Leagues across Melbourne and Geelong are looking for girls aged 9-12 to play in new junior competitions. 

As tradition befits, the Team of the Carnival has been announced for the 2012 V/Line Cup.

The Ballarat Youth Girls representative team has won the 2012 VLine Cup in their debut year. 

The VCFL's VLine Cup has kicked off with girls from Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Warrnambool hotly contesting the opening day of play. 

Youth Girls players feature prominently in School Sport Victoria's first squad of girls vying for a spot in the U16 Victorian School Girls team. 

AFL Victoria and the Victorian Women’s Football League have this week announced a partnership to establish the AFL Victoria VWFL Academy.

The South East Juniors and the Melbourne Football Club, in conjunction with AFL Victoria, will run an all girls school holiday clinic.  

The 2012 Youth Girls State Screening was held today at Preston City Oval. 

The Melbourne FC is calling for 30 Youth Girls to become a part of their 2012 Trident Academy. 

Registrations are now open for the 2012 Under 16 Victorian School Girls team trials to be held on Saturday March 24.

The Carlton Football Club is offering up Visy Park to all girls aged 13-18 who live in Melbourne's northern suburbs for a two hour training session. 

The Melbourne Football Club will run an all girls football clinic in Wonthaggi on February 13.

Find a team in 2012 at PlayAFL.

Leagues across Melbourne and Geelong are looking for girls aged 9-12 to play in new junior competitions. 

AFL Victoria will be running a State screening training session for Victorian girls aged 13-18 on Sunday March 18 at 12pm at Visy Park (Carlton FC), Royal Parade, Carlton North. Register here.

Register for the Albury-Wodonga Girls Superclinic now. 

Country girls in Victoria will now have access to their own Youth Girls Academy in a new AFL Victoria initiative.

Youth Girls football is due for its biggest country expansion yet, with two new competitions to start in 2012.

AFL Victoria’s Youth Girls Academy will visit north eastern Victoria next month when it’s annual Community Camp is held.

Victorian representative Ellie Blackburn has been awarded the Minister's Award for Sportsperson of the Year at the 2011 Victorian Government's Community Sport and Recreation Awards.

As well as the 2012 Youth Girls Academy, a Futures Squad will run for girls seen as future representative footballers.

Jessica Dal Pos was awarded the 2011 Eva-Peers medal, while Tayla Rhodes & Riley Shapter came out winners after a thrilling vote count in the Geelong Youth Girls Best & Fairest. Click through to see all the award winners...

Victoria overran an athletic Western Australia in the final of the 2011 AFL National Under 18 Youth Girls Championships on the Gold Coast. 

AFL Victoria's 2011 Youth Girls Evaluation survey is now online.

AFL Victoria will hold it's annual Youth Girls Vote Count and Presentation Night on Sunday October 23 2011.

The inaugural Warrnambool Youth Girls competition came to a close last night, with players honoured at a Presentation Night.

AFL Victoria has finalised its support team for this month’s 2011 AFL National Under 18 Youth Girls Championships.

Barwon Heads has beaten Leopold in the 2011 Geelong Youth Girls Grand Final.

The Victorian and AFL Victoria Development teams have been finalised.

St Albans Youth Girls won their second consecutive Western Youth Girls Grand Final on Saturday.

Barwon Heads Youth Girls team defeated last year’s Premiers, Clonard College, in the first Geelong Youth Girls semi final on Sunday. 

Sunbury’s Youth Girls put in a dominant display of football to defeat Melbourne University in the first Western Youth Girls Semi Final on Saturday.

AFL Victoria has selected 58 players for its overall squad for the 2011 AFL National Under 18 Youth Girls Championships.

Victoria's Under 16 School Girls finished their first School Sport Australia National Football Championships undefeated. 

The inaugural Warrnambool Youth Girls competition began last night with four teams representing the Warrnambool Football Netball Club and the Warrnambool District Football Netball League. 

Twelve Youth Girls have been added to the Victorian Youth Girls squad after last night's State screening session.  

The South East Juniors have won their fifth consecutive Metropolitan Championships title. 

Youth Girls have one last chance to attend a State screening and secure an invitation to train with the State squad. 

Selection training for the Under 18 Victorian and AFL Victoria Development teams begins this Monday.

Register here for the 2011 Warrnambool Youth Girls Competition.

Twenty-two girls from all over Victoria have been added to the Victorian Under 18 Youth Girls State Squad following yesterday's State screening.

Warrnambool held their first ever school girls football carnival day last week.

The South East Juniors and the Western Youth Girls will contest the Grand Final in the Metropolitan Championships for the fifth consecutive year.

On Monday night, the MECU Ballarat Football League held an information session and football clinic for girls interested in competing in the first ever Youth Girls Football Competition in Ballarat.

The AFL has confirmed the dates for the 2011 AFL National Youth Girls Championships.

The fixture for the 2011 AFL Victoria Metropolitan Championships has been released.

All ten Western Youth Girls teams will be represented at June's AFL Victoria Metropolitan Junior Championships.

Four Ballarat FNL clubs have indicated their interest in setting up the first Ballarat Youth Girls competition.

Hallam College has opened enrolments for its 2012 Girls Football Academy.

AFL Victoria is seeking over 400 girls aged 9-12 to play in one of five new junior girls competitions around Melbourne in 2011.

The Geelong Youth Girls team has claimed its second VLine Cup Victorian Country Youth Girls Championships title in as many years.

The Melbourne Football Club launches the “Trident Girls Football Academy”

Youth Girls dominated School Sport Victoria's U16 initial squad after Saturday's first selection trial.

The Youth Girls Academy will play in a practice match against the VWFL Academy later this month.

Teams for this year's VLine Cup Victorian Country Youth Girls Championships have been announced.

The Melbourne Football Club is seeking applications from Youth Girls to join their two day Trident Youth Girls Academy program in April.

Calling all WESTERN Youth Girls...the 2011 Western Youth Girls Interleague Trials are here...

AFL Victoria is still looking for players for Youth Girls teams for season 2011.

AFL Victoria is now seeking applicants for its new Youth Girls Academy Coach Education and Mentoring program.

The Ballarat Football League will become the first country football league to set up its own Youth Girls football competition in 2011.

Girls who have already played in the Geelong and Western Youth Girls competitions can reregister online for the 2011 season.

A unique Work Experience opportunity at an AFL club for Year 9-12 students .

The 2011 Youth Girls Academy have their first match of the year this Sunday - against themselves.

The second annual Youth Girls Academy Camp was a great success as the 2011 squad of 80 players, umpires and staff took to Alpine Ash Retreat near Toolangi.

FOOTBALL lost a pioneer, a hero and a great ambassador for women with the sad passing of Jill Lindsay this week.

The AFL has produced a new resource to help leagues clubs start up new Youth Girls competitions and teams.

The Narre South Lions are looking for new players for their Youth Girls team.

The Seville Ranges Youth Girls team is having a movie night at Rochford Winery as a fundraiser to kick off the season.

Former Youth Girls Academy members have spent the last two days alongside Essendon footballers as part of the EFC Community Camp.

Registrations for the 2011 North Melbourne Football Club Junior Girls Academy are now open.

Women's Health Magazine will spend the next year campaiging for greater awareness of women in sport to encourage more girls and women to be active.

The biggest annual increase in Youth Girls participation is on the cards for season 2011.

The Northern Football League will take over the administration of the Northern Youth Girls in 2011.