Footy clubs and training in Whittlesea
245,029 people and 10 footy clubs, in Epping, Mill Park and Bundoora and beyond. Whichever one you play for, the spot goes to whoever turns up to pre-season already fit.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.
10 footy clubs have a home ground in Whittlesea (population 245,029 at the 2021 census), across 10 suburbs. Most play in the Northern Football Netball League (9 clubs), with others in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (1).
Juniors who live in Whittlesea are in the Northern Knights’ region — Whittlesea, Nillumbik, Darebin and Banyule — and the Knights are based at Preston.
Footy clubs in Whittlesea
Every club with a home ground in Whittlesea, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| La Trobe University | Tony Sheehan Oval, Bundoora † | VAFA Division 3 · women’s Division 2 |
| Donnybrook | Cycad Park, Donnybrook | NFNL juniors |
| Laurimar | Laurimar Reserve, Doreen | NFNL Division 3 · women’s Division 3 · juniors |
| Epping | Epping Recreation Reserve, Epping | NFNL Division 3 · women’s Division 3 · juniors |
| Lalor | Lalor Reserve, Lalor | NFNL Division 3 |
| Mernda | Waterview Recreation Reserve, Mernda | NFNL Division 3 · juniors |
| Mill Park | Redleap Reserve, Mill Park | NFNL juniors |
| South Morang | Mill Park Lakes Reserve, South Morang | NFNL Division 2 · juniors |
| Thomastown | Main Street Reserve, Thomastown | NFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 3 · juniors |
| Whittlesea | Whittlesea Showgrounds, Whittlesea | NFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 3 · 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.
Which Talent League club you trial for
Juniors who live in Whittlesea are in the Northern Knights’ region — Whittlesea, Nillumbik, Darebin and Banyule — and the Knights are based at Preston.
Set it up for your club in Whittlesea
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 — Northern 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.
Whittlesea by suburb
245,029 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Whittlesea?
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 Whittlesea: questions
What footy clubs are in Whittlesea?
Which Talent League club are Whittlesea juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Whittlesea?
Which league do Whittlesea 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.
Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Epping 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.