The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed ''The Kangaroos'' (and usually referred to as simply "The Roos"), is an Australian rules football club playing in the

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, based in

Bellerive, Tasmania Bellerive is a suburb of the City of Clarence, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. It stretches from Kangaroo Bay where it borders Rosny Park, around the curved shoreline of Bellerive Esplanade to Kangaroo Bluff, then down to ...

. Before 1947, they existed as Bellerive Football Club. The Club play their home games at Blundstone Arena (formerly

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), Hobart's Test Cricket ground, they share the facilities with Tasmania's

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team, the

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History

Clarence joined the

Tasmanian Football League The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" (formerly known as the "Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL)" and several other short-term names) is the highest ranked Australian r ...

in 1947 on a two-year probationary period from the Southern District Football Association, later being granted permanent status on 7 August 1950, and continued to participate in the league until it was disbanded in December 2000. They then joined the Southern Football League and participated until the end of the 2008 season whereby the club opted to join the newly reformed

from 2009 and have won the first two premiership titles on offer since joining the competition and only in the 2015 season missed out on the finals.

Club details

*Home ground – Blundstone Arena (formerly Bellerive Oval) *Established – 1884 (as Bellerive Football Club) *Playing colours – Red and white (Maroon and white until 1979) *Emblem – Kangaroos *Club theme song – "Clarence are the team to beat, I sing to you!" (Tune: "

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") *Affiliations – Various junior competitions including the SDFA (1884–1946) TANFL/TFL/TSL (1947–2000, 2009–present), SFL (2001–2008)

Honours

Club

** Premiers (11): 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010 ** ''Runners-up'' (6): 1962, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1995, 1998 * Southern Football League (4) ** Premiers (4): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 ** ''Runners-up (2)'': 2005, 2007

Individual

William Leitch Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL senior football) * 1949 – Hamish Yaxley * 1960 – Stuart Spencer * 1967 – J.Richmond and Stuart Spencer * 1968 – Bob Lucas * 1976 – Trevor Sorrell * 1989 – Scott Wade * 1991 – Gary Williamson * 1995 – Danny Noonan * 1996 – Danny Noonan * 1999 – Matthew Jones Tassie Medallists (Best and fairest player – TSL senior football from 2009) * 2010 - Brett Geappen George Watt Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL reserves football) * 1957 – B. Burn (tied) * 1974 – P. Smith V. A. Geard Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL thirds football) * 1957 – Russell Newell * 1965 – Royce Hart * 1973 – P. Smith * 1979 – M. Kruene D. R. Plaister Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL fourths football) * 1978 – T. Carter * 1984 – Brendan Mayne * 1990 – Steven Old Dolphin Medallists (Best and fairest player – NFL Shield) * 1989 – Scott Wade Lefroy Medallists (Best and fairest player – Tasmanian team) * 1956 – J.Golding * 1957 – S. Spencer (tied) * 1960 – S. Spencer * 1981 – Rod Hughes (Tied) * 1988 –

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* 1989 – Scott Wade * 2012 -

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* 2016 - Jake Cox All-Australian team members * 1958 – S. Spencer Club record score: * TFL: 38.16 (244) vs Devonport 4.4 (28) on 14 August 1999 at

* SFL: 41.23 (269) vs Brighton 5.4 (34) on 7 May 2005 at

Club games record holder: * 315 – Scott McCallum from 1989 to 2007 * 314 – Gavin Cooney from 1989 to 2006 and 2009

Attendance records

Record home attendance: Bellerive Oval * 5,157 – Clarence v

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on 6 June 1970 at

Record roster match attendance: all time * 8,480 – Clarence v Glenorchy on 4 April 2011 at

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Record TANFL/TFL finals attendance: * 24,968 – Clarence v Glenorchy on 22 September 1979 for the TANFL Grand Final at

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Record SFL Premier League finals attendance: * 7,149 – Clarence v Glenorchy – 2006 SFL Premier League Grand Final at

Current Playing List

Current playing list

Notable players

There is a list of past and present Clarence players who have played at

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/VFL: *

Colin Alexander Colin Alexander (12 April 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who was recruited from the Clarence Football Club in Tasmania to play in the Victorian Football League. He played 24 games for Collingwood between 1989 and 1991, and afte ...

(Collingwood and Brisbane Bears) *

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(St Kilda) * Jack Bennett (1920–1997) (Carlton) * Arthur Budd (1945–2012) (South Melbourne) *

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(Adelaide) * Terry Cashion (1921–2011) (South Melbourne) *

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(Richmond) * David Donato (Fitzroy) *

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(Carlton and Hawthorn) * Bert Edwards (1914–1995) (Richmond) * Josh Green (Brisbane Lions and Essendon) *

Graeme Hatcher Graeme Hatcher (born 11 February 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played with Clarence Clarence may refer to: Places Australia * Clarence County, New ...

(Essendon) *

Paul Holdsworth Paul Holdsworth (born 17 February 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played six games for the Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1989. He was recruited from the Clarence Football Club in the Tasmanian Football Lea ...

(Sydney Swans) *

Graham Hunnibell Graham Charles 'Moose' Hunnibell (born 2 January 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also had a noted career in Tasmania, where he played at North Launceston, New ...

(Melbourne) *

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(Melbourne) *

Royce Hart Royce Desmond Hart (born 10 February 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Regarded as one of the greatest centre half-forwards to ever play Australian ...

(Richmond) * Bob Lynch (Fitzroy) *

Rod MacPherson Rod MacPherson (born 21 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL). MacPherson started his career at Footscray in 1982, the same year that yo ...

(Footscray and Brisbane Bears) * Stephen MacPherson (Footscray) * Terry Mayne (1950-1983) (Geelong) * Danny Noonan (Brisbane Bears) * Eric Pascoe (Carlton) *

Bradley Plain Bradley Plain (born 25 September 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in Tasmania, Plain played his early football with TFL Stat ...

(Essendon, Collingwood and North Melbourne) * John Richmond (Richmond) *

Justin Sherman Justin Sherman (born 26 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited as the number 45 draft pick in the 2004 AFL draft from ...

(Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs) * Stuart Spencer (1932–2011) (Melbourne) *

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(Melbourne and Richmond) *

Cameron Thurley Cameron Thurley (born 26 November 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL), Clarence Football Club in the Tasmanian Statewide League and the Tasmanian Devils in ...

(Geelong and Kangaroos) * Scott Wade (Hawthorn) *

Jeromey Webberley Jeromey Webberley is an Australian rules footballer who was drafted by Richmond in the fifth round of the 2009 AFL draft. He made his debut against Adelaide in round 7 of 2010 season. He was a success story of the new TSL, and was drafted be ...

(Richmond) * Michael Young (Carlton and Melbourne) *

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(Richmond)

External links

Official website
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