The Murray Bushrangers is an
Australian rules football
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team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition, presently known as the
NAB League
The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...
, since 1993 based in
Wangaratta
Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
. The team trains on Norm Minns Oval. The team is coached by
Mark Brown. Guernsey colours are Black, Purple and Yellow, with black socks and black (home) or white (away) shorts.
The Bushrangers have produced some of the current elite
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
players through the
AFL Draft
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History ...
including
Daniel Cross,
Brett Deledio
Brett Edward Deledio (born 18 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 243 games over 12 seasons with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and a further 32 matches over three ...
,
Steele Sidebottom
Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the ...
,
Steve Johnson,
Jarrad Waite
Jarrad Waite (born 4 February 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career Carlton (2003–2014)
Born ...
,
Kayne Pettifer,
Justin Koschitzke
Justin Gregory Koschitzke (born 20 September 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He played 200 games and kicked 247 goals for the club between 2001 and 2013 ...
,
Hamish McIntosh
Hamish McIntosh (born 4 September 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
From Lavington, New Sou ...
,
Barry Hall
Barry Hall (born 8 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is considered to be one of the be ...
,
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig (born 3 March 1976) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) .
Gehrig was a versatile player during his AFL career, begi ...
,
Ben Mathews
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,
Steven King,
Robert Campbell,
Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile (born 30 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Carlile was born in Lautoka to mother Asenaca of Batiki. He ...
,
David Mundy
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,
Shannon Byrnes
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&
Laitham Vandermeer
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E ...
Club history
Murray Bushrangers are based at
Wangaratta
Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
, near the Victoria-NSW border and have been involved in the competition since 1993 when the competition added another four country teams.
Murray lost in the 2007 TAC Cup Grand Final to the
Calder Cannons
The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was forme ...
by 50 points, the only TAC Team of the Year representative for the year was
Ben McEvoy
Ben “Big Boy” McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
McEvoy is an Austr ...
. 2008 saw the Bushrangers dominate the entire competition season finishing 1st at season end and defeating the
Dandenong Stingrays
The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition.
1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regional Ma ...
by 81 points in the 2008 grand final, midfielder-forward
Steele Sidebottom
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Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the ...
had a game-high 32 possessions and kicked 10.3 claiming best on ground honours.
Draftees
Draftees
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1993
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Fraser Gehrig
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Gehrig was a versatile player during his AFL career, begi ...
,
Phil Lewis
*
1994
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Joel Smith
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Beginning his career in 1995 as a bright young prospect for St Kilda, Smith was touted as the future of the club.
Smith played in St Kilda’s 1996 AFL Ansett Australia ...
,
Shane Sikora
Shane Sikora (born 11 March 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).
West Coast recruited the Murray Bushrangers player with the 12th selection of the 1994 AF ...
,
Adem Yze
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,
Shaun Gordon
*
1995
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Adam Houlihan
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,
Steven King,
Luke Trew
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*Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
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,
Leigh Marshall,
Andrew Lamb,
Ben Mathews
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,
Barry Hall
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*
1996
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Rory Hilton
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Overview
Drafted at no.3 in the 1996 AFL Draft, there were big raps on Hilton as a ...
,
Hayden Lamaro
Hayden Lamaro (born 3 October 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Originally from Euroa in north-eastern Victoria, Lamaro played his junio ...
,
Ben Parker
*
1997
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:
Joel Mckay,
Brad Stephens,
Joshua Robertson
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
:
Murray Vance,
Aaron Henneman
Aaron Henneman (born 13 December 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL). Henneman joined YVMDFL club Silvan in 2007 after being delisted by Essendon the year before. Joinin ...
,
Ricky Symes Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
,
Chris Lamb
Chris Lamb (born 11 March 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and with the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Early li ...
,
Michael Stevens,
Derek Murray
*
1999
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Josh Fraser
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People A–J
* "Josh", an early pseudonym of S ...
,
Adam Butler,
Andrew Mills,
Robert Forster-Knight
Robert Forster-Knight (born 6 April 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer.
Early life
Forster-Knight played for the Murray Bushrangers from 1998 to 1999, being named in the Bushrangers' team of the decade for the 1990s.
AFL career
He ...
,
Ryan Houlihan
Ryan Houlihan (born 21 January 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 12 seasons and 201 games for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2000 to 2011.
Background
Ryan is the third of four bro ...
,
Matthew Shir
Matthew Shir (born 12 September 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Shir, a defender, was drafted by Adelaide from the Murray Bushrangers of the TAC Cup, a ...
,
Adam Matthews
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*
2000
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Justin Koschitzke
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,
Kayne Pettifer,
Blake Campbell
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He is the son of Des Campbell and brother of Brad Campbell (footballer born 1975), Br ...
,
Allan Murray
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He was recruited as the number 35 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from ...
,
Chris Hyde
Chris Hyde (born 9 August 1982) is a former Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club.
He retired as an AFL player in 2008 after playing 93 games, and now works for the NSW Game Council as the Game Manager for the Snowy ...
,
Sean O'Keeffe
Sean O'Keeffe (born 10 May 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League.
O'Keeffe played his junior football for Wangaratta Rovers in the Ovens & Murray Football League, and played TAC ...
,
Daniel Cross,
Marc Bullen
Marc Bullen (born 12 July 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League for the Essendon Football Club.
Originally from Shepparton, Victoria, Bullen was selected with the 63rd pick in the 2000 AFL Draft. In ...
,
Luke Hammond
People
*Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...
,
Robert Campbell,
Craig Ednie
Craig Ednie (born 16 February 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Ednie, who Richmond secured in the 2000 rookie draft, played just one season of senior AFL football. He ha ...
*
2001
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:
Steve Johnson,
Mark Powell,
Simon O'Keefe
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
,
Justin Davies,
Mark McGough
Mark McGough (born 22 June 1984) is an Australian rules football player who played with the Collingwood and St Kilda football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
He was selected by Collingwood in the third round of the ...
,
Jarrad Waite
Jarrad Waite (born 4 February 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career Carlton (2003–2014)
Born ...
,
Josh Houlihan
Josh is a masculine given name, frequently a diminutive (hypocorism) of the given names Joshua (name), Joshua or Joseph, though since the 1970s, it has increasingly become a full name on its own. It may refer to:
People A–J
* "Josh", an early ...
*
2002
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:
Hamish McIntosh
Hamish McIntosh (born 4 September 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
From Lavington, New Sou ...
,
Luke Mullins
Luke Mullins (born 24 December 1984) is an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Mullins played his early football with the Wangaratta Rovers and was picked up by Collingwood in the ...
*
2003
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:
Kane Tenace
Kane Tenace (born 4 July 1985) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Career
Draft
Tenace was selected with the 7th Pick in the 2003 AFL Draft by Geelong Footba ...
,
Ryley Dunn
Ryley Dunn (born 7 October 1985) is a former midfielder or defender for the Fremantle Football Club. He was drafted to Fremantle in the 2003 AFL Draft at selection 10, which was traded by Hawthorn Football Club in return for Trent Croad. ,
David Mundy
David Mundy (born 20 July 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a half back flanker or midfielder and was the captain of Fremantle durin ...
*
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
:
Brett Deledio
Brett Edward Deledio (born 18 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 243 games over 12 seasons with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and a further 32 matches over three ...
,
Chris Egan,
Michael Newton
*
2005
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Marcus Drum
Marcus James Drum (born 1 May 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Fremantle Football Club between 2006 and 2009 before he was traded to Geelong Football Club, Geelong during the 200 ...
,
Beau Muston
Beau Muston (born 1 March 1987) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Muston is an inside midfielder who during the TAC Cup in 2005, averaged 23 disposals and ...
,
Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile (born 30 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Carlile was born in Lautoka to mother Asenaca of Batiki. He ...
*
2006
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Ben Reid
Ben Reid (born 29 April 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Personal life
Reid grew up in Wangaratta Victoria, attending Galen Catholic College. He is the son of ...
*
2007
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:
Ben McEvoy
Ben “Big Boy” McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
McEvoy is an Austr ...
,
Dawson Simpson
Dawson Simpson (born 17 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a ruckman, and was dra ...
*
2008
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:
Jack Ziebell
Jack Ziebell (born 28 February 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ziebell received a nomination for the 2009 AFL Rising Star award in round ...
,
Steele Sidebottom
Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the ...
,
Sam Wright, Caleb Tiller,
Tom Rockliff
Thomas Rockliff (born 22 February 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and previously played for the Brisbane Lions Football Club for 154 games between 2009 and 2017. In 2008 ...
,
Andrew Browne
*
2009
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:
Sam Reid, Brayden Norris,
Taylor Duryea
Taylor Duryea (born 24 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Duryea initially played with Wahgunyah in the Coreen & District Football League, winning back to ...
, Dylan McNeil
*
2010
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Shaun Atley
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,
Josh Mellington
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2011
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: Patrick Wearden, Lachlan Smith,
Jack Crisp
Jack Crisp (born 2 October 1993) is a professional Australian rules football player, currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2012 to 2014.
Pl ...
*
2012
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:
Tom Clurey
Tom Clurey (born 23 March 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Port Adelaide with the 29th selection in the Australian Footbal ...
,
Josh Prudden
Josh Prudden (born 6 September 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He had an injury-ridden career and only played four AFL games across five seas ...
,
Matt Taberner
Matthew Taberner (born 17 June 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He mainly plays as a key position forward.
Early life
Originally from Bright, Victoria, ...
, Cadeyn Williams
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2013
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:
Jarman Impey
Jarman Impey (born 9 July 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2014 to 2017.
Early life ...
,
Nick Holman, Max King
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2014
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Caleb Marchbank
Caleb Marchbank (born 7 December 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by Greater Western Sydney with their second selection and six ...
,
Daniel Howe
Daniel Howe (born 4 December 1995) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Growing up in Yarrawonga, Howe joine ...
,
Nathan Drummond
Nathan Drummond (born 19 January 1995) was a professional Australian rules footballer who played five matches for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) during a four-year stint at the club between 2015 and 2018.
Ea ...
,
Dougal Howard
Dougal Howard (born 25 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formerly playing for Port Adelaide, which recruited him with pick 56 in the 201 ...
*
2015
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:
Josh Schache
Joshua Schache ( ; born 21 August 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2016 to 2017, and the Western Bulld ...
,
Clayton Oliver
Clayton Oliver (born 22 July 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighing , Oliver is known for his capabilities on the ins ...
,
Mitch King
Mitch King (born May 5, 1986) is a former American football defensive end. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Iowa.
Early years
King attended Burlington Community High School in ...
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2016
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:
Will Brodie
Will Brodie (born 23 August 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Gold Coast Suns.
Early career
He grew up in ...
,
Jy Simpkin
Jy Simpkin (born 5 March 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the North Melbourne Football Club with their first selectio ...
,
Todd Marshall
Todd Marshall (born 8 October 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a tall key-position player.
Early life
Marshall grew up in Deniliquin, New Sou ...
,
Esava Ratugolea
Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall i ...
, Lachlan Tiziani,
Ryan Garthwaite
Ryan Garthwaite (born 30 June 1998) was a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He won a VFL premiership while playing with the club's reserves side in 2019 and ...
,
Harry Morrison
Harry Morrison (born 12 November 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Playing for the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup, Morrison su ...
,
Zach Sproule
Zach Sproule (born 12 May 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Greater Western Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL). He joined the club as a Category B rookie selections coming from the Giant's Academy. He made h ...
,
James Cousins
James Henry Cousins (22 July 1873 – 20 February 1956) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, actor, critic, editor, teacher and poet. He used several pseudonyms, including Mac Oisín and the Hindu name Jayaram.
Life
Cousins was born at 18, Ke ...
,
Max Lynch
Max Lynch (born 12 September 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Collingwood Football Club.
Early football
Ly ...
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2017
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Charlie Spargo
Charlie Spargo (born 25 November 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, tall and weighing , Spargo plays primarily as a forward, but ...
,
Ben Paton,
Harry Jones,
Doulton Langlands
Doulton Langlands (born 29 July 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected at pick #8 in the 2018 Rookie draft.
Early life
Langlands was raised ...
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2018
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Ely Smith Ely or ELY may refer to:
Places Ireland
* Éile, a medieval kingdom commonly anglicised Ely
* Ely Place, Dublin, a street
United Kingdom
* Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England
** Ely Cathedral
** Ely Rural District, a f ...
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Laitham Vandermeer
Laitham Vandermeer (born 3 February 1999) is an Australian rules footballer, who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 37th draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft.
E ...
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Jacob Koschitzke
Jacob Koschitzke ( ; born 11 July 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club
Early career
Jacob Kosch ...
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Mathew Walker
Mathew is a masculine given name and a variant of Matthew. It is also used as a surname.
As a given name
Notable people with the given name include:
* Mat Erpelding (born 1975), American politician
* Mat Kearney (born 1978), American singer-s ...
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Finbar O'Dwyer
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Finbar may refer to:
P ...
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Jordon Butts
Jordon Butts (born 31 December 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Adelaide Football Club with the 39th draft pick in the 2019 rookie ...
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2019
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Lachlan Ash
Lachlan Ash (born 21 June 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the 4th draft pick in the 2019 ...
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2020
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Elijah Hollands
Elijah Hollands is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League.
Early life
Hollands was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Ben, was a professional Australian rules footballer who p ...
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Dominic Bedendo
Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...
Statistical Record
*Premierships (2): 1998, 2008
*Runners-up (3): 2003, 2007, 2016
*Wooden Spoons: Nil
*Morrish Medallist:
Derek Murray (1997), Farran Priest (2008) Clayton Oliver (2015)
*Games Record Holder:
Derek Murray (48 games)
*Goals Record Holer: Adam Prior (85 Goals)
*TAC CUP Coach Award Winners: -
*Grand Final Best On Ground Medalist:
Michael Stevens (1998),
Steele Sidebottom
Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the ...
(2008)
Team of the Year players
*1993:
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig (born 3 March 1976) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) .
Gehrig was a versatile player during his AFL career, begi ...
*1994:
Joel Smith
Joel Smith (born 3 May 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer.
Beginning his career in 1995 as a bright young prospect for St Kilda, Smith was touted as the future of the club.
Smith played in St Kilda’s 1996 AFL Ansett Australia ...
*1995: Jason Sheather,
Barry Hall
Barry Hall (born 8 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is considered to be one of the be ...
*1996:
Hayden Lamaro
Hayden Lamaro (born 3 October 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Originally from Euroa in north-eastern Victoria, Lamaro played his junio ...
*1997: Matthew Hyde, Heath Younie,
Derek Murray
*1998:
Chris Lamb
Chris Lamb (born 11 March 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and with the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Early li ...
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Derek Murray
*1999: Craig Ednie,
Josh Fraser
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People A–J
* "Josh", an early pseudonym of S ...
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David Teague
*2000: Craig Ednie,
Justin Koschitzke
Justin Gregory Koschitzke (born 20 September 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He played 200 games and kicked 247 goals for the club between 2001 and 2013 ...
, Sean O'Keefe
*2001:
Mark McGough
Mark McGough (born 22 June 1984) is an Australian rules football player who played with the Collingwood and St Kilda football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
He was selected by Collingwood in the third round of the ...
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Steve Johnson,
Justin Davies
*2002: Corey Brown,
Hamish McIntosh
Hamish McIntosh (born 4 September 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
From Lavington, New Sou ...
*2003:
Kane Tenace
Kane Tenace (born 4 July 1985) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Career
Draft
Tenace was selected with the 7th Pick in the 2003 AFL Draft by Geelong Footba ...
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Ryley Dunn
Ryley Dunn (born 7 October 1985) is a former midfielder or defender for the Fremantle Football Club. He was drafted to Fremantle in the 2003 AFL Draft at selection 10, which was traded by Hawthorn Football Club in return for Trent Croad. , Lance Oswald
*2004:
Marcus Drum
Marcus James Drum (born 1 May 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Fremantle Football Club between 2006 and 2009 before he was traded to Geelong Football Club, Geelong during the 200 ...
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Brett Deledio
Brett Edward Deledio (born 18 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 243 games over 12 seasons with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and a further 32 matches over three ...
*2005: Tim Looby,
Marcus Drum
Marcus James Drum (born 1 May 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Fremantle Football Club between 2006 and 2009 before he was traded to Geelong Football Club, Geelong during the 200 ...
*2006: -
*2007:
Ben McEvoy
Ben “Big Boy” McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
McEvoy is an Austr ...
*2008:
Jack Ziebell
Jack Ziebell (born 28 February 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ziebell received a nomination for the 2009 AFL Rising Star award in round ...
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Tom Rockliff
Thomas Rockliff (born 22 February 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and previously played for the Brisbane Lions Football Club for 154 games between 2009 and 2017. In 2008 ...
, Kade Klemke
*2009: Dylan McNeil
*2010:
Shaun Atley
Shaun Atley (born 13 September 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Rochester, Atley was taken with draft pick #17 ...
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Anthony Miles
*2011:
Jack Crisp
Jack Crisp (born 2 October 1993) is a professional Australian rules football player, currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2012 to 2014.
Pl ...
*2012:
Tom Clurey
Tom Clurey (born 23 March 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Port Adelaide with the 29th selection in the Australian Footbal ...
*2013:
Michael Gibbons, Nick Holman
*2014:
Daniel Howe
Daniel Howe (born 4 December 1995) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Growing up in Yarrawonga, Howe joine ...
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Nathan Drummond
Nathan Drummond (born 19 January 1995) was a professional Australian rules footballer who played five matches for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) during a four-year stint at the club between 2015 and 2018.
Ea ...
*2015:
Josh Schache
Joshua Schache ( ; born 21 August 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2016 to 2017, and the Western Bulld ...
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Clayton Oliver
Clayton Oliver (born 22 July 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighing , Oliver is known for his capabilities on the ins ...
, Nick Coughlan
*2016:
Will Brodie
Will Brodie (born 23 August 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Gold Coast Suns.
Early career
He grew up in ...
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James Cousins
James Henry Cousins (22 July 1873 – 20 February 1956) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, actor, critic, editor, teacher and poet. He used several pseudonyms, including Mac Oisín and the Hindu name Jayaram.
Life
Cousins was born at 18, Ke ...
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External links
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NAB League Girls clubs
Sport in Wangaratta
Australian rules football clubs established in 1993