The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the

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, the statewide under-18s competition in

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, Australia. Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green and gold, the team was established in 1993 as one of four regional under-18s clubs, set up as part of a plan by the

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to have clubs set in all regions of the state of Victoria. The club became affiliated with the new VFL's

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in 1996, and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this. In January 2017, the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone. This was to help aid in player development and the process of the

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, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs. Greater Western Victoria has produced many notable AFL players including

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, Troy Chaplin, Jed Adcock, Tim Notting, Shannon Watt, James Walker and

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Honours

*Premierships (1): 1997 *Runners-up (0): Nil *Wooden Spoons (1): 2013

Draftees

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

: Brad Cassidy, Mark Orchard, Tony Bourke, Ross Funcke, Gerard Jess * 1996: Brent Tuckey, Tim Notting *

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: James Walker,

, Shannon Watt,

, Marcus Picken, Sam Cranage *

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, Jeremy Humm * 2002: Luke Brennan, Tristan Cartledge * 2003: Jed Adcock, Troy Chaplin, Adam Campbell * 2004: Matt Rosa * 2005: Stephen Owen * 2006: Nathan Brown,

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, Mitchell Brown,

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, Matt Tyler * 2007:

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, Kyle Cheney, Matt Austin *

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: Nick Suban, Jordan Roughead, Tim Ruffles,

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* 2009:

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, Matthew Dea,

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* 2010: Lucas Cook, Tom McDonald, Ben Mabon * 2011: Sebastian Ross, Rory Taggert, Tom Downie, Nick O'Brien,

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*, Kurt Aylett+,

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+ *

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: Dominic Barry†, Jake Neade†, Michael Close, Tanner Smith, Martin Gleeson,

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: Matt Crouch,

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, Dallas Willsmore *

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: Oscar McDonald,

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, Jesse Palmer * 2015: Jacob Hopper,

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, Yestin Eades *

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, Tom Williamson,

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: Lloyd Meek,

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: Jay Rantall *

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: Harry Sharp,

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, Sam Butler Notes: ** Denotes being selected in Greater Western Sydney Mini-Draft (2011) *+ Denotes player was pre-listed by Greater Western Sydney (2011) *† Denotes player was pre-listed and on-traded by Greater Western Sydney (2012) *Sources:1994-2009: AFL Record Season Guide 2010

Team of the Year

*1993: - *1994: Shane Snibson, Brad Cassidy *1995: Julian Field *1996: Brent Tuckey,

*1997: James Walker, Winis Imbi *1998: Marc Greig *1999: Jeremy Clayton *2000: Shane Hutchinson,

*2001:

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*2002: Adam Fisher *2003: Jed Adcock, Matt Sharkey *2004: Matt Rosa *2005: Bill Driscoll, Steve Clifton *2006: Nathan Brown,

, Lachlan George *2007: Kyle Cheney, Nick Suban *2008: Andrew Hooper, Jordan Roughead, Nick Suban *2009: Andrew Hooper *2010: Lucas Cook *2011:

, Nick O'Brien *2012: Nick Rippon, Matt Crouch,

References

External links

* {{TAC Cup NAB League clubs 1993 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (Australia) NAB League Girls clubs Sport in Ballarat Australian rules football clubs established in 1993