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Kyneton Women's Football Club

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Kyneton Women's Football Club
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Names
Full nameKyneton Women's Football Club
Nickname(s)Wedge-Tailed Eagles, Wedgies, Eagles
Club details
FoundedLate 2024;2 years ago (2024) [1] [2]
Colours  Teal   White   Black
PremiershipsEDFL (1)
Other information
Official website kwfc.com.au

The Kyneton Women's Football Club (KWFC), nicknamed the Wedge-Tailed Eagles, is an Australian rules football club based in the Victorian town of Kyneton. [3] The club was formed in 2024 as a breakaway from the Kyneton Football Netball Club (KFNC). [4]

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History

Background

The Kyneton Football Netball Club (KFNC), nicknamed the Tigers, introduced a women's team into the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in 2015. [5] The team entered West Division, but failed to win a match in its first season and finished last on the ladder. [6] After moving to Goldfields Division, Kyneton was again winless in 2016. [7]

Following the disbandment of the VWFL, Kyneton was an inaugural club in the Northern Country Women's Football League (NCWFL) in 2017, winning its first match in round 2 against Kerang. [8] [9] The club moved to the Central Victoria Football League (CVFL) in 2018. [10] [11]

In 2023, Kyneton moved to the Riddell District Football Netball League (RDFNL) women's competition. [12] The club won the 2023 premiership but lost the 2024 grand final, facing Macedon on both occasions. [13] [14]

Breakaway club

According to KWFC, members of the women's team faced poor behaviour from the male members of the club, with players criticising the lack of equitable resources and the condition of changing rooms. [15] [16] In March 2025, KWFC president Natalie Korinfsky described it as a "horrible, volatile environment", while KFNC denied allegations. [17] [18]

The final straw was a raffle which was scheduled at the same time as the 2024 women's grand final. [15] [16] Korinfsky stated that KFNC "actively encouraged all the members to stay at the clubrooms [...] while we were playing our grand final in front of the opposition's crowd". [16] The RDFNL stated in 2026 that the raffle was scheduled in January 2024, while the date of the women's grand final was not known until March 2024. [19]

The Kyneton Women's Football Club was officially formed in late 2024, with around 30 players joining the new club. [20] [21] Representatives from the RDFNL and Mount Alexander Falcons Football Club met with KWFC representatives on 17 December 2024 to discuss the KWFC playing as Mount Alexander's second women's team. [19] However, the RDFNL was contacted by the KWFC in January 2025 to say that an application for a new team for the 2025 season would be submitted. [19] [22]

The CVFL and the Ballarat Football Netball League (BFNL) both stated that the KWFC had missed the deadline to join their respective competitions in 2025, while the RDFNL denied KWFC's application to contest as a standalone team. [18] As a result, KWFC joined the Gisborne Football Netball Club to compete as Gisborne-Kyneton United in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) for the 2025 season. [23] [24] The joint team was undefeated and won the 2025 Division 2 grand final, defeating Taylors Lakes Football Club by 64 points. [25] [26] The KFNC did not field a senior women's team in 2025. [19] [27]

2026 season application

On 24 July 2025, a meeting was held between the RDFNL and the KWFC. [19] According to the RDFNL, the KWFC was informed that the KFNC intended to field a senior women's team in 2026, which would force the KWFC to change its name if it competed in the RDFNL. [19] It was suggested by the RDFNL that the club change its name to the Wedge-Tailed Eagles Football Club, with Woodend Racecourse Reserve as a possible home ground. [19]

In October 2025, the CVFL Advisory Committee unanimously supported an application from KWFC to affiliate with the CVFL for the 2026 season. [19] The RDFNL appealed the decision and AFL Victoria upheld the appeal on 11 December 2025, preventing the KWFC from entering the CVFL. [28]

RDFNL president Brenton Knott was alleged to have made comments that the situation with the KWFC was "not about footy, it's about grooming and gender weirdness". [29] [30] In a statement released on 6 February 2026, the RDFNL described the alleged comment as "falsified, photoshopped and doctored", and confirmed that both Knott and the league would "begin the legal process of proceeding with defamation cases" against the KWFC, Not All Clubs Media and the Midland Express . [19] [31]

The KWFC has received public support from Victorian premier Jacinta Allan, federal Labor Party MP Lisa Chesters and Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell. [32] [33] [34]

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Tara (4 September 2025). "Kyneton Women's knocked back". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. ↑ McCarthy, Jordan (2 February 2026). "Kyneton Women's Football Club vow to 'keep making a stand' to challenge AFL Victoria's closed-door decision to not let them play". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  3. ↑ May, Brayden (23 December 2025). "Kyneton Women's FC report RDFNL president to AFL integrity unit". CODE Sports. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Crawford, Angela (18 February 2025). "League shuts out Eagles". Midland Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Final VWFL fixtures released". Victorian Women's Football League. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "2015 West Division Ladder". Victorian Women's Football League. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "2016 Goldfields Ladder". Victorian Women's Football League. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Murray, Tara (15 May 2017). "Kyneton taste success". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "Kyneton's Emily Taylor wins inaugural Northern Country Women's League best and fairest award". Bendigo Advertiser. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "Five teams signed up for AFLCV Senior Women's Football League". Bendigo Advertiser. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  11. ↑ Murray, Tara (12 February 2018). "New season, new challenges as Kyneton looks to future". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 October 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "Kyneton junior teams, senior women's side moving into Riddell District competitions". Bendigo Advertiser. 18 November 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  13. ↑ "Kyneton Tigers are premiers". Midland Express. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  14. ↑ West, Bill (19 August 2024). "Cats Premiers – by a point". Midland Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  15. 1 2 Grant, Gemma (22 February 2025). "Ire of the Tigers: Why the women broke away from a footy 'boys' club'". The Age. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  16. 1 2 3 Murphy, Claire (6 February 2026). "They stood up to a toxic boys club. Now these women have been barred from the game entirely". Mamamia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  17. ↑ Vinall, Marnie (18 February 2025). "Kyneton women's side leave football club after claims of 'horrible, volatile environment'". ABC News. Archived from the original on 11 January 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  18. 1 2 Vinall, Marnie (3 March 2025). "Newly formed Kyneton Women's Football Club have nowhere to play after league rejection". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "KWFC Application – Full Story". Riddell District Football Netball League. 6 February 2026. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  20. ↑ Schubert, Shannon; Parker, Fiona; Norman, Rebecca (9 February 2025). "New women's club needs a league after leaving football netball structure". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 January 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  21. ↑ "Time running out for Kyneton women". Midland Express. 2 February 2026. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  22. ↑ Murray, Tara (17 January 2025). "New women's football club in Kyneton". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  23. ↑ "United to play on". Midland Express. 24 March 2025. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  24. ↑ Ingleton, Tom (30 March 2025). "Gisborne, Kyneton unite for 2025 EDFL women's season". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  25. ↑ Murray, Tara (24 August 2025). "United claim the premiership". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  26. ↑ Tudor, Evan (25 August 2025). "Gisborne-Kyneton United Remain Perfect As Premiers". EDFL. Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  27. ↑ "Women's team still a focus". Star Weekly. 31 January 2025. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  28. ↑ "AFL Victoria Appeal Panel Decision – Kyneton Women's Football Club Application". AFL Central Victoria. 11 December 2025. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  29. ↑ Crawford, Angela (22 December 2025). "Shock and dismay at RDFNL: MP weighs in, league president in hot water over comment". Midland Express. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  30. ↑ Vinall, Marnie (5 January 2026). "Country league president reported to AFL integrity unit over alleged 'gender weirdness' comments". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 January 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  31. ↑ Higgins, Ben (6 February 2026). "Local footy league breaks silence on breakaway club controversy, considers legal action". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  32. ↑ Purcell, Georgie (5 March 2025). "Women's community sport". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  33. ↑ Chesters, Lisa (4 February 2026). "Kyneton Women's Football Club". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  34. ↑ Norman, Rebecca; Pavlich, Emile; Parker, Fiona (6 February 2026). "Jacinta Allan backs Kyneton footballers to find new league amid appeal controversy". ABC News. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
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