2013–present fielded a stand-alone reserves team in the VFL 2003–2012 – affiliated with the Bendigo Football Club Bendigo changed its name from Diggers to Bombers when the affiliation began in 2003, with the club changing its name the Bendigo Gold in 2012. Bendigo dropped out of the VFL and folded at the end of 2014 2000–present – fielded a stand-alone reserves team in the VFL 2000–present – affiliated with the Box Hill Football Club Box Hill changed its nickname from Mustangs to Hawks when the affiliation was established 2000–2008 – affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club 2009–present – affiliated with the Casey Demons The Casey Scorpions changed its nickname to Demons in 2017 North Melbourne 2000–2002 – affiliated with the Murray Kangaroos Football Club, a new team established in joint-venture between the Kangaroos and the Ovens & Murray Football League; Murray Kangaroos dropped out and folded at the end of 2002 2003–2005 – affiliated with the Port Melbourne Football Club 2006–2007 – split-affiliation with the North Ballarat Football Club and the Tasmanian Devils Football Club Tasmania went into recess at the end of 2008 2008–2015 – split-affiliation with the North Ballarat Football Club and the Werribee Football Club North Ballarat went into recess at the end of 2015 2016-2017 – full affiliation with the Werribee Football Club 2018–present – fielded a stand-alone reserves team in the VFL 2000 and 2014–present – fielded a stand-alone reserves team in the VFL 2001–2013 – affiliated with the Coburg Football Club Coburg changed its nickname from Lions to Tigers when the affiliation was established 2000 – fielded a stand-alone reserves team in the VFL 2001–2008 – affiliated with the Springvale/Casey Scorpions The Springvale Scorpions relocated to Casey and became the Casey Scorpions in 2006 2009–present – affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club Western Bulldogs 2000 – split-affiliation with the Werribee Football Club and the Williamstown Football Club 2001–2007 – affiliated with the Werribee Football Club 2008–2013 – affiliated with the Williamstown Football Club 2014–present – fielded a stand-alone reserves team, known as the Footscray Bulldogs, in the VFL South Australian clubs Historical arrangement After and had entered the AFL in 1991 and 1997 respectively, South Australia had two AFL teams and a strong nine-team state league (the SANFL). Until 2013, the AFL clubs were affiliated with the entire SANFL, rather than with an individual club as is seen in Victoria; this meant that the