The Victorian Blind Football League exists to provide Victorians with blindness and low vision the opportunity to participate in Australian Rules Football, at a competitive level. Governed by AFL Victoria, the League provides an environment that promotes fitness, fun, friendship and a sense of belonging. Through participation in Australian Rules Football, it enhances life skills and develops self-esteem, confidence and improved health.
How is AFL Blind Played?
A game of AFL Blind looks and feels like traditional Australian football, with slight adaptions to rules and modifications to equipment, it provides the support required to play a game of football.
Games are played indoors, which provides a controlled environment to allow players to utilise their hearing. The football has a USB charging port and an electronic beeper inserted to produce sound loud enough to assist with tracking the ball. To assist with identifying the centre and location of the goals, there are flashing lights behind the goals, high contrast backdrops hung behind the goals, and goal umpires how rattle shakers when the football enters the scoring zone.
2024 AFL Blind Playing List
Ned Brewer Maiga
Cebby Johnson
Steffan Nero
Steve Obeid
Andrew Close
Oliver Oglethorpe
Aleesha Whitely
Matt McCarthy
Mark Haskett
Johnny Boland
Peter Frank
Tyreece Bevan
2024 AFL Blind fixture
Round 1 - Saturday 11 May
Hawthorn v St Kilda
9am
Hawthorn v Port Melbourne
11am
Round 2 - Saturday 18 May
Hawthorn v Port Melbourne
9am
Hawthorn v St Kilda
11am
Round 3 - Saturday 1 June
Hawthorn v St Kilda
10am
Hawthorn v Port Melbourne
11am
Round 4 - Saturday 15 June
Hawthorn v St Kilda
9am
Hawthorn v Port Melbourne
10am
Round 5 - Saturday 29 June
Hawthorn v Port Melbourne
9am
Hawthorn v St Kilda
11am
Round 6 - Saturday 13 July
Hawthorn v St Kilda
10am
Hawthorn v Port Melbourne
11am
Semi Final - 9am, Saturday 27 July
Grand Final - 9am, Sunday 28 July
*All games played at Action Indoor Sports, Tullamarine*
AFL Blind Premiership Teams
Hawthorn (2019)
Mel Edge (captain)
Ned Brewer-Maiga (vice-captain)
Chris Gould
Dale Alards
David Steeds
John Boland
Ollie Oglethorpe
Soban Sivachanthiran
Zac Sheehan
Cebby Johnson
Hawthorn Brown (2023)
Travis Zimmer (co-captain)
Reuben Fairbank (co-captain)
Nathan Letts
Adrian Smith
Scott Peucker
Kingsley Williams
Lawrence Raja
Ray Moxley
Nathan Luke
Stephen Palmer
