THE final siren has sounded on the VFL reserves, the Development League.
Clubs had been campaigning to save the competition, calling it an essential bridge between the TAC Cup and VFL seniors.
They said it gave opportunities to hundreds of aspiring players, many of them graduates of the Under 18s.
But last night AFL Victoria CEO Steve Reaper told presidents and general managers that the VFL executive would be recommending to the AFL Victoria board that the Development League be wound up at the end of the season.
The board will meet tomorrow.
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