Balmain Australian Football Club is a NSWFL foundation
Australian Football
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club competing in the
Sydney AFL Premier League and based out of the Sydney suburb of
Balmain.
The team train at Glover st Oval in Lilyfield from 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Home games are currently at HJ Mahoney Park in Marrickville.
History
The club formed in 1903 as the ''Balmain Football Club'', a founding member of the Sydney Football League.
The Tigers won the Sydney AFL flag most recently in 2014.
Famous players
Jack Ashley played for Balmain before being recruited by , taking part in the clubs 1913
Championship of Australia
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victory and winning the
Magarey Medal the following year.
Sydney Swans
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player
Troy Luff played for Balmain after retiring from the
Australian Football League
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from 2002 onward.
Rugby league player
Wally Messenger (the brother of
Dally Messenger) played for the club in its early days.
Players to make
VFL/AFL level from the Balmain Tigers over the years included John Stephenson (1907,
Essendon), Charles Brown (1916–1923,
Collingwood) Jack Armstrong (1925,
St Kilda), Neil Davies (1955,
Richmond),
Paul Feltham (1970–78,
North Melbourne, Richmond) and
Ray Hall
Ray Hall (born 27 October 1980) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club.
Hall grew up in New South Wales, playing for the Balmain Australian Football Club before moving to Woy Woy where he was r ...
(1999, Richmond).
In 2010 and 2011 Nic Fosdike (
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...
) was the senior playing coach while Nick Davis (
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...
), Jason Saddington (
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...
) and Chad Fletcher (
West Coast Eagles) played alongside Fosdike.
In 2014 the club broke a 16-year drought to take out the Division 1 premiership
External links
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Full Points Footy profile for Balmain Tigers
Australian rules football clubs in Sydney
Australian rules football clubs established in 1903
1903 establishments in Australia
Balmain, New South Wales
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