Footy clubs and training in Glen Eira
153,858 people and 9 footy clubs, in Bentleigh, Carnegie and Caulfield South and beyond. Whichever one you play for, the spot goes to whoever turns up to pre-season already fit.
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9 footy clubs have a home ground in Glen Eira (population 153,858 at the 2021 census), across 7 suburbs. Most play in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (5 clubs), with others in the Southern Football Netball League (4).
The Talent League club for Glen Eira juniors is the Sandringham Dragons or the Oakleigh Chargers, depending on your address. Neither club publishes its boundary at council level, so check with your junior league before you assume.
Footy clubs in Glen Eira
Every club with a home ground in Glen Eira, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.
| Club | Home ground | Competition and grades |
|---|---|---|
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh Reserve, Bentleigh | SFNL Division 1 · women’s Division 1 |
| St Paul's McKinnon | McKinnon Reserve, Bentleigh | SFNL Division 1 |
| Caulfield Bears | Koornang Park, Carnegie | SFNL Division 2 |
| Glen Eira/Old McKinnon | Packer Park, Carnegie | VAFA Premier C · women’s Division 1 |
| Caulfield Grammarians | Glenhuntly Oval, Caulfield East | VAFA Premier · women’s Premier |
| Old Haileybury | Princes Park, Caulfield South | VAFA Premier · women’s Division 1 |
| Elsternwick | Holmes-Todd Oval, Elsternwick | VAFA women’s Division 3 |
| Murrumbeena | Murrumbeena Park, Murrumbeena | SFNL Division 1 · women’s Division 1, Division 2 |
| Ormond | EE Gunn Reserve, Ormond | VAFA Premier C · women’s Division 3 |
From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.
Which Talent League club you trial for
The Talent League club for Glen Eira juniors is the Sandringham Dragons or the Oakleigh Chargers, depending on your address. Neither club publishes its boundary at council level, so check with your junior league before you assume.
Set it up for your club in Glen Eira
Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Melbourne guide.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Victorian Amateur Football Association 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 AFL season. If your league does not start until mid-April, set your season phase yourself and stay in pre-season a few weeks longer. 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.
Glen Eira by suburb
153,858 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Glen Eira?
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 Glen Eira: questions
What footy clubs are in Glen Eira?
Which Talent League club are Glen Eira juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Glen Eira?
Which league do Glen Eira footy clubs play in?
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.
- Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
- Southern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- City of Glen Eira — suburbs and 2021 census population
- South Metro Junior Football League — pathways and zoning
- Yarra Junior Football League — talent programs
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Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Bentleigh training nights — or wherever you play — 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.