Footy training for Melbourne’s east
The east runs from established suburbs like Box Hill and Ringwood out to the hills around Lilydale and Belgrave, and its footy reflects both. The Eastern Ranges draw on all of it — which makes their squads some of the most competitive in Melbourne.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.
The Eastern Ranges are the Talent League club for Melbourne’s east, based at Box Hill. AFL Victoria’s Eastern Region takes in the Yarra Ranges, Knox, Whitehorse and Maroondah, plus parts of Manningham and Cardinia. Senior and junior footy in the east is played in the Eastern Football Netball League and, further out, Outer East Football & Netball; Box Hill is the region’s VFL club.
Find your club in Melbourne’s east
Every club with a home ground in each council, its ground, and the league and grades it plays — pick the council you live in.
Knox
13 clubs across Rowville, Ferntree Gully and Boronia and more.
See the clubsMaroondah
10 clubs across Croydon, Ringwood and Ringwood North and more.
See the clubsWhitehorse
13 clubs across Balwyn North, Mitcham and Burwood and more.
See the clubsManningham
14 clubs across Doncaster East, Doncaster and Templestowe and more.
See the clubsThe Yarra Ranges
24 clubs across Mooroolbark, Lilydale and Chirnside Park and more.
See the clubsWhich club your address belongs to
The Eastern Ranges run boys’ and girls’ Talent League programs for AFL Victoria’s Eastern Region, recruiting by residential address.
- Eastern Ranges
- Based at Box Hill City Oval.
Manningham and Cardinia are split with neighbouring zones. If you live near a boundary, the Eastern Ranges or your junior league can confirm your club.
The competitions
- Eastern Football Netball League
- The eastern suburbs’ senior and junior competition.
- Outer East Football & Netball
- Clubs in the outer east and the hills.
- Victorian Amateur Football Association
- Amateur clubs across the metro area.
- Box Hill
- VFL, at Box Hill City Oval.
Set it up for Melbourne’s east
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 — Eastern Football Netball 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 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.
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 calendar and conditions are on the Melbourne guide.
Coaching a side in Melbourne’s east?
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 Melbourne’s east: questions
Which Talent League club covers Ringwood, Knox and Lilydale?
Where are the Eastern Ranges based?
What footy leagues are in Melbourne’s east?
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.
- Eastern Ranges — regional boundaries
- Eastern Ranges — club profile
- AFL Victoria — metropolitan and regional leagues
- Victorian Football League — clubs
Spotted an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
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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.