FINALS VENUES
NEPEAN FNL
Rye Football Club
Saturday 21 & 28 August, 4 September
Pearcedale Football Club
Sunday 22 & 29 August
Football – Grand Final at Frankston Park 11 September
CASEY CARDINIA FNL
PAKENHAM FOOTBALL GROUND
Sunday 29 August, 5 September, 12 September
BERWICK FOOTBALL GROUND
Saturday 28 August, 4 & 18 September
PENINSULA FL
FRANKSTON PARK
Sunday 29 August, 5,12,19 September
At this stage the Board believe that the GrandStand construction
will not impact on finals being played at Frankston, however, this will be
constantly monitored.
PINES FC
Saturday 28 August, 4 September
8.0 ELIGIBILITY FOR FINALS
8.1 To be eligible to play in 1st
XVIII finals matches, a player must play in a three (3) home and away matches
in any grade for that Club during the current season.
8.2 To be eligible to play in the 2nd XVIII finals matches,
a player must play in three (3) 2nd XVIII home and away matches for
that Club during the current season and must not have played in ten (10) or
more 1st XVIII home and away matches during the current season.
8.3 Where a Club has 1st XVIII and 2nd XVIII teams involved in finals
matches on the same weekend, By-Law 8.2 does not apply, save that a player
seeking to play in a 2nd XVIII finals match shall have played in at
least three (3) home and away matches in either 1st XVIII and/or 2nd
XVIII during the current season. (Amended
27 November 2000)
8.4.1 To be eligible to play in 3rd XVIII finals
matches, a player must play in three (3) 3rd XVIII home and away matches for
that Club during the current season.
8.4.2 Any player who has played 10 (ten) games or more by the conclusion
of the MPNFL home and away series as a AFL/ VFL Supplementary Player and / or
VFL Under 18’s player, shall not be eligible to compete in the 3rd
XVIII finals series for his ‘home’ Club in the current season (Amended 29 November 1999)
8.4.3 Finals Qualifications for players in Armed Forces - Refer V.C.F.L.
Rule
8.4.4 For the purposes of eligibility, the interchange player/s shall be
deemed to have competed, whether or not he has taken the field during the match
for which he was named as interchange. (Amended 14
December 1998)
Refer V.C.F.L.
Rule for V.F.L Under 18 players
For the purpose
of finals qualifications and player eligibility, the V.F.L. Under 18
competition shall be considered the equal of V.C.F.L. senior competition and
the V.F.L. Under 18 matches shall be considered matches of the player’s senior V.C.F.L.
team for the purpose of eligibility to play in V.C.F.L. finals’.
8.5 A player who has played ten (10) or more VFL/AFL games by the
conclusion of the MPNFL home and away series including senior and/or reserves,
shall not be eligible to compete in senior or reserve grade MPNFL finals,
irrespective of other qualification criteria. (Added 1 December 2003)
8.6 Finals Eligibility – Second Under 18 team
8.6.1 A player must play three (3) matches in Team A to be eligible to
play in finals matches, regardless of how many matches are played in Team B,
and players must play in three (3) matches in Team B to be eligible for finals.
8.6.2 By-Law 8.4.2 shall apply to players in both Team A and Team B.
8.6.3 By-Law 8.5 shall apply to players in both Team A and Team B.
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