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Melbourne has won 13 VFL/AFL premierships, the latest in 2021. The club was a foundation team of the AFL Women's league (AFLW), and won its first AFLW premiership in 2022 season 7 . The football club has been a sporting section of the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) since 2009, having previously been associated with the MCC between 1889 and 1980.
The season will begin with Opening Round, an initiative introduced in 2024, where the New South Wales and Queensland clubs (Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney and Sydney) would contest matches against four Victorian clubs (Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood and Hawthorn, respectively in 2025) to open the season; all eight clubs would then have a bye before round 5 so that all clubs ...
In August 2012, AFL Integrity Officer Brett Clothier announced a full investigation into Melbourne's 2009 season, regarding allegations that the Demons had tanked games during the season in order to secure a priority draft pick that year, available to clubs winning fewer than five games.
Nathan Daniel Brown (born 14 August 1976) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League. He was drafted in the 1997 AFL Draft at pick number 66 overall, From Pinnaroo, South Australia. He made his AFL debut in 1998 against Carlton at Princes Park.
Note: In 2023, the AFL Women's league leading goalkicker award was shared by Melbourne players Kate Hore and Eden Zanker. However, as Zanker kicked more goals in finals, Hore did not lead the club's goalkicking that year.
Melbourne had the most opportunities, but managed only a rushed behind. The final siren saw the underdog Demons emerge as the winners. [16] [17] AFL Commissioner Gabrielle Trainor presented the umpires' medals and AFLW premiership player Abbey Holmes presented the premiership cup to Melbourne captain Daisy Pearce and coach Mick Stinear. [2]
Kade Thomas Chandler [2] (born 13 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected at pick #15 in the 2019 Rookie draft. [3] He made his senior debut against Sydney [4] in round 22 of the 2019 season.
Nonetheless, Jones became just the second Melbourne player, after David Neitz, to reach the 300-game milestone for the club, doing so against Richmond in round six. [23] After Melbourne qualified for the 2021 AFL Grand Final, the injured Jones made the decision to return home to Victoria to be with his wife for the birth of their twins. [24]