The Congupna Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Road'', 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 ...

and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

club based in the town of

Congupna Congupna is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and north of the regional centre of Shepparton. At the 2021 cen ...

located just north of

Shepparton, Victoria Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...

that currently compete in the Murray FNL.

History

Congupna Football Club formed in 1956 and won the premiership of the

Kyabram & District Football League The Kyabram District Football League (KDL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 15 teams; the most recent additions include Dookie United in 2018 and Shepparton East in 2019. The KDL is made up of smaller country ...

in its first season. Congupna then transferred across to the

Benalla Tungamah Football League The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria, Australian rules football clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. History The Benal ...

in 1962. The club then joined the

Murray Football League The Murray Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the ...

in 1997. A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the

Goulburn Valley Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah, ...

from 1891 to 1906, being runners up fives times, only to go into recess for fifty years.

Football Premierships

;Seniors ;Reserves

Football League Best & Fairest Winners

;Seniors

: 1956 to 1961 *1957 – W Roe

: 1962 to 1996 *1963 – Harry Brittain *1980 –

Damian Drum Damian Kevin Drum (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian politician who has represented Murray and Nicholls in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals. Drum served as the Assistant Mi ...

*1983 – Chris Drum *1995 – C Joyce

: 1997 to present day *1998 – Shaun Gordon

References

External links

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Gameday website
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