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Berri Football Club (commonly known as The Demons) is an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
club playing in the
Riverland Football League The Riverland Football League is an Australian rules football league located in South Australia's Riverland region. The league has two divisions - the first division is for the main towns of the Riverland and the second division, called the Riv ...
(RFL) in
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. The club has an illustrious history winning many premierships, most recently the A-Grade in 2010.


The Club

The Berri Football Club headquarters is also the RFL headquarters. The current coach is Clint Ridgeway and the captain is Evan Penaluna. The president of the club is Ronald Foulds. In 2002, the club won the RFL premiership, coming from eight goals down in the second quarter to secure the greatest comeback in an RFL grand final. The club was captained by Sam Ingerson in that year. In 2010 they defeated arch rivals Barmera-Monash to win premiership after finishing on top of the table.


Rivalry

The club shares a rivalry with Barmera/Monash and competes once a year in the Fisher Cup, named after Bob Fisher, who played with both clubs.


Premierships

*1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1992, 2002, 2010


VFL/AFL Players

* Tom Waye - *
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- , * Jack Wade - South Melbourne *
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- , Malcom Hill Fitzroy


Books

*The encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs. Peter Lines Australian rules football clubs established in 1909 1909 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs in South Australia {{AFL-team-stub