Footy · Melbourne’s east

Footy clubs and training in Manningham

Manningham has 14 footy clubs, in Doncaster East, Doncaster and Templestowe and more. Find yours below, then build the fitness that holds your place in it.

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Short answer

14 footy clubs have a home ground in Manningham (population 125,508 at the 2021 census), across 8 suburbs. Most play in the Eastern Football Netball League (7 clubs), with others in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (5) and the Yarra Junior Football League (5).

Manningham is split: part of it is in the Eastern Ranges’ region, and the rest belongs to a neighbouring zone. The Eastern Ranges or your junior league can confirm which one your address falls in.

14 clubs

Footy clubs in Manningham

Every club with a home ground in Manningham, 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.

Footy clubs with a home ground in Manningham, by suburb
ClubHome groundCompetition and grades
Marcellin Old CollegiansBray Oval, Marcellin College, BulleenVAFA Premier C · women’s Premier B
Old Carey GrammariansCarey Sports Complex, BulleenVAFA Premier B · women’s Division 2
Old TrinityDaley Oval, BulleenVAFA Premier
Old Yarra CobrasKoonung Park, Bulleen; Doncaster Reserve, Doncaster EastVAFA Division 1 · women’s Premier
DoncasterSchramms Reserve, DoncasterEFNL Division 4
YJFL juniors
Beverley HillsZerbes Reserve, Doncaster EastYJFL juniors
Doncaster EastZerbes Reserve, Doncaster EastEFNL Premier Division
DonvaleDonvale Reserve, DonvaleEFNL Division 3
Whitefriars Old CollegiansWhitefriars College Oval, DonvaleVAFA Division 2 · women’s Division 1
Park OrchardsDomeney Reserve, Park OrchardsEFNL Division 1 · women’s Premier Division, Division 2
Park Orchards North Ringwood ParishDomeney Reserve and Stintons Reserve, Park Orchards YJFL juniors
TemplestoweTemplestowe Reserve, TemplestoweEFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 5
Bulleen TemplestoweTed Ajani Reserve, Templestowe LowerEFNL Division 4
YJFL juniors
WarrandyteWarrandyte Reserve, WarrandyteEFNL Division 4 · women’s Division 4
YJFL juniors

† The ground’s suburb is shared with a neighbouring council, so the club may sit just over the boundary. 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.

Your pathway

Which Talent League club you trial for

Manningham is split: part of it is in the Eastern Ranges’ region, and the rest belongs to a neighbouring zone. The Eastern Ranges or your junior league can confirm which one your address falls in.

Melbourne’s east: the zones, the leagues and the VFL clubs →

How the AFL pathway works, step by step →

Your first ten minutes

Set it up for your club in Manningham

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 — 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.

Doncaster EastDoncasterTemplestoweTemplestowe LowerDonvaleNunawadingBulleenRingwood NorthWarrandyteWonga Park

The suburbs

Manningham by suburb

125,508 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.

Doncaster East 30,926Doncaster 25,020Templestowe 16,966Templestowe Lower 14,098Donvale 12,644Nunawading* 12,413Bulleen 11,219Ringwood North* 9,964Warrandyte 5,541Wonga Park* 3,843Park Orchards* 3,835Warrandyte South 671
For coaches

Coaching a side in Manningham?

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.

FAQ

Footy in Manningham: questions

What footy clubs are in Manningham?
14 clubs have a home ground in Manningham: Marcellin Old Collegians, Old Carey Grammarians, Old Trinity, Old Yarra Cobras, Doncaster, Beverley Hills, Doncaster East, Donvale, Whitefriars Old Collegians, Park Orchards, Park Orchards North Ringwood Parish, Templestowe, Bulleen Templestowe and Warrandyte. The table on this page lists each one’s ground, league and grades.
Which Talent League club are Manningham juniors zoned to?
Manningham is split: part of it is in the Eastern Ranges’ region, and the rest belongs to a neighbouring zone. The Eastern Ranges or your junior league can confirm which one your address falls in.
Where can women and girls play footy in Manningham?
7 clubs field a women’s senior side: Marcellin Old Collegians, Old Carey Grammarians, Old Yarra Cobras, Whitefriars Old Collegians, Park Orchards, Templestowe and Warrandyte. Most junior clubs also run girls’ teams — ask the club directly.
Which league do Manningham footy clubs play in?
Most Manningham clubs play in the Eastern Football Netball League (7 clubs), with others in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (5) and the Yarra Junior Football League (5).
Sources

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.

  1. Eastern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
  2. Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
  3. Yarra Junior Football League — current clubs and grounds
  4. City of Manningham — suburbs and 2021 census population
  5. Eastern Ranges — regional boundaries
  6. Eastern Ranges — club profile

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Turn up to round one already fit

Pick footy, tell it your Doncaster East training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.

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