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Murray Football League General Information Founded 1931 Current clubs Barooga
Cobram
Congupna
Deniliquin
Echuca United
Finley
Moama
Mulwala
Nathalia
Numurkah
Rumbalara
Tocumwal
Tongala2007 Season Premiers Nathalia Minor Premiers Nathalia Wooden spoon Cobram Best & Fairest (O'Dwyer Medal) Matthew Byers (Barooga) The Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.
The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.
It covers much the same area as the Picola & District Football League but the teams tend be the larger communities and towns.
The Grand Final is traditionally hosted by Tocumwal.
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History
The Murray Football League (MFL) was established in 1931 with the following clubs, Barooga, Cobram, Muckatah, Numurkah, Strathmerton and Tocumwal.
Between 1941 and 1945 the league went into recess for World War II.
Following the disbanding of the Echuca Football League, Echuca United and Moama joined the league.
In 2006 Tongala and Rumbalara made their debut with the league. Tongala was previously in the Goulburn Valley Football League and Rumbalara was in the now defunct Central Goulburn Football League.
The 2008 premiership was won by Nathalia to complete 4 in a row premiership wins.
Clubs
Current
Jumper Club Nickname Years in comp MFL Premierships Premiership Years 
Barooga Hawks 1989- 4 1992-3-4, 1997 
Cobram Tigers 1937- 11 1947-8, 1955, 1959-60-1, 1969, 1974, 1984, 1995, 1998 
Congupna The Road 1997- - - 
Deniliquin Rams 1949- 14 1957, 1966, 1972-3, 1975-6, 1985-6, 1996, 2001-2-3-4, 2011 
Echuca United Eagles 1997- - - 
Finley Cats 1933- 7 1952, 1954, 1958, 1971, 1981-2, 1988 
Moama Magpies 1997- - 2010 
Mulwala Lions 1987- 1 1990 
Nathalia Purples 1933- 8 1939, 1949, 1963, 1978, 2005-6-7-8 
Numurkah Blues 1931- 13 1932-3, 1937-8, 1950-1, 1953, 1962, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1999, 2000 
Rumbalara Rumba 2006- - - 
Tocumwal Bloods 1931- 5 1935, 1946, 1967, 1991, 2009 
Tongala Blues 2006- - - Former Clubs
- Berrigan Football Club
- Strathmerton Football Club
- Katamatite Football Club
- Jerilderie Football Club
- Shepparton East Football Club
- Coleambally Football Club
Recent Premiers
- 1997 Barooga
- 1998 Cobram
- 1999 Numurkah
- 2000 Numurkah
- 2001 Deniliquin
- 2002 Deniliquin
- 2003 Deniliquin
- 2004 Deniliquin
- 2005 Nathalia
- 2006 Nathalia
- 2007 Nathalia
- 2008 Nathalia
- 2009 Tocumwal
- 2010 Moama
- 2011 Deniliquin
2008 Ladder
Murray FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Moama 17 2 1 0 2450 1090 224.77% 68 Barooga 16 2 2 0 2311 1265 182.69% 64 Nathalia 15 2 3 0 2383 1026 232.26% 60 Rumbalara 13 2 5 0 2254 1316 171.28% 52 Tongala 12 2 6 0 1770 1580 112.03% 48 Numurkah 11 2 7 0 1814 1497 121.18% 44 Deniliquin 9 2 9 0 1664 1496 111.23% 36 Cobram 7 2 11 0 1517 1869 81.17% 28 Tocumwal 6 2 12 0 1389 1886 73.65% 24 Mulwala 4 2 13 1 1096 2208 49.64% 18 Echuca United 4 2 14 0 1230 1883 65.32% 16 Congupna 2 2 15 1 1296 1938 66.87% 10 Finley 0 2 18 0 738 2858 25.82% 0 FINALS
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Elimination Nathalia 12 22 94 Numurkah 3 5 23 Elimination Tongala 9 6 60 Rumbalara 5 10 40 1st Semi Nathalia 20 14 134 Tongala 9 7 61 2nd Semi Barooga 18 11 119 Moama 13 5 83 Preliminary Nathalia 13 11 89 Moama 7 15 57 Grand Nathalia 16 10 106 Barooga 9 9 63 2009 Ladder
Murray FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Tocumwal 15 2 3 0 2315 1178 196.52% 60 Barooga 15 2 3 0 1974 1481 133.29% 60 Moama 13 2 5 0 1998 1054 189.56% 52 Deniliquin 12 2 6 0 1617 1379 117.26% 48 Congupna 12 2 6 0 1516 1296 116.98% 48 Numurkah 11 2 7 0 1699 1444 117.66% 44 Tongala 10 2 8 0 1910 1438 132.82% 40 Mulwala 10 2 8 0 1609 1554 103.54% 40 Cobram 8 2 10 0 1732 1528 113.35% 32 Nathalia 5 2 13 0 1262 1843 68.48% 20 Rumbalara 4 2 14 0 1487 1871 79.48% 16 Echuca United 2 2 16 0 1109 1944 57.05% 8 Finley 0 2 18 0 659 2877 22.91% 0 FINALS
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Elimination Deniliquin 15 12 102 Congupna 8 15 63 Elimination Moama 20 23 143 Numurkah 4 8 32 1st Semi Moama 16 16 112 Deniliquin 8 5 53 2nd Semi Tocumwal 21 17 143 Barooga 11 10 76 Preliminary Moama 12 12 84 Barooga 11 13 79 Grand Tocumwal 16 10 106 Moama 15 10 100 External links
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