The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) is the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 22 clubs and 30 teams from Victoria, Australia across four divisions and a total of over 1,000 players.
The VWFL is an alternative lifestyle competition, that complies with the Laws of Australian football. The official ball, a Sherrin, used by the VWFL is a custom made size 4.5 ball.
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