KANGAROO Flat and Inglewood have had the biggest cut to their player points for 2022 across the Bendigo, Heathcote District, Loddon Valley and North Central leagues.
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Both the Roos and Blues - who between them won just two games this year - each had a player points budget of 50, but that has been slashed back to 46 for the 2022 allocations set by AFL Central Victoria.
Across the BFNL, HDFNL, LVFNL and NCFL it's now only the Bendigo league that has a clear differential in points allocations among clubs, with five on 40 points and five on 46.
As they were this year, Eaglehawk, Gisborne, Golden Square, Sandhurst and Strathfieldsaye - the only clubs that have won senior flags since 2001 - will all have 40 points again.
Castlemaine, Kangaroo Flat, Kyneton, Maryborough and South Bendigo will all have an extra six points - the equivalent of a player who has played at least one AFL game over the previous three seasons - with 46 apiece.
While the differential between the two tiers of allocations is a way of trying to to assist with equalisation of a Bendigo competition that since 2010 has had the five "40 point teams" win 57 of the 60 finals played, there's no longer such a discrepancy across the Heathcote District, Loddon Valley or North Central leagues, the latter two of which are now on level playing fields.
All HDFNL teams are now on either 45 or 46 points, while in the LVFNL all nine teams are now on 46 points and in the NCFL all eight teams are on 42 points.
Unlike fellow AFLCV leagues Central Murray ($105,000-$135,000) and Golden Rivers ($95,000-$115,000), which have a tiered salary cap, the BFNL ($125,000), HDFNL ($106,600), LVFNL ($106,600) and NCFL ($106,000) all have a one-cap-fits-all for their teams that remain unchanged.
BENDIGO LEAGUE
CASTLEMAINE
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 27.5
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EAGLEHAWK
2022 points: 40
Change: No change
2021 average: 37.8
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GISBORNE
2022 points: 40
Change: No change
2021 average: 33.9
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GOLDEN SQUARE
2022 points: 40
Change: No change
2021 average: 35.8
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KANGAROO FLAT
2022 points: 46
Change: -4
2021 average: 35.8
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KYNETON
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 38.1
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MARYBOROUGH
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 32.5
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SANDHURST
2022 points: 40
Change: No change
2021 average: 29.5
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SOUTH BENDIGO
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 36.2
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STRATHFIELDSAYE
2022 points: 40
Change: No change
2021 average: 34.2
HEATHCOTE DISTRICT
COLBINABBIN
2022 points: 45
Change: No change
2021 average: 34.8
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ELMORE
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 35.0
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HEATHCOTE
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 35.5
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HUNTLY
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 41.2
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LEITCHVILLE-GUNBOWER
2022 points: 45
Change: +3
2021 average: 36.5
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LBU
2022 points: 45
Change: No change
2021 average: 28.7
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MOUNT PLEASANT
2022 points: 45
Change: No change
2021 average: 39.1
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NORTH BENDIGO
2022 points: 45
Change: +3
2021 average: 37.1
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WHITE HILLS
2022 points: 45
Change: No change
2021 average: 40.7
LODDON VALLEY
BL-SERPENTINE
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 31.8
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BRIDGEWATER
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 39.9
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CALIVIL UNITED
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 40.7
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INGLEWOOD
2022 points: 46
Change: -4
2021 average: 40.1
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MAIDEN GULLY YCW
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 37.7
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MARONG
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 37.0
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MITIAMO
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 35.8
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NEWBRIDGE
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 45.2
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PYRAMID HILL
2022 points: 46
Change: -1
2021 average: 34.3
NORTH CENTRAL
BIRCHIP-WATCHEM
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 35.2
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BOORT
2022 points: 42
Change: -3
2021 average: 41.0
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CHARLTON
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 27.1
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DONALD
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 30.5
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SEA LAKE NANDALY
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 25.8
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ST ARNAUD
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 31.9
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WEDDERBURN
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 32.6
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WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT
2022 points: 42
Change: No change
2021 average: 34.3
SALARY CAPS
Averages based on paying full amount:
BENDIGO
(22 players, 18 games)
Salary cap: $125,000
Average per game: $6944
Average per player: $315
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HEATHCOTE DISTRICT
(22 players, 16 games)
Salary cap: $106,600
Average per game: $6662
Average per player: $302
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LODDON VALLEY
(22 players, 16 games)
Salary cap: $106,600
Average per game: $6662
Average per player: $302
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NORTH CENTRAL
(21 players, 16 games)
Salary cap: $106,600
Average per game: $6662
Average per player: $317
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