Where you can watch your team play during this pre-season in country footy
The country footy season isn’t too far away and preparations are ramping up with practice matches across the state. Here’s where you can catch every team in action.
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The end of summer is here and now country footy clubs are ramping up their preparations for season 2024.
Clubs have been busy in the off-season preparing for the year with new signings and changes off the field as well.
Some teams have already started practice matches for the new season.
This is your guide to the remaining practice matches before the seasons for each competition gets underway.
Check them out below.
Important notes:
*This is not a complete list with the page updating as more games get announced.
*Games already played from date of publishing, March 4, have not been included on this list.
Ballarat
Bacchus Marsh
March 16: Avondale Heights (away)
March 23: Williamstown CY (TBA)
Ballarat
March 23: Sebastopol (away)
April 4: Dunnstown (home at night)
Darley
March 23: Rowville (home)
April 6: Lara (away)
East Point
March 16: Drysdale (home)
March 23: Strathfieldsaye (home)
Lake Wendouree
March 16: South Warrnambool (away)
March 23: Port Fairy (away)
Melton
March 16: Strathmore (Keilor Park)
March 23: Melton (TBA)
Melton South
March 17: Hoppers Crossing (away)
North Ballarat
March 9: Barwon Heads (home)
March 23: St Marys (home)
April 6: Bell Park (away)
Redan
March 6: Dunnstown (home)
March 16: Cohuna (away)
March 23: Drysdale (home)
Sebastopol
March 16: Sandhurst (home)
March 23: Ballarat (home)
Sunbury
March 9: Keilor (away)
March 23: Hoppers Crossing (home)
April 6: Gisborne (away)
Bendigo
Castlemaine
March 16: Wycheproof-Narraport (Maldon)
March 23: Kerang (away)
Eaglehawk
March 4: Kerang (home)
March 16: Shepparton United (home)
Kangaroo Flat
March 9: Maldon (away)
March 17: Riddells Creek Bombers (Elmore)
March 23: White Hills (home)
Gisborne
March 23: Melton (TBA)
April 6: Sunbury (home)
Golden Square
March 16: Kyabram (Elmore)
March 22: Rochester (Colbinabbin)
Maryborough
March 16: Hepburn (home)
Sandhurst
March 16: Sebastopol (away)
March 23: Echuca (Cathryn McKewley College)
Strathfieldsaye
March 16: Tatura (away)
March 23: East Point (away)
South Bendigo
March 16: Essendon Doutta Stars (Bendigo)
March 23: Kyabram (Lancaster)
Central Highlands
Ballan
March 23: Birchip Watchem (away)
Beaufort
March 23: SMR Rovers (TBA)
April 6: Rupanyup (TBA)
Bungaree
March 23: Newlyn (away)
April 6: Ararat Rats (TBA)
Buninyong
March 16: Creswick (Ballarat)
March 23: Daylesford (away)
Carngham Linton
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Clunes
March 23: Talbot (Ballarat)
Creswick
March 16: Buninyong (Ballarat)
March 23: North Geelong (away)
Daylesford
March 16: Wyndhamvale (away)
March 23: Buninyong (home)
Dunnstown
March 6: Redan (away)
March 23: East Geelong (home)
April 4: Ballarat (away at night)
Gordon
March 16: Waubra (away)
March 23: Bannockburn (away)
Hepburn
March 16: Maryborough (away)
Learmonth
March 1: Lismore Derrinallum (Smythesdale)
Newlyn
March 16: Springbank (away)
March 23: Bungaree (home)
Rokewood Corindhap
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Skipton
March 23: Belmont Lions (home)
March 30: Moyston Willaura
April 6: Horsham Demons (home)
Springbank
March 16: Newlyn (home)
Waubra
March 16: Gordon (home)
Central Murray
Balranald
March 16: South Mildura (home)
March 23: Sea Lake Nandaly (home)
Cohuna
March 16: Redan (home)
March 23: Heathcote (away)
Kerang
March 4: Eaglehawk (away)
March 23: Castlemaine (home)
Koondrook Barham
March 23: Huntly (home)
Lake Boga
March 16: Ultima (Tyntynder)
March 23: Woorinen (Pyramid Hill)
April 6: Warrack Eagles (home)
Mallee Eagles
March 16: Charlton (home)
Nyah Nyah West United
March 23: Irymple (home)
March 27 v Ultima (TBA)
Swan Hill
March 16: Sea Lake Nandaly
March 23: Wentworth (Tyntynder)
Tooleybuc Manangatang
March 23: Bears Lagoon Serpentine (TBA)fS
Tyntynder
March 16: Mildura (home)
March 23: Red Cliffs (home)
Woorinen
March 16: Merbein (home)
March 23: Lake Boga (Pyramid Hill)
April 6: Horsham Saints (away)
Colac District
Alvie
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Apollo Bay
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Birregurra
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Colac
March 23: Terang Mortlake (TBA)
Irrewarra-Beeac
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Lorne
March 8: Thomson (home)
March 23: North Warrnambool (home)
Otway Districts
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Simpson
March 16: Old Collegians (away)
March 16: Lismore Derrinallum (away)
South Colac
March 16: Allansford (home)
Western Eagles
March 20: Kolora Noorat
East Gippsland
Boisdale Briagolong
March 23: Rosedale (away)
April 4: Sale City (away)
Lakes Entrance
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Lindenow
March 23: Trafalgar (home)
Lucknow
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Orbost Snowy Rovers
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Paynesville
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Stratford
March 15: Glengarry
March 23: Omeo-Benambra (away)
Wy Yung
March 23: Woodside (away)
Ellinbank District
Buln Buln
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Catani
March 16: Stony Creek (home)
March 23: Belgrave (away)
Ellinbank
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Lang Lang
March 6: Garfield (away)
Longwarry
March 16: Bunyip (away)
March 23: Stony Creek (away)
Neerim South
March 16: Newborough (away)
March 23: Meeniyan Dumbalk United (away)
Nilma Darnum
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Nyora
March 5: Doveton Eagles (TBA)
March 23: Foster (TBA)
Poowong
March 6: Korumburra Bena (home)
Trafalgar
March 7: Morwell East (TBA)
March 23: Lindenow (home)
Yarragon
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Gippsland
Bairnsdale
March 16: Traralgon Tyers United (away)
Drouin
March 16: Tyabb (home)
March 23: Koo Wee Rup (home)
Leongatha
March 15: Sorrento (San Remo)
March 23: North Ringwood (away)
Maffra
March 23: Sale City (home)
Moe
March 9: Phillip Island (away)
March 16: Caroline Springs (Morwell East)
Morwell
March 23: Warragul Industrials (away)
Sale
March 16: Waverley Blues (home - Boisdale)
March 23: Chelsea Heights (home - Stratford)
Traralgon
March 16: Nar Nar Goon (away)
March 23: Inverloch-Kongwak (away)
Warragul
March 17: Officer (Cora Lynn)
March 23: Pearcedale (away)
Wonthaggi
March 9: Devon Meadows (home)
March 23: Nar Nar Goon (away)
Golden Rivers
Hay
March 23: Deniliquin Rams (home)
Macorna
March 23: Merrigum (home)
April 6: Bears Lagoon Serpentine (away)
Moulamein
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Murrabit
March 23: Mathoura (home)
April 6: Miriam (away)
Ultima
March 16: Lake Boga (Tyntynder)
March 23: Charlton (TBA)
March 27 v Nyah Nyah West (TBA)
Wandella
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Goulburn Valley
Benalla
March 16: Wodonga Raiders (home)
March 23: Banyule (home)
Echuca
March 16: Albury (away)
March 23: Sandhurst (Bendigo)
Euroa
March 23: Wangaratta Magpies (away)
Kyabram
March 8: Congupna (away)
March 16: Golden Square (Elmore)
March 23: South Bendigo (Lancaster
Mansfield
March 16: Wangaratta Rovers (away)
Mooroopna
March 16: Newtown and Chilwell (away)
March 23: Pakenham (home)
Rochester
March 16: St Kevin’s (home)
March 23: Golden Square (Colbinabbin)
Seymour
March 9: Wangaratta (away)
March 23: Northcote Park (Nagambie)
Shepparton
March 15: Congupna (away)
Shepparton Swans
March 16: Numurkah (home)
Shepparton United
March 16: Eaglehawk (away)
Tatura
March 16: Strathfieldsaye (home)
Hampden
Camperdown
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Cobden
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Hamilton
March 23: Horsham Demons
Koroit
March 16: East Gambier (Merrivale)
North Warrnambool
March 23: Lorne (away)
Port Fairy
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Portland
No more future fixtures announced yet.
South Warrnambool
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Terang Mortlake
March 23: Colac (TBA)
Warrnambool
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Heathcote District
Colbinabbin
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Elmore
March 8: Bridgewater (TBA)
March 15: Moama (TBA)
Heathcote
March 16: Nullawil (TBA)
March 23: Cohuna (home)
Huntly
March 16: Picola United (Lockington)
March 23: Koondrook Barham (away)
Leitchville Gunbower
March 16: Deniliquin Rams (away)
Lockington Bamawm United
March 16: Tongala (away)
March 23: Lancaster (home)
Mount Pleasant
March 16: Harcourt (home)
North Bendigo
No more future fixtures announced yet.
White Hills
March 15: Marong (TBA)
March 23: Kangaroo Flat (away)
Horsham District
Edenhope Apsley
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Harrow Balmoral
March 23: Dimboola (TBA)
Kalkee
March 23: Southern Mallee Thunder
Kaniva Leeor United
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Laharum
March 23: Lexton (away)
April 5: Minyip Murtoa (away)
Natimuk United
March 23: Coleraine
Noradjuha Quantong
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Pimpinio
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Rupanyup
April 6: Beaufort (TBA)
Swifts
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Taylors Lake
March 16: Keilor Park (away)
March 23: Ararat Eagles (TBA)
Kyabram District
Avenel
March 8: Lancefield (away)
March 16: Yea (home)
March 23: Warrandyte (home)
Dookie United
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Girgarre
March 16: Merrigum (away)
March 23: Katandra (home)
Lancaster
March 6: Nathalia (away)
March 16: Mitiamo (home)
March 23: Lockington Bamawm United (away)
Longwood
March 16: North Wangaratta (home)
March 23: Rupertswood (home)
Merrigum
March 16: Girgarre (home)
March 23: Macorna (away)
Murchison-Toolamba
March 16: Hadfield (home)
March 23: Katamatite (home)
Nagambie
March 16: Bonnie Doon (home)
Rushworth
March 16: Mathoura
Shepparton East
March 22: Waaia (away)
Stanhope
March 23: Calivil United (away)
Tallygaroopna
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Undera
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Violet Town
No fixtures planned before the season.
Loddon Valley
Bears Lagoon Serpentine
March 23: Tooleybuc/Manangatang (TBA)
April 6: Macorna (home)
Bridgewater
March 8: Elmore (TBA)
Calivil United
March 23: Stanhope (home)
Inglewood
March 15: Wedderburn (home)
March 23: Dunolly (home)
Mitiamo
March 16: Lancaster (away)
Newbridge
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Pyramid Hill
March 23: Boort (home)
Maiden Gully YCW
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Marong
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Maryborough Castlemaine
Avoca
April 6: Lismore-Derrinallum (home)
Campbells Creek
March 23: Western Rams (home)
Carisbrook
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Dunolly
March 23: Inglewood (away)
Lexton
March 23: Laharum (home)
Harcourt
March 16: Mount Pleasant (away)
Maldon
March 9: Kangaroo Flat (home)
Maryborough Giants
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Natte Bealiba
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Navarre
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Newstead
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Talbot
March 23: Clunes (Ballarat)
Trentham
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Mid Gippsland
Boolarra
March 22: Churchill (away)
Fish Creek
March 23: Yarram (home)
Foster
March 23: Nyora (TBA)
Hill End
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Meeniyan Dumbalk United
March 16: Yarram (away)
March 23: Neerim South (home)
Mirboo North
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Morwell East
March 7: Trafalgar (TBA)
March 21: Glengarry
Newborough
March 16: Neerim South (home)
April 6: Heyfield
Stony Creek
March 16: Catani (away)
March 23: Longwarry (home)
Tarwin
April 6: Koo Wee Rup (away)
Thorpdale
March 7: Warragul Industrials (home)
Toora
April 6: Cowwarr
Yinnar
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Millewa
Bambill
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Cardross
April 4: South Mildura (away)
Gol Gol
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Meringur
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Nangiloc
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Werrimull
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Mininera District
Ararat Eagles
March 23: Taylors Lake (TBA)
Caramut
March 23: Branxholme/Wallacedale
Hawkesdale/Macarthur
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Glenthompson/Dunkeld
March 15: Casterton-Sandford (TBA)
March 23: Cavendish
Great Western
March 23: Heathmere (away)
Lismore/Derrinallum
March 16: Simpson (home)
March 16: Old Collegians (home)
April 6: Avoca (away)
Moyston/Willaura
March 30: Skipton
April 4: Tatyoon
Penshurst
March 23: Allansford (South Warrnambool)
SMW Rovers
March 16: Anakie (away)
March 23: Beaufort (TBA)
Tatyoon
April 4: Moyston/Willaura
Wickliffe/Lake Bolac
March 23: Russells Creek
Woorndoo/Mortlake
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Murray
Barooga
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Cobram
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Congupna
March 15: Shepparton Bears (home)
Deniliquin Rams
March 16: Leitchville Gunbower (home)
March 23: Hay (away)
Echuca United
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Finley
March 9: Narrandera (home)
March 16: Coolamon Rovers (home)
Moama
March 15: Elmore (away)
Mulwala
March 9: Mangoplah Cookardinia United Eastlakes (Yarrawonga)
Nathalia
March 6: Lancaster (home)
Numurkah
March 16: Shepparton Swans (away)
Rumbalara
March 15: Katandra (Merrigum)
Tongala
March 16: Lockington Bamawm United (home)
North Central
Birchip Watchem
March 23: Ballan (home)
Boort
March 23: Pyramid Hill (away)
Charlton
March 16: Mallee Eagles (away)
March 23: Ultima (TBA)
Donald
March 16: Stawell Warriors (away)
March 23: Minyip Murtoa (home)
Sea Lake Nandaly
March 16: Swan Hill
March 23: Balranald (away)
St Arnaud
April 6: Stawell
Nullawil
March 16: Heathcote (TBA)
April 6: Southern Mallee Thunder (Strathfieldsaye)
Wedderburn
March 15: Inglewood (away)
Wycheproof-Narraport
March 16: Castlemaine (Maldon)
March 23: Warrack Eagles
North Gippsland
Churchill
March 22: Boolarra (away)
Cowwarr
April 6: Toora
Glengarry
March 15: Stratford
March 21: Morwell East
Gormandale
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Heyfield
April 6: Newborough
Rosedale
March 23: Boisdale Briagolong (home)
Sale City
March 23: Maffra (away)
April 4: Boisdale Briagolong (home)
Traralgon Tyers United
March 16: Bairnsdale (home)
Woodside
March 23: Wy Yung (home)
Yallourn Yallourn North
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Yarram
March 16: Meeniyan Dumbalk United (away)
March 23: Fish Creek (home)
Omeo District
Bruthen
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Buchan
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Lindenow South
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Omeo-Benambra
March 23: Stratford (home)
Swan Reach
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Swifts Creek
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Ovens and King
Benalla All Blacks
March 16: Yarroweyah (away)
Bonnie Doon
March 16: Nagambie (away)
Bright
March 16: Tungamah (home)
Goorambat
March 7: Tocumwal (away)
Greta
March 15: Rutherglen (Wangaratta)
King Valley
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Milawa
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Moyhu
March 9: Wodonga Saints (Tarrawingee)
North Wangaratta
March 16: Longwood (away)
March 24: Wodonga Saints
Tarrawingee
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Whorouly
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Ovens and Murray
Albury
March 9: Wangaratta Rovers (home)
March 16: Echuca (home)
Corowa-Rutherglen
March 23: Mitta United (home)
Lavington
March 16: Myrtleford (TBA)
Myrtleford
March 16: Lavington (TBA)
North Albury
March 16: East Wagga (home)
Wangaratta Magpies
March 9: Seymour (home)
March 23: Euroa (home)
Wangaratta Rovers
March 9: Albury (away)
March 16: Mansfield (home)
Wodonga
March 16: Point Cook (home)
Wodonga Raiders
March 16: Benalla (away)
Yarrawonga
March 16: Greenvale (away)
Picola District
Blighty
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Berrigan
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Deniliquin Rovers
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Jerilderie
March 22: Coleambally FC
Katandra
March 15: Rumbalara (Merrigum)
March 23: Girgarre (away)
Katamatite
March 23: Murchison-Toolamba (away)
Katunga
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Mathoura
March 16: Rushworth
March 23: Murrabit
Picola United
March 16: Huntly (Lockington)
Rennie
March 22: Wahgunyah (home)
Strathmerton
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Tocumwal
March 7: Goorambat (home)
March 15: Wahgunyah (home)
Tungamah
March 16: Bright (away)
Waaia
March 22: Shepparton East (home)
Yarroweyah
March 16: Benalla All Blacks (home)
South West
Branxholme/Wallacedale
March 23: Caramut
Cavendish
March 23: Glenthompson/Dunkeld
Coleraine
March 23: Natimuk United
Dartmoor
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Heathmere
March 23: Great Western (home)
Heywood
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Tyrendarra
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Westerns
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Sunraysia league
Imperial
March 23: Barmera-M0nash FC (away)
Irymple
March 15: Wentworth (away)
March 23: Nyah Nyah West (away)
April 4: Merbein (home)
Mildura
March 16: Tyntynder (away)
Merbein
March 16: Woorinen (away)
April 4: Irymple (away)
Ouyen United
No more fixtures announced yet.
Red Cliffs
March 23: Tyntynder (away)
Robinvale Euston
March 23: South Mildura (home)
South Mildura
March 16: Balranald (away)
March 23: Robinvale Euston (away)
April 4: Cardross (home)
Wentworth
March 15: Irymple (home)
March 23: Swan Hill (Tyntynder)
Tallangatta District
Barnawartha
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Beechworth
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Chiltern
March 16: Holbrook (away)
March 23: Rand Walbundrie Walla (home)
Dederang Mount Beauty
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Kiewa Sandy Creek
March 23: Holbrook (away)
Mitta United
March 16: Osborne (Lavington)
March 23: Corowa-Rutherglen (away)
Rutherglen
March 15: Greta (Wangaratta)
Tallangatta
March 21: Brock Burrum (Wodonga)
Thurgoona
March 16: Jindera (away)
Wahgunyah
March 16: Tocumwal (away)
March 22: Rennie (away)
Wodonga Saints
March 9: Moyhu (Tarrawingee)
March 24: North Wangaratta
Yackandandah
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Upper Murray
Bullioh
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Cudgewa
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Corryong
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Tumbarumba
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Warrnambool District
Allansford
March 16: South Colac (away)
March 23: Penshurst (South Warrnambool)
Dennington
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Kolora-Noorat
March 20: Western Eagles
Merrivale
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Nirranda
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Old Collegians
March 16: Simpson (home)
March 16: Lismore/Derrinallum (away)
Panmure
March 26: South Rovers (home)
Russells Creek
March 23: Lake Bolac (Deakin University)
South Rovers
March 26: Panmure (away)
Timboon
No more future fixtures announced yet.
West Gippsland
Bunyip
March 16: Longwarry (home)
Cora Lynn
March 21: Sorrento
Dalyston
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Garfield
March 6: Lang Lang (home)
March 16: Lyndhurst (home)
March 24: Berwick Springs (away)
Kilcunda
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Koo Wee Rup
March 23: Drouin (away)
April 6: Tarwin (home)
Korumburra Bena
March 6: Poowong (away)
Inverloch-Kongwak
March 23: Traralgon (home)
Nar Nar Goon
March 16: Traralgon (home)
March 23: Wonthaggi (home)
Phillip Island
March 9: Moe (home)
Tooradin-Dalmore
No more future fixtures announced yet.
Warragul Industrials
March 7: Thorpdale
March 23: Morwell (home)
Wimmera
Ararat
April 6: Bungaree (TBA)
Dimboola
March 23: Harrow Balmoral (TBA)
Horsham Demons
March 23: Hamilton
April 6: Skipton (away)
Horsham Saints
April 6: Woorinen (home)
Minyip Murtoa
March 23: Donald (away)
April 5: Laharum (home)
Nhill
No more fixtures announced yet.
Southern Mallee Thunder
March 23: Kalkee (Beulah)
April 6: Nullawil (Strathfieldsaye)
Stawell
March 16: Donald (home)
April 6: St Arnaud
Warrack Eagles
March 23: Wycheproof-Narraport
April 6: Lake Boga (away)
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March 2: Robe FC (away)
March 15: Glenthompson/Dunkeld (TBA)
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