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season was the 140th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League, a second-tier

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competition played in the states of

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and

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. The season commenced on 25 March and concluded with the

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on 18 September. The premiership was won by Casey, after it defeated

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in the Grand Final on 18 September 2022 by 32 points. It was Casey's sixth Division 1 premiership.

League membership

Following its sole season in the VFL, the Brisbane-based

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withdrew from the competition, after reviewing its strategy as a football club and electing to focus on its

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and QFA teams and junior pathways without the burden of competing in the state level competition. The club departed with the shortest tenure of any VFA/VFL club in history, playing only ten games in the

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-interrupted 2021 season. Aspley's departure left

as the league's sole stand-alone senior club based outside Victoria. A total of 21 clubs held licences to compete in the 2022 season.

Premiership season

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Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Awards

*The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Tom Gribble (

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), who polled 30 votes. Gribble finished ahead of Boyd Woodcock and Jacob Dawson (both of

), who polled 22 votes. It was Gribble's second consecutive Liston Trophy, having won the 2019 Liston Trophy before the award's two-year hiatus. *The

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was won by

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(), who kicked 52 goals during the home-and-away season. * The Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal was won by Ethan Phillips (

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). * The Coaches MVP award was won by 's Jacob Dawson.

References

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