Wellington Australian Football League

Wellington AFL is an Australian rules football competition in Wellington, New Zealand consisting of 4 men's and 2 women's clubs and is one of the Leagues governed by AFL New Zealand. It was founded in 1974. The current Wellington women's league was founded in 2021.

Wellington Australian Football League (WAFL)

Formerly	Wellington Australian Football Association (WAFA)
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
No. of teams	4
Country	New Zealand
Sponsor(s)	Pelorus Trust, NZ Community Trust and Infinity Foundation
Official website	https://wellingtonafl.co.nz/

Current clubs

Colours	Club	Location	Formed	Notes
	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	Hutt Park Oval 1 Wellington	1973	Official Site
	Hutt Valley Eagles (formerly "Upper Hutt")	Hutt Park Oval 1 Wellington
	Ngā Manu Rere	Hutt Park Wellington	2021	Women's club
	South Coast Swell	Hutt Park Wellington	2021	Women's club
	Wellington City Saints	Kelburn Park Wellington	1994	Official Site

Former clubs

• Lower Hutt Tigers (merged with the Upper Hutt Eagles to form the Hutt Valley Eagles)
• North City Demons (folded)
• Upper Hutt Eagles (merged with the Lower Hutt Tigers to form the Hutt Valley Eagles)

Results

Men's

Year	Premier	Runner up	Result
2022	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	Hutt Valley Eagles
2019	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	Wellington City Saints	53-23
2018	Wellington City Saints	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	37-34
2014	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	North City Demons	84-40[1]
2011	Hutt Valley Eagles	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	75-52
2010	Hutt Valley Eagles	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
2009	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
2008	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
2007	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
2005	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
2001	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
2000	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
1998	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
1996	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs
1995	Upper Hutt	Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs

Women's

Year	Premier	Runner up	Result
2023	South Coast	Ngā Manu Rere	68-27
2022	South Coast Swell	Ngā Manu Rere	44-9
2021	South Coast Swell	Ngā Manu Rere

Historic League

The Wellington League of Australian Football ran from 1904 until the end of 1909. The league was formed in May 1904 at a meeting in Wellington, with the secretary being J.T. Kelly and had two founding clubs: Lefroy and Federal^[2] and played its first match at Seatoun Park.^[3] The league expanded to five clubs in its first season.^[4] Despite substantial growth it finally folded due to ongoing access issues with the Football Association to its primary venue the Basin Reserve due to a lack of alternative venues.^[5][6]

Clubs

Club	Location	Formed	Colours
City Football Club (formerly Lefroy)	Wellington	1903	Dark and light blue
Federal Football Club	Carlton Hall grounds, Vivian Street Wellington	1903
Petone Football Club	Petone	1904[7]
Newtown Football Club	Newtown, New Zealand	1904
Wanderers Football Club (formerly Imperial)	Sports Club, Wellington	1904