Footy · Melbourne’s east

Footy clubs and training in Yarra Ranges

158,173 people and 24 footy clubs, in Mooroolbark, Lilydale and Chirnside Park and beyond. Whichever one you play for, the spot goes to whoever turns up to pre-season already fit.

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Short answer

24 footy clubs have a home ground in the Yarra Ranges (population 158,173 at the 2021 census), across 23 suburbs. Most play in the Outer East Football & Netball (16 clubs), with others in the Eastern Football Netball League (8).

Juniors who live in Yarra Ranges are zoned to the Eastern Ranges, the Talent League club for AFL Victoria’s Eastern Region, based at Box Hill City Oval.

24 clubs

Footy clubs in Yarra Ranges

Every club with a home ground in the Yarra Ranges, 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 the Yarra Ranges, by suburb
ClubHome groundCompetition and grades
BelgraveBelgrave Recreation Reserve, BelgraveOuter East Division 1 · women’s Division 1
South BelgraveBelgrave South Recreation Reserve, Belgrave SouthEFNL Premier Division · women’s Premier Division
Chirnside ParkKimberley Reserve, Chirnside ParkEFNL Division 4 · women’s Division 3
ColdstreamHalley Supple Reserve, ColdstreamEFNL Division 3 · women’s Division 3
EmeraldChandler Recreation Reserve, Emerald Outer East Division 1 · women’s Division 2
HealesvilleDon Road Sporting Complex, HealesvilleOuter East Premier Division · women’s Division 1
KilsythPinks Reserve, KilsythEFNL Division 4 · women’s Division 2, Division 5
LilydaleLilydale Recreation Reserve, LilydaleEFNL Division 2
MonbulkMonbulk Recreation Reserve, MonbulkOuter East Premier Division
MontroseMontrose Recreation Reserve, MontroseEFNL Division 1 · women’s Division 2
MooroolbarkMooroolbark Heights Reserve, MooroolbarkEFNL Division 1 · women’s Division 1
Mount EvelynMount Evelyn Recreation Reserve, Mount EvelynOuter East Premier Division · women’s Division 1
Olinda-Ferny CreekOlinda Recreation Reserve, OlindaOuter East Premier Division · women’s Division 1
PowelltownPowelltown Recreation Reserve, PowelltownOuter East Division 1
SevilleSeville Recreation Reserve, SevilleOuter East Division 1 · women’s Division 2
SilvanSilvan Recreation Ground, SilvanEFNL Division 3
Upwey-TecomaUpwey Recreation Reserve, UpweyOuter East Premier Division · women’s Division 1
WandinWandin North Recreation Reserve, Wandin NorthOuter East Premier Division · women’s Division 2
Warburton-MillgroveMac Sparke Oval, WarburtonOuter East Premier Division
Warburton-WesburnMac Sparke Oval, WarburtonOuter East women’s Division 1
WesburnWesburn Park, WesburnOuter East juniors
Woori YallockWoori Yallock Recreation Reserve, Woori YallockOuter East Premier Division · women’s Division 2
Yarra GlenYarra Glen Recreation Reserve, Yarra GlenOuter East Division 1
Yarra JunctionYarra Junction Memorial Reserve, Yarra JunctionOuter East Division 1

† 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

Juniors who live in Yarra Ranges are zoned to the Eastern Ranges, the Talent League club for AFL Victoria’s Eastern Region, based at Box Hill City Oval.

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 Yarra Ranges

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 — Outer East Football & Netball 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.

MooroolbarkLilydaleChirnside ParkKilsythMount EvelynHealesvilleMontroseUpweyLysterfieldEmerald

The suburbs

The Yarra Ranges by suburb

158,173 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.

Mooroolbark 23,059Lilydale 17,348Chirnside Park 11,779Kilsyth* 11,699Mount Evelyn 9,799Healesville 7,589Montrose 6,900Upwey 6,818Lysterfield* 6,681Emerald* 5,890Belgrave 3,894Wonga Park* 3,843Monbulk 3,651Upper Ferntree Gully* 3,417Wandin North 3,132Yarra Glen 3,012Woori Yallock 2,964Yarra Junction 2,875Seville 2,559Launching Place 2,495Coldstream 2,199Tecoma 2,064Warburton 2,020Olinda 1,773Belgrave South 1,670Millgrove 1,666Selby 1,626Badger Creek 1,610Ferny Creek 1,524Kallista 1,418Belgrave Heights 1,398Silvan 1,323Kalorama 1,277Mount Dandenong 1,271Wesburn 1,052The Patch 1,046Chum Creek 981Sassafras* 970Gruyere 966Menzies Creek* 966East Warburton 906Macclesfield 878Seville East 837Hoddles Creek 676Don Valley 586Yellingbo 582Narre Warren East 434Gladysdale 423Wandin East 408Toolangi* 366Dixons Creek 344Sherbrooke 294Steels Creek 276Powelltown 214Three Bridges 188McMahons Creek 143Yering 138Mount Toolebewong 119Reefton 102Tarrawarra 81Tremont 69Gilderoy 62Big Pats Creek 60Beenak 17Matlock* 7
For coaches

Coaching a side in Yarra Ranges?

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 Yarra Ranges: questions

What footy clubs are in the Yarra Ranges?
24 clubs have a home ground in the Yarra Ranges: Belgrave, South Belgrave, Chirnside Park, Coldstream, Emerald, Healesville, Kilsyth, Lilydale, Monbulk, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn, Olinda-Ferny Creek, Powelltown, Seville, Silvan, Upwey-Tecoma, Wandin, Warburton-Millgrove, Warburton-Wesburn, Wesburn, Woori Yallock, Yarra Glen and Yarra Junction. The table on this page lists each one’s ground, league and grades.
Which Talent League club are Yarra Ranges juniors zoned to?
Juniors who live in Yarra Ranges are zoned to the Eastern Ranges, the Talent League club for AFL Victoria’s Eastern Region, based at Box Hill City Oval.
Where can women and girls play footy in the Yarra Ranges?
16 clubs field a women’s senior side: Belgrave, South Belgrave, Chirnside Park, Coldstream, Emerald, Healesville, Kilsyth, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn, Olinda-Ferny Creek, Seville, Upwey-Tecoma, Wandin, Warburton-Wesburn and Woori Yallock. Most junior clubs also run girls’ teams — ask the club directly.
Which league do Yarra Ranges footy clubs play in?
Most Yarra Ranges clubs play in the Outer East Football & Netball (16 clubs), with others in the Eastern Football Netball League (8).
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. Outer East Football & Netball — current clubs and grounds
  2. Eastern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
  3. Yarra Ranges Shire — suburbs and 2021 census population
  4. Eastern Ranges — regional boundaries
  5. Eastern Ranges — club profile

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Turn up to round one already fit

Pick footy, tell it your Mooroolbark 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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