)	Holden Centre	Report
Saturday, 21 May (7:00pm)	Casey 12.11 (83)	def.	Box Hill 11.10 (76)	Casey Fields	Report
Saturday, 21 May (7:00pm)	North Ballarat 14.4 (88)	def. by	Port Melbourne 15.7 (97)	Eureka Stadium	Report
Sunday, 22 May (11:40am)	Frankston 10.8 (68)	def. by	Geelong 16.9 (105)	Frankston Park	Report
Sunday, 22 May (12:00pm)	Essendon 12.9 (81)	def. by	Footscray 15.10 (100)	Windy Hill	Report
Sunday, 22 May (2:00pm)	Northern Blues 16.10 (106)	def.	Coburg 14.11 (95)	Preston City Oval
Sunday, 22 May (2:00pm)	Sandringham 17.18 (120)	def.	Werribee 12.11 (83)	Trevor Barker Oval
	Bye Richmond

Round 8


	Round 8
Saturday, 28 May (4:00pm)	Richmond 5.14 (44)	def. by	Essendon 9.13 (67)	Punt Road Oval	Report
	Bye Box Hill, Casey, Coburg, Collingwood, Footscray, Frankston, Geelong, North Ballarat, Northern Blues, Port Melbourne, Sandringham, Werribee, Williamstown

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday, 4 June (2:00pm)	Werribee 9.5 (59)	def. by	Collingwood 13.10 (88)	Avalon Airport Oval	Report
Sunday, 5 June (11:00am)	Footscray 7.14 (56)	def. by	Williamstown 19.14 (128)	VU Whitten Oval	Report
Sunday, 5 June (11:40am)	Coburg 9.10 (64)	def.	Richmond 3.13 (31)	Piranha Park	Report
Sunday, 5 June (1:00pm)	Geelong 15.9 (99)	def. by	Sandringham 15.11 (101)	Simonds Stadium	Report
Sunday, 5 June (2:00pm)	Box Hill 12.18 (90)	def.	North Ballarat 9.9 (63)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Sunday, 5 June (2:00pm)	Casey 12.14 (86)	def.	Port Melbourne 7.9 (51)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 5 June (2:00pm)	Northern Blues 15.15 (105)	def.	Frankston 9.11 (65)	Ikon Park
	Bye Essendon

Round 10


	Round 10
Saturday, 11 June (11:00am)	Footscray 9.13 (67)	def.	Geelong 8.12 (60)	VU Whitten Oval	Report
Saturday, 11 June (1:00pm)	North Ballarat 7.20 (62)	def. by	Coburg 14.8 (92)	Etihad Stadium	Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:00pm)	Box Hill 10.7 (67)	def. by	Northern Blues 15.13 (103)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:00pm)	Williamstown 10.17 (77)	def.	Frankston 6.11 (47)	Burbank Oval	Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:10pm)	Casey 2.7 (19)	def. by	Collingwood 8.11 (59)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 12 June (11:40am)	Sandringham 15.13 (103)	def.	Essendon 9.21 (75)	Trevor Barker Oval	Report
Sunday, 12 June (2:00pm)	Richmond 11.15 (81)	def.	Werribee 6.14 (50)	Punt Road Oval	Report
	Bye Port Melbourne

Round 11


	Round 11
Saturday, 18 June (2:00pm)	North Ballarat 7.2 (44)	def. by	Casey 19.21 (135)	Eureka Stadium	Report
Saturday, 18 June (2:00pm)	Coburg 11.11 (77)	def. by	Port Melbourne 16.12 (108)	Piranha Park
Sunday, 19 June (2:00pm)	Frankston 13.3 (81)	def. by	Footscray 13.13 (91)	Frankston Park	Report
Sunday, 19 June (2:10pm)	Werribee 13.15 (93)	def. by	Essendon 16.10 (106)	Avalon Airport Oval	Report
Sunday, 19 June (2:10pm)	Geelong 18.10 (118)	def.	Box Hill 10.9 (69)	Simonds Stadium	Report
	Bye Collingwood, Northern Blues, Richmond, Sandringham, Williamstown

Round 12


	Round 12
Saturday, 25 June (2:00pm)	Werribee 9.5 (59)	def. by	Coburg 9.19 (73)	Avalon Airport Oval	Report
Saturday, 25 June (2:00pm)	Frankston 10.8 (68)	def. by	North Ballarat 11.9 (75)	Frankston Park
Saturday, 25 June (2:00pm)	Port Melbourne 10.11 (71)	def.	Box Hill 7.13 (55)	North Port Oval
Saturday, 25 June (2:10pm)	Northern Blues 9.8 (62)	def. by	Sandringham 13.24 (102)	Ikon Park
Sunday, 26 June (2:00pm)	Williamstown 5.17 (47)	def. by	Geelong 10.3 (63)	Burbank Oval
Sunday, 26 June (2:10pm)	Collingwood 14.12 (96)	def.	Richmond 10.10 (70)	Holden Centre	Report
	Bye Casey, Essendon, Footscray

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 2 July (1:00pm)	Coburg	v	Footscray	Piranha Park
Saturday, 2 July (2:10pm)	Essendon	v	Port Melbourne	Windy Hill
Saturday, 2 July (4:00pm)	Collingwood	v	Northern Blues	Holden Centre
Sunday, 3 July (2:00pm)	Williamstown	v	North Ballarat	Burbank Oval
Sunday, 3 July (2:00pm)	Sandringham	v	Frankston	Trevor Barker Oval
Sunday, 3 July (2:10pm)	Richmond	v	Casey	Punt Road Oval
	Bye Box Hill, Geelong, Werribee

Round 14


	Round 14
Saturday, 9 July (2:00pm)	Box Hill	v	Williamstown	Box Hill City Oval
Saturday, 9 July (2:00pm)	Northern Blues	v	Geelong	Ikon Park
Saturday, 9 July (2:00pm)	Coburg	v	Sandringham	Piranha Park
Saturday, 9 July (2:00pm)	Footscray	v	Richmond	VU Whitten Oval
Sunday, 10 July (11:40am)	Port Melbourne	v	Werribee	North Port Oval
Sunday, 10 July (1:00pm)	North Ballarat	v	Collingwood	Eureka Stadium
Sunday, 10 July (2:00pm)	Frankston	v	Essendon	Frankston Park
	Bye Casey

Round 15


	Round 15
Saturday, 16 July (11:00am)	Essendon	v	Box Hill	Windy Hill
Saturday, 16 July (12:00pm)	Geelong	v	Werribee	Simonds Stadium
Saturday, 16 July (1:00pm)	North Ballarat	v	Northern Blues	Eureka Stadium
Sunday, 17 July (11:40am)	Footscray	v	Casey	VU Whitten Oval
Sunday, 17 July (2:00pm)	Williamstown	v	Coburg	Burbank Oval
Sunday, 17 July (2:00pm)	Frankston	v	Collingwood	Frankston Park
Sunday, 17 July (2:00pm)	Sandringham	v	Port Melbourne	Trevor Barker Oval
	Bye Richmond

Round 16


	Round 16
Saturday, 23 July (2:00pm)	Werribee	v	North Ballarat	Avalon Airport Oval
Saturday, 23 July (2:00pm)	Port Melbourne	v	Williamstown	North Port Oval
Sunday, 24 July (12:30pm)	Box Hill	v	Richmond	Punt Road Oval
Sunday, 24 July (1:00pm)	Geelong	v	Essendon	Simonds Stadium
Sunday, 24 July (2:00pm)	Casey	v	Sandringham	Casey Fields
Sunday, 24 July (2:00pm)	Northern Blues	v	Footscray	Ikon Park
	Bye Coburg, Collingwood, Frankston

Round 17


	Round 17
Saturday, 30 July (0:00am)	Richmond	v	Frankston	Punt Road Oval
Saturday, 30 July (0:00pm)	Collingwood	v	Geelong	Victoria Park
Saturday, 30 July (0:00pm)	Footscray	v	Box Hill	VU Whitten Oval
Saturday, 30 July (0:00pm)	Port Melbourne	v	North Ballarat	North Port Oval
Saturday, 30 July (0:00pm)	Coburg	v	Casey	Piranha Park
Sunday, 31 July (0:00pm)	Werribee	v	Northern Blues	Avalon Airport Oval
Sunday, 31 July (0:00pm)	Sandringham	v	Williamstown	Trevor Barker Oval
	Bye Essendon

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 6 August (1:00pm)	North Ballarat	v	Sandringham	Eureka Stadium
Saturday, 6 August (1:00pm)	Geelong	v	Frankston	Simonds Stadium
Saturday, 6 August (1:00pm)	Collingwood	v	Coburg	Victoria Park
Saturday, 6 August (2:00pm)	Northern Blues	v	Richmond	Ikon Park
Saturday, 6 August (7:00pm)	Casey	v	Essendon	Casey Fields
Sunday, 7 August (2:00pm)	Box Hill	v	Werribee	Box Hill City Oval
Sunday, 7 August (2:00pm)	Williamstown	v	Footscray	Burbank Oval
	Bye Port Melbourne

Round 19


	Round 19
Saturday, 13 August (1:00pm)	Collingwood	v	Port Melbourne	Victoria Park
Sunday, 14 August (12:00pm)	Essendon	v	Williamstown	Windy Hill
Sunday, 14 August (2:00pm)	Casey	v	Werribee	Casey Fields
Sunday, 14 August (2:00pm)	Coburg	v	Frankston	Piranha Park
Sunday, 14 August (2:00pm)	Sandringham	v	Box Hill	Trevor Barker Oval
Sunday, 14 August (5:00pm)	Richmond	v	Geelong	Punt Road Oval
	Bye Footscray, North Ballarat, Northern Blues

Round 20


	Round 20
Saturday, 20 August (12:00pm)	Box Hill	v	Collingwood	Box Hill City Oval
Saturday, 20 August (2:00pm)	Northern Blues	v	Williamstown	Ikon Park
Saturday, 20 August (2:30pm)	North Ballarat	v	Essendon	Eureka Stadium
Sunday, 21 August (11:00am)	Geelong	v	Casey	Simonds Stadium
Sunday, 21 August (12:00pm)	Werribee	v	Footscray	Avalon Airport Oval
Sunday, 21 August (2:00pm)	Frankston	v	Port Melbourne	Frankston Park
Sunday, 21 August (2:00pm)	Sandringham	v	Richmond	Trevor Barker Oval
	Bye Coburg

Round 21


	Round 21
Saturday, 27 August (12:00pm)	Richmond	v	Coburg	Punt Road Oval
Saturday, 27 August (12:00pm)	Footscray	v	Collingwood	VU Whitten Oval
Saturday, 27 August (12:00pm)	Essendon	v	Northern Blues	Windy Hill
Saturday, 27 August (1:00pm)	North Ballarat	v	Frankston	Eureka Stadium
Saturday, 27 August (2:00pm)	Box Hill	v	Casey	Box Hill City Oval
Saturday, 27 August (2:00pm)	Port Melbourne	v	Geelong	North Port Oval
Sunday, 28 August (2:00pm)	Werribee	v	Sandringham	Avalon Airport Oval
	Bye Williamstown

References

^ "VFL Saturday recap: Round 3". Fox Sports Pulse. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

[1] "VFL Saturday recap: Round 3". Fox Sports Pulse. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

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