Footy clubs and training in Greater Dandenong
6 clubs in Greater Dandenong, and every one of them picks its best side on who can run, tackle and back up week after week. Here is where they play — and how to be the player they pick.
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6 footy clubs have a home ground in Greater Dandenong (population 158,208 at the 2021 census), across 6 suburbs. Most play in the Southern Football Netball League (4 clubs), with others in the Eastern Football Netball League (1) and the Victorian Amateur Football Association (1).
The Dandenong Stingrays, based at Shepley Oval in Dandenong, are the Talent League club for Melbourne’s outer south-east. They do not publish a council-level boundary, so if you live near the edge of Greater Dandenong, confirm your zone with your junior league.
Footy clubs in Greater Dandenong
Every club with a home ground in Greater Dandenong, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dandenong West | Greaves Reserve, Dandenong | SFNL Division 4 · women’s Division 3 |
| Masala Dandenong | Lois Twohig Reserve, Dandenong North | VAFA under-19s |
| Keysborough | Rowley Allan Reserve, Keysborough | SFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 2 |
| Noble Park | Pat Wright Senior Oval, Noble Park | EFNL Premier Division |
| Lyndale | Barry Powell Reserve, Noble Park North | SFNL Division 4 |
| Springvale Districts | Springvale Reserve, Springvale | SFNL Division 1 |
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 Dandenong Stingrays, based at Shepley Oval in Dandenong, are the Talent League club for Melbourne’s outer south-east. They do not publish a council-level boundary, so if you live near the edge of Greater Dandenong, confirm your zone with your junior league.
Set it up for your club in Greater Dandenong
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 — Southern 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.
Greater Dandenong by suburb
158,208 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Greater Dandenong?
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 Greater Dandenong: questions
What footy clubs are in Greater Dandenong?
Which Talent League club are Greater Dandenong juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Greater Dandenong?
Which league do Greater Dandenong 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.
- Southern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- Eastern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
- City of Greater Dandenong — suburbs and 2021 census population
- Dandenong Stingrays — 2025 under-18 boys squad
- Dandenong Stingrays — club profile
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Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Noble Park 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.