Ontario Australian Football League Division 2

Ontario Australian Football League Division 2
Current season, competition or edition: 2010 OAFL Division 2 season
Sport	Australian Football
Founded	2009
No. of teams	5
Country	Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Quebec Saints

The Ontario Australian Football League Division 2 was established in 2009 and is a second tier competition to Canada's oldest Australian football league the OAFL. It currently consists of four teams from Ontario and one from Quebec.

History

In 2009 Ontario Australian Football League launched a second division originally consisting of six founding teams. London (Ontario) AFC withdrew before the official start to the season and the team's players were absorbed into the Quebec Saints. Along with the Saints, the Toronto Central Blues, Broadview Hawks, Etobicoke 'Old Boys' Roos and Toronto Eagles made up the founding five teams of the new OAFL Division 2 competition. In honour of the first Canadian to ever play in the AFL the competition's premiership cup was named the Mike Pyke Cup (named after Mike Pyke). The division 1 competition, simply referred to as the 'OAFL' was founded 21 years earlier and competes for Conacher Cup (named after Lionel Conacher).

The OAFL Division 2 season is traditionally shorter than that of the OAFL. In 2009 due to teams playing different amounts of matches the ladder was determined by 'Match Ratio' rather than premiership points. In 2010 all teams competed in 8 rounds and thus the ladder reverted to determining positions by premiership points.

2010 also saw the introduction of hybrid teams. New team the Toronto Rebel Dogs (a partnership between the Toronto Downtown Dingos and the Toronto Rebels) and the 'DevilRoos' (a partnership between the Etobicoke Roos and High Park Demons). The Toronto Eagles withdrew their team from the 2010 season.

Premiers

Year	Premier	Runner-up	League Best & Fairest	Leading Goal Kicker	Grand Final Best on ground
2009	Quebec Saints	Broadview Hawks	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Cam Stark (Saints)
2010	Quebec Saints	Central Blues	Earl Monero (Blues)	Paul Tinkler - 14 (Rebel Dogs)	Darrin Haverhoek (Saints)
2011	Etobicoke Kangaroos	Broadview Hawks	TBD	TBD	TBD

Clubs

Teams

Team	City	Website	Years Active
Broadview Hawks	Toronto	broadviewhawks.com	2009-
Central Blues	Toronto	bluesafc.ca	2009-
Etobicoke Kangaroos	Etobicoke	roosafc.ca	2009-
Guelph Gargoyles	Guelph	guelphgargoylesafc.com	2011-
Toronto Rebel Dogs	Toronto	torontodingos.ca	2010-
Toronto Eagles	Toronto	eaglesafc.com	2009

Past Teams

Team	City	Website	Years Active	Division 2 Premierships
London AFC	London, Ontario		Absorbed by Quebec in 2009
Quebec Saints	Montreal	quebecsaints.ca	2009-2010	2

Principal Venues

Margaret Green Park, Guelph - Home of the Guelph Gargoyles
Mohawk Sports Park, Hamilton - Home of the Hamilton Wildcats
Rideau Carleton Raceway, Ottawa - Home of the Ottawa Swans and Quebec Saints
Humber College North, Toronto - Home of Toronto Dingos, High Park Demons, Toronto Eagles, Toronto Rebels and Central Blues
Humber College South, Toronto - Home of the Kangaroos
University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto - Home of the Broadview Hawks

External links

Official OAFL website

References

Ontario Australian Football League, 2010

Past OAFL clubs

Brampton Wolverines Balmy Beach Saints London Magpies Windsor Mariners

OAFL seasons

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Australian rules football in Canada

Governing body	AFL Canada

Promotional bodies	Australian Football Association of North America AFL Canada

National teams	Northwind

Major representative competitions	Stampede Cup West Coast Challenge

Major leagues	AAFL AFL Ontario AFL Quebec NWPAFL

Metro footy leagues	Southern Ontario

Women's leagues	Alberta Footy Women's League Canada Women's Australian Football League

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