Geelong Football Netball League

The Geelong Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, Australia. It is widely regarded as the highest standard Australian rules football league in regional Victoria, with several former AFL players now playing for a variety of clubs.

Geelong Football Netball League
FormerlyGeelong Football League (1979–2012)
Sport
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
No. of teams12
CountryAustralia
HeadquartersHighton, Victoria, Australia
ConfederationAFL Barwon
Sponsor(s)Blood Toyota
Related
competitions
Geelong & District FNL
Bellarine FNL
Official websitewww.aflbarwon.com.au/gfnl

History

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The league was formed in 1979 when twelve clubs broke away from the Geelong & District Football League.[1] The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league of the GDFL. Many of the teams in the lower league wanted a system of promotion and relegation, which was fought by the GFL until the early 1980s when the Victorian Country Football League held a hearing in Melbourne. As a result, a trial promotion-relegation system was put into place on a voluntary basis. Today, the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with a three-division, three league competition of the Geelong FL, Bellarine FL and Geelong & District FL in place in the Geelong region.[2]

In March 2024, following extensive consultation[3] AFL Barwon detailed a plan that would expand the second-tier Bellarine Football Netball League to 12 teams from 2025 with a path for a team to accept an invitation for promotion to the GFNL, replacing a club that would then be relegated from the GFNL.[4]

Clubs

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Current clubs

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Club Colours Moniker Home venue Est. Former
league
GFNL Seasons GFNL premierships
Football Netball
Total Most recent Total Most recent
Bell Park
 
Dragons Hamlyn Park, Bell Park 1958 GDFL 1979–present 4 2011 0
Colac
 
Tigers Central Reserve, Colac 1948 HFL 2001–present 1 2014 0
Grovedale
 
Tigers Burdoo Reserve, Grovedale 1947 GDFL 1979–present 0 0
Geelong West
 
Giants West Oval, Geelong West 2017 2017–present 0 0
Lara
 
Cats Lara Recreation Reserve, Lara 1880 GDFL 1989–present 2 2002 2 2003
Leopold
 
Lions Leopold Memorial Park, Leopold 1955 BFL 1992–present 3 2024 0
Newtown & Chilwell
 
Eagles Elderslie Reserve, Newtown 1933 GDFL 1979–present 3 1986 8 2024
North Shore
 
Seagulls Windsor Park, North Shore 1927 GDFL 1979–present 11 2000 2 2001
South Barwon
 
Swans McDonald Reserve, Belmont 1990 1990–present 8 2013 8 2012
St Albans
 
Supersaints St Albans Reserve, Thomson 1880 GDFL 1979–present 2 1988 0
St Joseph's
 
Joeys Herne Hill Reserve, Herne Hill 1973 GDFL 1985–present 4 2018 1 2008
St Mary's
 
Saints Kardinia Park West, South Geelong 1953 GDFL 1979–present 6 2022 0

Former clubs

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Club Colours Moniker Home venue Former
league
Est. GFNL Seasons GFNL premierships Fate
Total Most recent
Barwon
 
Bulldogs Highton Recreation Reserve, Highton GDFL c. 1900 1979–1989 0 Merged with Belmont to form South Barwon in 1990
East Geelong
 
Eagles Richmond Oval, East Geelong GDFL 1879 1979 0 Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1980
Geelong Amateur
 
Ammos Queens Park, Highton GDFL 1926 1986–1988 0 Moved to Bellarine FNL in 1989
Geelong West SC
 
Cheetahs Bakers Oval, Geelong West GDFL 1926 1979–1985 0 Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1986
Geelong West St Peters
 
Roosters West Oval, Geelong West 1989 1989–2016 0 Merged with Geelong West SC to form Geelong West Giants in 2017
North Geelong
 
Magpies Osborne Park,

North Geelong

GDFL 1876 1979–1982 0 Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1984
St Peters
 
Saints Walker Oval, Herne Hill GDFL c. 1950 1979, 1982–1988 0 Merged with Geelong West to form Geelong West St Peters in 1989
Thomson
 
Tigers Thomson Recreation Reserve, Thomson GDFL 1953 1979–1981, 1984 0 Returned to Geelong & District FNL in 1985

Premiers

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Senior football

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+ Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
^ Player also won the Mathieson Medal as the best and fairest in the league
Season Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Best on ground Ref.
1979 St Mary's North Shore 15.13 (103) d. 12.10 (82) West Oval Trevor McLean (St Mary's) [5][6]
1980 North Shore+ St Mary's 14.11 (95) d. 13.7 (85) West Oval Steve Mathieson (North Shore) [5][6]
1981 North Shore+ (2) Newtown & Chilwell 14.12 (96) d. 12.8 (80) West Oval John Albon (North Shore) [5][6]
1982 Newtown & Chilwell St Peters 19.21 (135) d. 12.9 (81) West Oval Gary Kelly (Newtown & Chilwell) [5][6]
1983 North Shore+ (3) Bell Park 18.14 (122) d. 17.14 (116) West Oval Darren Purcell (North Shore) [5][6]
1984 Bell Park St Albans 12.9 (81) d. 10.6 (66) West Oval Grant Sutherland (Bell Park) [5][6]
1985 Newtown & Chilwell+ (2) St Albans 21.11 (137) d. 13.18 (96) West Oval Basil Flynn^ (Newtown & Chilwell) [5][6]
1986 Newtown & Chilwell (3) St Albans 21.8 (144) d. 15.8 (98) West Oval Basil Flynn (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [5][6]
1987 St Albans+ Newtown & Chilwell 14.12 (110) d. 12.16 (88) West Oval Mark Dahlhaus^ (St Albans) [5][6]
1988 St Albans+ (2) St Joseph's 12.14 (86) d. 11.12 (78) West Oval Wayne Tyquin (St Albans) [5][6]
1989 St Joseph's+ St Mary's 18.14 (122) d. 10.5 (65) West Oval John Fitzgerald (St Joseph's) [5][6]
1990 North Shore (4) St Mary's 14.17 (101) d. 13.9 (87) West Oval Russell Campbell (North Shore) [5][6]
1991 Bell Park+ (2) North Shore 10.9 (69) d. 4.8 (32) West Oval Brad Nicholls (Bell Park) [5][6]
1992 St Mary's+ (2) Lara 20.6 (126) d. 12.19 (91) West Oval Michael Hosking (St Mary's) [5][6]
1993 North Shore+ (5) Lara 25.10 (160) d. 12.12 (64) West Oval Frank Fopiani (North Shore) [5][6]
1994 Lara+ St Mary's 13.12 (90) d. 12.10 (82) West Oval Jason Hassett (Lara) [5][6]
1995 North Shore+ (6) Lara 15.22 (112) d. 10.9 (69) West Oval Frank Fopiani (2) (North Shore) [5][6]
1996 North Shore (7) West Saints 9.15 (69) d. 8.12 (60) West Oval Damien Clark (North Shore) [5][6]
1997 North Shore+ (8) St Joseph's 22.14 (146) d. 18.7 (115) West Oval Glenn Keast (North Shore) [5][6]
1998 North Shore+ (9) South Barwon 25.15 (165) d. 11.11 (77) West Oval Danny Warren (North Shore) [5][6]
1999 North Shore+ (10) St Joseph's 24.12 (156) d. 12.7 (79) Kardinia Park Nathan Lewis (North Shore) [5][6]
2000 North Shore (11) Lara 9.12 (66) d. 3.9 (27) Kardinia Park Mick Atkins (North Shore) [5][6]
2001 South Barwon North Shore 16.15 (11) d. 9.4 (58) Kardinia Park Glen Wallace (South Barwon) [5][6]
2002 Lara+ (2) St Joseph's 17.14 (116) d. 13.14 (92) Kardinia Park Paul Lynch (Lara) [5][6]
2003 Bell Park (3) St Mary's 8.11 (59) drew 8.11 (59) Kardinia Park Andrew Merriman (St Mary's)[7] [5][6]
R: 14.6 (90) d. 10.11 (71) Kardinia Park Bruce Cohen (Bell Park) [5][6]
2004 St Mary's (3) North Shore 19.8 (122) d. 14.11 (95) Kardinia Park Frank Fopiani (3) (St Mary's) [5][6]
2005 South Barwon (2) Newtown & Chilwell 17.13 (125) d. 14.10 (94) Kardinia Park Leighton Richards (South Barwon) [5][6]
2006 South Barwon (3) St Joseph's 14.12 (96) d. 12.8 (80) Kardinia Park Warwick Knuckey (South Barwon) [5][6]
2007 South Barwon+ (4) Bell Park 11.13 (79) d. 6.6 (42) Kardinia Park Jason Armistead (South Barwon) [5][6]
2008 St Mary's+ (4) Colac 21.15 (141) d. 5.12 (42) Kardinia Park Ben Lavars (St Mary's) [5][6]
2009 South Barwon+ (5) St Joseph's 15.12 (102) d. 6.9 (45) Kardinia Park Paul Sullivan (South Barwon) [5][6]
2010 South Barwon (6) Bell Park 11.14 (80) d. 7.13 (55) Kardinia Park Luke Buckland (South Barwon) [5][6]
2011 Bell Park+ (4) South Barwon 11.12 (78) d. 11.6 (72) Kardinia Park Charlie Hallam (Bell Park) [5][6]
2012 South Barwon+ (7) Bell Park 17.9 (111) d. 8.12 (60) Kardinia Park Clinton Wells (South Barwon) [5][6]
2013 South Barwon+ (8) Grovedale 13.16 (94) d. 12.2 (74) Kardinia Park Anthony Biemans (South Barwon) [5][6]
2014 Colac Leopold 19.14 (128) d. 11.13 (79) Kardinia Park Marcus Crook (Colac) [5][6]
2015 St Joseph's+ (2) Newtown & Chilwell 13.15 (93) d. 11.9 (75) Kardinia Park Daniel Lovick (St Joseph's) [5][6]
2016 Leopold+ St Mary's 14.9 (93) d. 8.9 (57) Kardinia Park Jai Thompson (Leopold) [5][6]
2017 St Joseph's+ (3) St Mary's 18.16 (124) d. 9.7 (61) Kardinia Park Daniel Lovick (2) (St Joseph's) [5][6]
2018 St Joseph's (4) St Mary's 13.8 (86) d. 11.11 (77) Kardinia Park Joe Macula (St Joseph's) [5][6]
2019 St Mary's (5) Colac 10.14 (74) d. 10.12 (72) Kardinia Park Ben Moloney (St Mary's) [5][6]
2020 Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
2022 St Mary's+ (6) Leopold 13.13 (91) d. 6.10 (46) St Albans Reserve Damian McMahon (St Mary's) [9][10]
2023 Leopold (2) South Barwon 13.16 (94) d. 6.8 (44) Leopold Memorial Park Logan Wagener (Leopold) [11]
2024 Leopold (3) South Barwon 12.11 (83) d. 9.8 (62) Kardinia Park Brock Williamson (Leopold) [12]

A Grade netball

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Season Premiers Runners-up Score[13] Venue Best on court Ref.
2000 North Shore St Joseph's 32 – 17 [?] [?]
2001 North Shore (2) Colac 32 – 31 [?] [?]
2002 Lara North Shore 54 – 44 [?] [?]
2003 Lara (2) South Barwon 51 – 49 [?] [?]
2004 South Barwon Grovedale 53 – 46 [?] [?]
2005 South Barwon (2) Grovedale 61 – 44 [?] [?]
2006 South Barwon (3) St Joseph's 64 – 36 [?] [?]
2007 South Barwon (4) St Joseph's 54 – 38 [?] [?]
2008 St Joseph's South Barwon 49 – 38 [?] [?]
2009 South Barwon (5) Colac 59 – 35 [?] [?]
2010 South Barwon (6) St Mary's 49 – 47 Geelong Arena Kelsey Browne (South Barwon) [14][15]
2011 South Barwon (7) St Mary's 55 – 41 Geelong Arena [?]
2012 South Barwon (8) Leopold 59 – 43 Geelong Arena [?]
2013 Newtown & Chilwell South Barwon 54 – 31 Geelong Arena Casey Price (Newtown & Chilwell) [16]
2014 Newtown & Chilwell (2) Leopold 49 – 28 Kardinia Park Danielle Stewart (Newtown & Chilwell) [17]
2015 Newtown & Chilwell (3) South Barwon 44 – 43 Kardinia Park Danielle Stewart (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [17]
2016 Newtown & Chilwell (4) South Barwon 51 – 42 Kardinia Park Kathleen Knott (Newtown & Chilwell) [17]
2017 Newtown & Chilwell (5) St Albans 58 – 46 Kardinia Park Julia Woolley (Newtown & Chilwell) [18]
2018 Newtown & Chilwell (6) St Albans 60 – 45 Kardinia Park Kathleen Knott (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [19]
2019 Newtown & Chilwell (7) St Albans 57 – 30 Kardinia Park Danielle Stewart (3) (Newtown & Chilwell) [20]
2020 Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
2022 Colac Newtown & Chilwell 41 – 33 St Albans Reserve Brooke Allan (Colac) [21]
2023 Colac (2) Newtown & Chilwell 38 – 37 Leopold Memorial Park Indya Forde (Colac) [22]
2024 Newtown & Chilwell (8) St Joseph's 38 – 34 Kardinia Park Julia Woolley (2) (Newtown & Chilwell) [23]

Individual awards

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Senior football

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Mathieson Medal

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The Don Mathieson Medal is presented to the league's best and fairest player at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. It is named after Don Mathieson OAM, who founded the league in 1979.[24] Two players have won the award on three occasions: John Williams for Barwon and St Mary's across four seasons in the late 1980s, and Newtown & Chilwell's Matthew McMahon in consecutive seasons in the late 2010s. The award has been shared on eight occasions, most notably during a four-way tie in 1995.

^ Player also won the Leading Goalkicker Award
Table of recipients
Season Player Club Votes Ref.
1979 Ray Pawley Bell Park [?] [25]
1980 Alex Rizun Bell Park [?] [25]
1981 Alan Woodman St Albans [?] [25]
1982 Brent Dew St Albans [?] [25]
1983 John Pickering St Peters [?] [25]
1984 Rod Barrett St Mary's [?] [25]
Vin Todd North Shore [?] [25]
1985 Basil Flynn Newtown & Chilwell [?] [25]
1986 John Williams Barwon [?] [25]
1987 Mark Dahlhaus St Albans [?] [25]
Paul Keating North Shore [?] [25]
1988 John Williams (2) St Mary's [?] [25]
1989 John Williams (3) St Mary's [?] [25]
1990 Paul Keating (2) North Shore [?] [25]
1991 Glenn Keast St Albans [?] [25]
1992 Dennis Pacor South Barwon [?] [25]
Rene Peters Lara [?] [25]
1993 Brian Hinkley Bell Park [?] [25]
1994 Mark Dahlhaus (2) Leopold [?] [25]
1995 Alister Ford St Albans [?] [25]
Glenn Keast (2) North Shore [?] [25]
Shane Korth South Barwon [?] [25]
Jason McGowan North Shore [?] [25]
1996 Matt Bruhn Grovedale [?] [25]
1997 Ricky O'Toole St Joseph's [?] [25]
1998 Mark Stewart St Albans [?] [25]
1999 Tom Hall North Shore [?] [25]
2000 Glen Wallace South Barwon [?] [25]
2001 Chris Huxtable North Shore [?] [25]
2002 Rick Wilde Leopold [?] [25]
2003 Rick Wilde (2) Leopold [?] [25]
2004 Danny O'Brien North Shore [?] [25]
2005 Christian Shaw North Shore [?] [25]
2006 Tony Brown Leopold [?] [25]
2007 Mark Corrigan South Barwon [?] [25]
David Mensch Grovedale [?] [25]
2008 Torin Baker St Joseph's [?] [25]
Paul Carson Geelong West St Peters [?] [25]
2009 Nick Batchelor Bell Park [?] [25]
2010 Ben Lavars St Mary's 21 [26]
2011 James Byrne North Shore 19 [27]
Daniel Lovick St Joseph's 19 [27]
2012 Daniel Lovick (2) St Joseph's 15[a] [28]
Tim Sheringham Bell Park 15[a] [28]
2013 Stephen Paulke Bell Park 18[b] [29]
2014 Guy O'Keefe Leopold 24 [30]
2015 Stephen Paulke (2) Bell Park 20 [31]
2016 Nathan Deans Grovedale 17 [32]
2017 Matthew McMahon Newtown & Chilwell 21 [33]
2018 Matthew McMahon (2) Newtown & Chilwell 32 [34]
2019 Matthew McMahon (3) Newtown & Chilwell 33 [35]
2020 Not awarded [8]
2021 Harry Benson St Mary's 26[c] [36]
2022 Harry Benson (2) St Mary's 25[d] [37]
2023 Matt Caldow South Barwon 22 [38]
Fraser Fort South Barwon 22 [38]
2024 Doyle Madigan South Barwon 19 [39][40]

Leading Goalkicker Award

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The Leading Goalkicker Award is presented to the player who has kicked the most goals at the conclusion of the home-and-away season.

^ Player also won the Mathieson Medal as the best and fairest in the league
Table of recipients
Season Player Club Goals Ref.
1979 Rod Aylmer North Shore 71
1980 Stephen Bentley Grovedale 82
1981 Ross Aylmer North Shore 89
1982 Kevin Higgins Newtown & Chilwell 131
1983 Bill Higgins St Peters 103
1984 Bill Higgins (2) St Peters 102
1985 John Scarlett Newtown & Chilwell 104
1986 Russell Webber Newtown & Chilwell 95
1987 Russell Webber (2) Newtown & Chilwell 86
1988 Wayne Tyquin St Albans 114
1989 Chris Doyle St Joseph's 76
1990 Dean Holroyd Grovedale 74
1991 Dean Holroyd (2) Grovedale 52
1992 Wayne Tyquin (2) North Shore 117
1993 Ray Sarcevic Bell Park 107
1994 Ian Tompkins South Barwon 74
1995 Matthew Kershaw Lara 78
1996 Wayne Tyquin (3) St Albans 103
1997 Aaron Greaves St Joseph's 86
1998 Shane Lowther Lara 73
1999 Tom Hall North Shore 88
2000 Zvonimir Suto Lara 100
2001 Zvonimir Suto (2) Lara 83
2002 Zvonimir Suto (3) Lara 59
2003 Zvonimir Suto (4) St Mary's 84
2004 Jay Bett Newtown & Chilwell 64
2005 Aaron Greaves (2) St Joseph's 84
2006 Tim McLean St Mary's 65
2007 Dale Carson Geelong West St Peters 56
2008 Jarrod Garth Bell Park 86
2009 Tim McLean (2) St Mary's 70
2010 Dale Carson (2) St Joseph's 56
2011 Russell Robertson St Joseph's 80
2012 Russell Robertson (2) St Joseph's 69
2013 Shaydon Bloomfield Lara 92
2014 Jacob McGuane Colac 78 [41]
2015 Jase Perkins St Albans 87 [42]
2016 Jordan Erskine Grovedale 78 [43]
2017 Jarrod Garth (2) Bell Park 90 [44]
2018 Aiden Grace St Mary's 59 [45]
2019 Andrew Boseley South Barwon 57 [46]
2020 Not awarded [8]
2021 Tom Gillett Grovedale 42[c] [47]
2022 Mitch Patten Leopold 55 [48]
2023 Sam Dobson St Mary's 60 [49]
2024 Adam Garner Colac 62 [50]

A Grade netball

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Best & Fairest Award

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Table of recipients
Season Player Club Votes Ref.
2000 Sarah Birch North Shore [?] [51]
2001 Stacey Carson Colac [?] [51]
2002 Hope Carmody Colac [?] [51]
2003 Sascha Veldhuis South Barwon [?] [51]
2004 Jess Osment Bell Park [?] [51]
2005 Melanie Hyett North Shore [?] [51]
2006 Renee Smith St Albans [?] [51]
2007 Vikki Madden St Joseph's [?] [51]
2008 Renee Smith (2) Grovedale [?] [51]
2009 Casey Carroll St Mary's [?] [51]
2010 Renee Smith (3) St Mary's 29 [51][52]
2011 Shelley Scott Colac 30 [51][53]
2012 Kristy Davis Lara 22 [51][54]
2013 Julia Knott Newtown & Chilwell 23 [51][55]
2014 Molly Jovic St Joseph's 27 [41][56]
2015 Kaitlyn Amor Leopold 29 [42][57]
2016 Tori Honner St Joseph's 25 [43][58]
Zanna Woods Leopold 25 [43][58]
2017 Zanna Woods (2) Leopold 24 [44][59]
2018 Zanna Woods (3) Leopold 30 [45][60]
Julia Woolley (2) Newtown & Chilwell 30 [45][60]
2019 Hannah van Gemst St Mary's 23 [46][61]
2020 Not awarded [8]
2021 Tori Honner (2) St Joseph's 11[c] [47][62]
Kaitlyn Sheringham Bell Park 11[c] [47]
2022 Ellen Doyle South Barwon 22 [63]
2023 Emma Buwalda St Joseph's 34 [64]
2024 Ellen Doyle (2) South Barwon 20 [40]
Eliza Cahill Colac

Hot Shot Award

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Table of recipients
Season Player Club Goals Ref.
2000 [?] [?] [?]
2001 [?] [?] [?]
2002 [?] [?] [?]
2003 [?] [?] [?]
2004 [?] [?] [?]
2005 [?] [?] [?]
2006 [?] [?] [?]
2007 [?] [?] [?]
2008 [?] [?] [?]
2009 [?] [?] [?]
2010 [?] [?] [?]
2011 [?] [?] [?]
2012 [?] [?] [?]
2013 Ruby Horton South Barwon [?] [65]
2014 Ruby Horton (2) South Barwon 769 [41][66]
2015 Ruby Horton (3) South Barwon 729 [42]
2016 Ruby Horton (4) South Barwon 927 [43]
2017 Tharjini Sivalingam St Albans 701 [44]
2018 Hannah van Gemst St Mary's [?] [45]
2019 Hannah van Gemst (2) St Mary's 861 [46][61]
2020 Not awarded [8]
2021 Jane Cook St Albans 369[c] [47]
2022 Ellen Doyle South Barwon 892 [63]
2023 Ellen Doyle (2) South Barwon 701 [64]
2024 Ellen Doyle (3) South Barwon 727 [40][67]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Colac's Andrew Kelly polled 21 votes to lead the count, but was ineligible due to suspension.
  2. ^ Colac's Andrew Kelly polled 18 votes to jointly lead the count, but was ineligible due to suspension.
  3. ^ a b c d e Only 12 games were played due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Colac's Darcy Lang polled 26 votes to lead the count, but was ineligible due to suspension.

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