The NSW/ACT Rams is an under 18

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representative club in the TAC Cup. The team, under the guidance of AFL NSW/ACT represented

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and the

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and had the moniker of the Ram, partly derived as an acronym from Riverina, ACT, Murrumbidgee and

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, the four regions supplying the bulk of the team's squad. The Rams joined the Cup in 1996 with another non- Victorian club, the

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. Both left the competition in 2002 when the TAC Cup became a Victorian-focused competition. The Rams then played around three or four games a year, with players instead playing club football on the remaining weeks of the year. Prior to the 2014 season, the NSW/ACT Rams was reestablished as a TAC Cup team, with players from the

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and

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young academy sides being picked for the NSW/ACT team. The team plays only 7 games in the competition and cannot qualify for finals like the Victorian teams in the competition.Rams to travel to Melbourne for first TAC Cup game in 12 years
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AFL players

The following former NSW/ACT Rams players have gone on to play in the

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Paul Bevan Paul Bevan (born 27 September 1984) is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL). Having grown up in Sydney, playing for Western Suburbs Magpies AFC in the Sydney AFL and the NSW/ AC ...

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Craig Bird Craig Bird (born 21 January 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to the Swans with the 59th pick in the 20 ...

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Craig Bolton Craig Bolton (born 31 May 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He often plays at full back or on the half back flank. He is unrelated to ...

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Ben Fixter Ben Fixter (born 23 June 1981) is an Australian rules football player who played with the Sydney and Brisbane Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ben played with the Charles Sturt University Football Club in the Farrer Footb ...

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Ray Hall Ray Hall (born 27 October 1980) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club. Hall grew up in New South Wales, playing for the Balmain Australian Football Club before moving to Woy Woy where he was r ...

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Malcolm Lynch Malcolm Lynch (born 16 March 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from the Tiwi Islands in ...

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Jarrad McVeigh Jarrad McVeigh (born 7 April 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh. He was co-captain of the ...

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Mark McVeigh Mark McVeigh (born 26 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. He served as the caretaker senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants followin ...

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Cameron Mooney Cameron Mooney (born 26 September 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, tall and weighing , Mooney is renowned for hi ...

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Henry Playfair Henry Playfair (born 22 January 1983) is the former the Head of Coaching Performance at the Carlton Football Club having previously been an assistant coach at the St Kilda Football Club and an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Footba ...

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Lewis Roberts-Thomson Lewis Roberts-Thomson (born 8 September 1983 in Sydney) is a former Australian Rules Football player, who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. He has been colloquially known to fans and commentators as either "LRT" or ...

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Aaron Rogers Aaron Rogers (born 5 January 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from New South Wales, Rogers was recruited to the Melbourne Football Club in the 2001 AFL Draft. Howev ...

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Adam Schneider Adam Schneider (born 12 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the assistant coach of the Greater Weste ...

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Brent Staker Brent Allen Staker (born 23 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Staker grew up in Broken Hill in remote country New South ...

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Josh Wooden Josh Wooden (born 14 November 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 24 draft pick in the 1996 AFL Draft from Lockhart. Wooden made his debut for the West Coast Eagles ...

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Jacob Townsend Jacob Townsend (born 20 June 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 28 matches over four seasons with the Greater Western Sydne ...

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Isaac Heeney Isaac Heeney (born 5 May 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Early life Heeney was born in Maitland, New South Wales to mother Rochelle and father Adam. He grew ...

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Luke Breust Luke Breust (born 11 November 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career Recruited from Temora, New South Wales, Breust played both rugby league and A ...

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AFL players

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