The Warragul Football and Netball Club has been a part of the Gippsland League (formely the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League) since 2005.
Considered the only major football league in Gippsland, the Gippsland League consists of ten teams based throughout West, South and East Gippsland, and the Latrobe Valley.
Those teams include:
- Bairnsdale
- Drouin
- Leongatha
- Maffra
- Moe
- Morwell
- Sale
- Traralgon
- Warragul
- Wonthaggi
The Gippsland League has roots dating back to the Central Gippsland Football League which was founded in 1902, which morphed into the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954.
The LVFL changed its name, in 1995, to the Gippsland Latrobe FL.
At the end of 2001, The West Gippsland FL and the Gippsland Latrobe FL had an administrative merger. This created a two-division competition and a name change to West Gippsland Latrobe FL.
From 2002 until 2004, the league comprised a premier division, consisting mainly of the former Gippsland-Latrobe clubs, and a western division, comprising most of the former WGFL clubs.
After the 2004 season, the western division was dissolved, with Warragul, Drouin and Garfield joining the premier league. The remaining clubs from the western division moved to other competitions, such as the Alberton Football League, Ellinbank & District Football League and the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.
In 2009 Garfield left the GFL for the Ellinbank and District Football League, whilst Wonthaggi and Bairnsdale joined the GFL in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
For more information on the Gippsland League, visit the official website
