The Yarroweyah Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Hoppers, is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

club playing in the

Picola & District Football League The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the AFL Victoria Country. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria, Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales f ...

. The club is based in the small town of

Yarroweyah Yarroweyah ( ) is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and west of Cobram. The town is situated near the intersection of Kenny Road, Kokod ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

. A

Football Club competed in the Murray Border Football Association between 1893 and 1901, and football was certainly being played in the town prior to that, but the current club of that name was not born until 1955, commencing in the

- the competition it still calls home to this day. In recent years, the club has struggled to find the numbers to be able to field teams. In 2016, the seniors team finished in last position, winning only one match for the year.

Premierships

Yarroweyah Football Club
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* Picola & District Football League clubs Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (Australia) 1955 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1955 {{AFL-team-stub