Footy training for Hobart & southern Tasmania
When the TSL folded, its southern clubs went home to the SFL, which now has a Premier League again. For a southern junior, the pathway to the Devils and Tasmania’s VFL side runs through a hub a short drive away.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.
Southern Tasmania’s top community competition is the Southern Football League. Since 2025 it has a six-club Premier League — Brighton, Clarence, Glenorchy, Kingborough, Lauderdale and North Hobart — above a Community League. The Tasmania Devils pathway runs a southern hub, and Tasmania’s VFL side plays at North Hobart Oval.
The pathway in the South
The Tasmanian pathway runs a southern hub at every stage.
- Junior academies
- For 13–15-year-old boys and girls, in all three regions.
- Under-16s
- The state’s best under-16s train regionally and as a full squad toward the national development championships.
- Tasmania Devils (Talent League)
- Boys and girls aged 17 to 19, with home games at York Park, Launceston, and Bellerive Oval, Hobart.
- Senior Talent Academy and Tasmania VFL/VFLW
- Launched in 2025 across the South, North and North-West, ahead of Tasmania’s VFL entry in 2026.
AFL Tasmania can confirm this season’s program dates and venues.
The competitions
- Southern Football League — Premier League
- Six clubs since 2025: Brighton (Pontville), Clarence (Bellerive), Glenorchy, Kingborough (Kingston), Lauderdale and North Hobart.
- Southern Football League — Community League
- Claremont, Cygnet, Dodges Ferry, Hobart, Huonville Lions, Lindisfarne, New Norfolk and Sorell.
- Tasmania
- VFL, at North Hobart Oval, from 2026.
Set it up for Hobart & the South
Four things, in the order the app asks them. None of them needs a coach.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Southern Football League — Premier League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the footy season, which matches the Talent League. If your community season starts in April, you can hold the pre-season a few weeks longer by setting the phase yourself. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
What you start with, by the month you join
Every block is four weeks — three building, one deload — so a free month is one complete block.
The footy year in Hobart & the South
- October
- Off-season. Rest, then rebuild general strength.
- November – February
- Pre-season. Aerobic base first, then strength, then speed and power.
- Late March
- The Talent League season starts — the 2026 boys’ season opened on 21–22 March.
- April – September
- Premier league seasons through a cold winter. Volume comes down, weights hold.
A mild pre-season, a cold winter
Hobart’s summer is mild, which makes it a good place to build an aerobic base — but hot northerly days still arrive, so plan the running around them. The season is played through a cold southern winter, where the warm-up and staying warm between efforts are part of the job.
Coaching a side in Hobart & the South?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in Hobart & the South: questions
What clubs are in the SFL Premier League?
Where does Tasmania’s VFL team play?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
Nearby and related
Launceston & the North
The NTFA Premier League and divisions, the northern Devils hub, and Talent League games at York Park.
OpenThe North-West Coast
The eight-club North West Football League, from Smithton to Latrobe, and the north-west Devils hub.
OpenThe AFL pathway
From community level to state league and the draft — and what gets tested along the way.
OpenTurn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your team nights, and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.