Wellington AFL is an Australian rules football competition in Wellington, New Zealand consisting of 4 men's and 2 women's clubs and is one of the Leagues governed by AFL New Zealand . It was founded in 1974. The current Wellington women's league was founded in 2021.
Clubs All games are played at Hutt Park, Lower Hutt
Men Club Colours Nickname Est. Years in WAFL WAFL Premierships Total Years Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 1973 1973- 11 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2022 Hutt Valley Eagles (Upper Hutt) Eagles ?-present 2 2010, 2011
Women Club Colours Nickname Est. Years in WAFL WAFL Premierships Total Years Ngā Manu Rere 2021 2021- 0 - South Coast Swell Swell 2021 2021- 4 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Est. Years in WAFL WAFL Premierships Total Years Lower Hutt Tigers Hutt Park, Lower Hutt ? 0 - Merged with Upper Hutt to form Hutt Valley Eagles North City Demons Demons ?-2022 0 - Folded after 2022 season Upper Hutt Eagles ? 1 1995 Merged with Lower Hutt to form Hutt Valley Eagles Wellington City Saints Kelburn Park, Kelburn 1994 1994-2022 1 2018 Folded after 2022 season
Results
Year Premier Runner up Result 2024 2023 2022 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs Hutt Valley Eagles 2019 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs Wellington City Saints 53-23 2018 Wellington City Saints Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 37-34 2014 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs North City Demons 84-40[ 1] 2011 Hutt Valley Eagles Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 75-52 2010 Hutt Valley Eagles Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 2009 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 2008 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 2007 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 2005 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 2001 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 2000 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 1998 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 1996 Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs 1995 Upper Hutt Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
Year Premier Runner up Result 2024 South Coast Swell Ngā Manu Rere 2023 South Coast Swell Ngā Manu Rere 68-27 2022 South Coast Swell Ngā Manu Rere 44-9 2021 South Coast Swell Ngā Manu Rere
Historic League The Wellington League of Australian Football ran from 1904 until the end of 1909. The league was formed in May 1904 at a meeting in Wellington, with the secretary being J.T. Kelly and had two founding clubs: Lefroy and Federal[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Basin Reserve due to a lack of alternative venues.[ 5] [ 6]
Clubs Club Location Formed Colours City Football Club (formerly Lefroy) Wellington 1903 Dark and light blue Federal Football Club Carlton Hall grounds, Vivian Street Wellington 1903 Petone Football Club Petone 1904[ 7] Newtown Football Club Newtown, New Zealand 1904 Wanderers Football Club (formerly Imperial) Sports Club, Wellington 1904
References ^ Doggies day out in Wellington by Rod Shaw for World Footy News 16 February 2014 ^ EVENING POST, VOLUME LXVII, ISSUE 126, 28 MAY 1904, PAGE 2 ^ NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME LXXVI, ISSUE 5288, 28 MAY 1904, PAGE 5 ^ EVENING POST, VOLUME LXVII, ISSUE 131, 3 JUNE 1904, PAGE 2 ^ EVENING POST, VOLUME LXXV, ISSUE 78, 1 APRIL 1908, PAGE 8 ^ NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 6817, 13 MAY 1909, PAGE 6 ^ EVENING POST, VOLUME LXVII, ISSUE 141, 15 JUNE 1904, PAGE 5
Governing body National team Major leagues
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