The official season 2025 fixture for the Gippsland League has been released. The schedule features 18 home and away matches with the season set to kick off on April 5th 2025. The finals series will begin on the final weekend of August leading into the in the first weekend of September with the Grand Final scheduled for the 20th of September.
Season 2025 will begin with a number of key matchups and local rivalries headlined by the Senior Grand Final rematch with Traralgon taking on Leongatha at Terry Hunter Oval. The Maroons will unfurl the Premiership flag in a twilight time slot. The Battle of the Birds between Maffra and Sale will also be a key fixture to look out for on the Sunday in the opening weekend of matches. The A Grade Grand Final rematch will have to wait until Round 8 after the Gippsland League fulfilled Moe’s request to take on Warragul on the Kings Birthday Weekend.
Bairnsdale and Moe will both continue their MND theme matchdays on the Kings Birthday weekend in Round 8 with this year’s draw also containing three significant League run theme rounds. The annual Mental Health Round returns to round 2 in the fixture, after a successful move into that slot in 2024, and will again be one of the highlights on the calendar. The annual Orange Round will again be scheduled in June with the introduction of an Indigenous Recognition round will take place in the 2025 fixture. Gippsland League thanks Loy Yang B for their ongoing support of the annual League theme rounds.
The byes will fall on Easter and in the July School Holidays again with the Dahlsens All Stars Grand Final set for the bye weekend in the July school holidays. Round 7 will also feature a bye with a split round being re-introduced to provide a break for clubs leading into June. Drouin Football and Netball fixtures will be relocated during the season due to ground resurfacing works at Drouin Recreation Reserve. The venues for Drouin home matches will be advised at a later date.
