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Bear

Years ago

Best Victorian Club

Well, I guess all clubs can be guilty of poaching just a little bit from time to time, however players do some times leave one association for another for the right reasons...

Larger associations can attract the better players simply because the competition for spots on teams are more competitive and you don't want to be the big fish in a small pond all the time, good players want to prove themselves against the best!

There is a lot to be said for associations that develop their own, unfortunately Melbourne is in a position where they realy don't have a domestic competition to call their own so this may go against them in the circumstances.

So when we judge something like this we should look at domestic development, representative depth from under 12's up, regular VC competativeness, US college participants, BigV or SEABL equivalent and even National level production along with integrity of local junior development within a solid coaching structure.

In that case I believe that the top 10 best Victorian clubs going around (in no particular order)would have to be:

Knox
Diamond Valley
Dandenong
Bulleen
Kilsyth
Geelong
Frankston
Ballarat
Bendigo
Nunawading

Melbourne would rate a mention if it had a vibrant and recognised junior domestic program (sorry)...

Geelong recently merged under their SEABL Supercats program, therefore their inclusion in the top 10!

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Years ago

Agreed...and for anyone to say none of these clubs do not "poach" at all means that they have their head in the sand...

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Anonymous

Years ago

Frankston have every age group U12's to U20's
Boys and Girls in VC and some very good coaches.
All have to play in local domestic comps to be eligible to play REP, so no poaching.

I think they do a fantastic job and should be rated in the top 8 clubs in Vic

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Anonymous

Years ago

Hahaha Bulleen don't poach players? Maybe not in the boys program!

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Years ago

Off the top of my head, the biggest Associations would include:

Kilsyth
Knox
Dandenong
Eltham
Frankston

Other large Associations with sustained success at the top level include:

Melbourne
Bulleen
Nunawading
Diamond Valley

Others worth considering that are starting to see success at the highest level or those who have had success at the highest level previously include:

Hawthorn
Werribee
Sandringham

I've probably missed a few on this list but really I think I have covered off the largest and most successful.

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