Northern Saints and Rupertswood’s reserves sides won’t be able to take to the field until an investigation into why their reserves match was called off.
Police were called to Salesian College in Sunbury on August 2 after receiving reports of an affray during a football match.
No official report was made to police but the reserves game was called off with game abandoned.
Northern Saints had been leading 10.4 (64)-0.0 (0) in the second quarter when the incident happened.
Video seen by Star Weekly shows a big group of players wrestling before breaking off into smaller groups.
The league on Monday announced that it was aware of the incident and were investigating the incident.
The league has since confirmed that a more extensive investigation is required.
It said while the investigation is underway, Rupertswood and Northern Saints reserves sides will not participate in any EDFL scheduled match.
Furthermore, no player that participated in that match will be permitted to be selected in the under-18.5 and/or senior side for that club while the investigation is conducted, without approval from the league chief executive.
This week’s matches have already been entered into the EDFL’s Playhq system as forfeits with Coburg Districts and Hadfield to get the points.
Northern Saints currently sit in fourth spot, with Rupertswood in sixth.
Hadfield now sits just four points behind the Saints in the race for fourth spot.
In the league’s initial statement, it said it was extremely disappointing to see behaviour escalate to that point.
“As previously stated, the EDFL continues to detest anti-social behaviour and will remain steadfast in doing everything we can to stamp it out of the game we love.
“The safety of players, officials, umpires, and spectators remains paramount when attending games in the EDFL.”
