Footy clubs and training in Hume
Hume has 12 footy clubs, in Craigieburn, Sunbury and Roxburgh Park and more. Find yours below, then build the fitness that holds your place in it.
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12 footy clubs have a home ground in Hume (population 243,901 at the 2021 census), across 9 suburbs. Most play in the Essendon District Football League (12 clubs), with others in the Riddell District Football Netball League (2) and the Ballarat Football Netball League (1).
Juniors who live in Hume are zoned to the Calder Cannons, based at Highgate Recreation Reserve in Craigieburn, whose zone runs from Merri-bek and Moonee Valley out through Hume to the Macedon Ranges.
Footy clubs in Hume
Every club with a home ground in Hume, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Craigieburn | D.S. Aitken Reserve, Craigieburn | EDFL Division 1 |
| Greenvale | Greenvale Recreation Reserve, Greenvale | EDFL Premier Division · women’s |
| Dallas | Jacana Reserve, Jacana | EDFL juniors |
| Hume | Kalkallo Reserve, Kalkallo | EDFL under-19s |
| Merrifield | Merrifield Recreation Reserve, Mickleham | EDFL under-19s |
| Roxburgh Park | Lakeside Reserve, Roxburgh Park | EDFL women’s |
| East Sunbury | John McMahon Reserve, Sunbury | EDFL Division 2 · women’s |
| Rupertswood | Salesian College, Sunbury | EDFL Division 1 |
| Sunbury | Clarke Oval, Sunbury | RDFNL juniors BFL seniors EDFL women’s |
| Sunbury Kangaroos | Eric Boardman Reserve, Sunbury | EDFL Division 2 · women’s RDFNL juniors |
| Tullamarine | Leo Dineen Reserve, Tullamarine | EDFL Division 1 · women’s |
| Westmeadows | Willowbrook Reserve, Westmeadows | EDFL Division 2 · women’s |
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
Juniors who live in Hume are zoned to the Calder Cannons, based at Highgate Recreation Reserve in Craigieburn, whose zone runs from Merri-bek and Moonee Valley out through Hume to the Macedon Ranges.
Set it up for your club in Hume
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 — Essendon District Football 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.
Hume by suburb
243,901 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Hume?
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 Hume: questions
What footy clubs are in Hume?
Which Talent League club are Hume juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Hume?
Which league do Hume 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.
- Essendon District Football League — current clubs and grounds
- Riddell District Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- Ballarat Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- City of Hume — suburbs and 2021 census population
- Calder Cannons — about the club and zone
- Calder Cannons — club profile
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Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Craigieburn 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.