The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed ''The Kangaroos'' (and usually referred to as simply "The Roos"), is an

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club playing in the

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, based in

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. 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

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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

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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 *

(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 –

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* 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 - Brady Jones * 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 (Collingwood and Brisbane Bears) * Daniel Archer (St Kilda) * Jack Bennett (1920–1997) (Carlton) * Arthur Budd (1945–2012) (South Melbourne) *

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(Adelaide) * Terry Cashion (1921–2011) (South Melbourne) * John Chivers (Richmond) * David Donato (Fitzroy) *

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(Carlton and Hawthorn) * Bert Edwards (1914–1995) (Richmond) * Josh Green (Brisbane Lions and Essendon) * Graeme Hatcher (Essendon) * Paul Holdsworth (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) * Noel Leary (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 r ...

(Richmond) * Bob Lynch (Fitzroy) * Rod MacPherson (Footscray and Brisbane Bears) *

Stephen MacPherson Stephen Macpherson (born 2 December 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He became coach of the Greenvale Football Club, affiliated with the Essendo ...

(Footscray) * Terry Mayne (1950-1983) (Geelong) * Danny Noonan (Brisbane Bears) *

Eric Pascoe Eric Pascoe (born 8 October 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s. The ruckman from Bendigo was an understudy to John Nicholls and Peter Jones at Carlto ...

(Carlton) * Bradley Plain (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 Cl ...

(Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs) * Stuart Spencer (1932–2011) (Melbourne) * Scott Sutcliffe (Melbourne and Richmond) * Cameron Thurley (Geelong and Kangaroos) *

(Hawthorn) * Jeromey Webberley (Richmond) * Michael Young (Carlton and Melbourne) *

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(Richmond)

External links

Official website
{{Tasmanian Football League teamlist Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania Australian rules football clubs established in 1884 1884 establishments in Australia Tasmanian Football League clubs Sport in Hobart City of Clarence