The Huonville Lions Football Club, nicknamed ''The Lions'', is an
Australian rules football club currently playing in the
Southern Football League in
Huonville
Huonville is a town on the Huon River, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. It is the seat of the Huon Valley Council area and lies 38 km south of Hobart on the Huon Highway. At the 2016 census, Huonville had a population of 2,714 and ...
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History
The Huonville Lions Football Club was formed as a result of a merger between former Huon Football Association clubs Huonville Bulldogs (1887–1997) and the Franklin Lions (1887–1997) at the end of the 1997 season after the Huon Football Association's demise. The Lions then joined the Southern Football League in 1998.
After a solid crack in 2019, finishing runners up to Lindisfarne, Huonville salvaged their grand final woes with a win over Cygnet in the 2020 SFL Grand Final.
Honours
Club
Southern Football League
*Senior Premierships (2): 2008, 2020
*Runners Up (5): 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
*Huonville FC – Huon FA Premierships (6): 1904, 1933, 1953, 1973, 1989, 1992
*Franklin FC – Huon FA Premierships (10): 1903, 1907, 1932, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1997
*Franklin FC – Tasmanian Country Football Champions (1): 1958
*Club Record Score: Huonville Lions 57.20 (362) v.
Triabunna
Triabunna is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Glamorgan–Spring Bay in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the city of Hobart. The has a population of 905 for the state ...
0.3 (3) on 24 July 2010 at Huonville Recreation Ground
*Peter Hodgeman Medal winners
** Nick Doyle (2006).
*William Leitch Medal winners
**James Lange (2010)
**Jarrod Lawler (2018)
**Ethan Brock (2020)
*Club Games Record Holder
** 450+ - Steven "Runner" Reeve.
External links
Official Facebook
Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania
1998 establishments in Australia
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