The Sandringham Dragons are an

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club playing in the

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, the top statewide under-18 competition in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

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. They are based at the Trevor Barker Oval in

Sandringham, Victoria Sandringham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Bayside local government area. Sandringham recorded a population of 10,926 at the 2021 census. History S ...

, representing the southern suburban area of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. The Dragons were one of the founding metropolitan clubs of the competition in 1992 as part of a plan by the

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to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs. This was to help aid in player development and the process of the

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. The club was originally named the ''Central Dragons'' and played out of Toorak Oval in

Prahran, Victoria Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Prahran recorded a p ...

. In 1995 the name of the club was changed to ''Prahran Dragons'' as part of the agreement which saw the

Prahran Two Blues Prahran Assumption Football Club (), nicknamed The Two Blues, is an Australian rules football club based at Toorak Park in Orrong Road between High Street and Malvern Road, Armadale, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club is currently in D ...

exit the senior

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

. In 2000, the club relocated to the

Trevor Barker Beach Oval Trevor Barker Beach Oval, currently known under naming rights as the Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval, is an Australian rules football ground in Beach Road, on the border between Hampton and Sandringham, Victoria. Most commonly known as ...

in Sandringham and changed its name for the new locality.

AFL Draftees History

*1992: Tim Scott-Branagan,

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, Matthew Jackson, Adam Williamson, Mathew Moon North, *1993: Scott Mollard, Julian Kirzner,

Simon Garlick Simon Garlick (born 10 April 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played between 1994 and 2004, and current football administrator. Drafted to Sydney Swans with the 49th selection in the 1993 AFL draft, he spent his first four ...

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, Justin Murphy *1994:

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Carl Steinfort Carl Steinfort (born 1 April 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who played for both the Geelong (1996–2000) and Collingwood (2001–2002) football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong career Steinfort had a solid five ...

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, Matthew Robbins *1995:

Nick Jewell Nicholas Jewell (born 27 August 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer and a professional cricketer who played for Victoria. Jewell was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne and played for Under-18s football for Prahran; i ...

Jason Cripps Jason Cripps (born 14 October 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Cripps was often used as a tagger but also played in defence. He played in the Saints' ...

, Brent Williams *1996: Brett O'Farrell,

Will Sangster William Andrew "Will" Sangster (born 11 October 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sangster played his junior football at East Malvern and made TAC Cup app ...

*1997: John Hynes, *1998:

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, Danny Jacobs,

Troy Schwarze Troy Schwarze (born 23 December 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 53 draft pick (traded by Carlton for Matthew Lappin and number 58, Ian Prendergast), in the 19 ...

*1999: David Spriggs,

Ezra Poyas Ezra Poyas (born 24 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is a former captain of Victorian Football League (VFL) club Sandringham. Poyas is a former captain of the Victoria Metrop ...

, Jason Blake, Mark Ainley, Jeremy Dukes, Nick Stone, Damien Lyon, Mark Wittison, Olly Trand *2000: Dylan Smith, Nick Ries,

Ted Richards Ted Richards (born 11 January 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Richards was recruited from Xavier Col ...

, Steven Greene, Luke Hammond, Scott Thornton, Michael Davis, Matthew Ball, Leigh Harrison *2001:

Luke Ball Luke Patrick Ball (born 25 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the and football clubs in the Australian Football League. From 2003 to 2009 he played 142 games for the St Kilda Football Club where ...

Chris Judd Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Widely regarded as one of the bes ...

, Charlie Gardiner, Rod Crowe, Ben Schwarze, Mark Dubyna *2002: Darren Walsh,

Jobe Watson Jobe Watson (born 8 February 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Watson, the son of three-time Essendon premiership champion Tim Watson, w ...

Leigh Fisher Leigh Fisher (born 19 April 1984) is an Australian rules football umpire and former player in the Australian Football League (AFL). Playing career Fisher was recruited as the number 46 draft pick in the 2002 AFL Draft from Sandringham. He ...

*2003:

Fergus Watts Fergus Watts (born 21 September 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Watts was a forward line player. He la ...

, Luke Peel, Andrew Eriksen *2004: Thomas Murphy,

Will Thursfield William Thursfield (born 19 April 1986) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Known as a courageous backman who has stood some of the more notable forwards ...

, Joseph Krieger *2005:

Robert Warnock Robert Warnock (born 19 January 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Warnock is the brother of AFL footballer ...

Simon Buckley Simon Buckley (born 18 April 1987) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for Melbourne Football Club from 2006 to 2009. He was drafted to Collingwood with 85th pick in 2009 AFL ...

, Matt Thomas, Daniel Hughes , Simon Phillips *2006:

Josh P. Kennedy Joshua P. Kennedy (born 20 June 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club. The son and grandson of former Hawth ...

, Tom Hawkins *2007:

Myke Cook Myke Cook is an Australian Rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from the Sandringham Dragons in the under 19s TAC Cup, Cook was drafted by Adelaide at number 38 in t ...

, Luke Casey-Leigh, John Shaw,

Shane Valenti Shane Valenti (born 29 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Valenti was selected with the 51st selection in the 2007 NAB AFL Rookie Draft, which ...

*2008: Jack Watts,

Ty Vickery Tyrone Vickery (born 31 May 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of former Collingwood player John Vickery. ...

, Tom Lynch, Mitchell Brown, Taylor Hunt,

Luke Lowden Luke Lowden (born 22 February 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was also listed with the Adelaide Football Club without playing a s ...

, Taylor Gilchrist, Samuel McGarry,

Matt Suckling Matthew Suckling (born 25 July 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Suckling is known as a player with precision kicking and link ...

*2009:

Jack Gunston Jack Gunston (born 16 October 1991) is a professional Australian footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Gunston was raised in Melbourne in Beaumaris and attended Haileybury College, play ...

Max Gawn Max Gawn (born 30 December 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ruckman, 208 cm tall and weighing 108 kg, Gawn is capable of contributing in both ...

*2010: Ben Jacobs, Daniel Farmer,

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, Declan Reilly *2011:

Liam Sumner Liam Sumner (born 16 August 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was picked up by the Giants in the ...

, Jackson Paine,

Alex Woodward Alex Woodward (born 11 June 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He attended Mazenod College. Football career He was drafted by Hawthorn Footbal ...

Fletcher Roberts Fletcher Roberts (born 3 June 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Roberts was educated at De La Salle College, Malvern and Melbourne Grammar School ...

Sam Frost Samuel Frost (born 28 August 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, tall and weighing , Frost has the ability to play as either a forward ...

, Ben Darrou *2012:

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, Tom Temay, Xavier Richards *2013: Josh Kelly,

Nathan Freeman Nathan Freeman (born 16 June 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted by Collingwood at pick 10 in the 2013 AFL national draft. He was then traded to ...

Zach Merrett Zach Merrett (born 3 October 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A medium sized midfielder standing at 1.79 metres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighing 83 ...

Tom Langdon Thomas Langdon (born 9 June 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). State football Langdon played junior football with Prahran and with ...

Karl Amon Karl Amon (born 19 August 1995) is an 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 2022. Early life At age 5, ...

Kurt Heatherley Kurt Heatherley (born 1 January 1995) is a professional rugby union player for Jersey Reds. He previously played rugby union for Auckland and played Australian rules football for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (A ...

*2014:

Angus Brayshaw Angus Brayshaw (born 9 January 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighing , Brayshaw is capable of contributing ...

, Brayden Maynard,

Ed Vickers-Willis Ed Vickers-Willis (born 28 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by North Melbourne with their third selection and thirt ...

, Ed Langdon, Harry Dear, Josh Clayton, Michael Manteit, Sean McLaren, Will Fordham *2015:

Harley Balic Harley Balic (5 January 1997 – 9 January 2022) was a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Balic was born in Sandringham, Victoria. His father Eddie was ...

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Andrew McGrath Andrew McGrath (born June 2, 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the first overall selection i ...

Tim Taranto Tim Taranto (born 28 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to as pick 2 in the 2016 AFL draft. Early life He p ...

, Will Setterfield, Jack Scrimshaw,

Oliver Florent Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 20 ...

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, Corey Lyons, Lachlan Filipovic * 2017:

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, Will Walker, Charlie Constable, Nathan Murphy, Hamish Brayshaw, Angus Styles, Joel Amartey * 2018:

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, Ben King,

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, Joel Crocker,

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: Fischer McAsey,

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, Josh Worrell,

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, Jack Mahony,

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, Ryan Byrnes, Louis Butler, Jack Bell *

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: Archie Perkins,

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, Jake Bowey,

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, Ollie Lord *

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: Finn Callaghan,

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, Mitchito Owens, Blake Howes, Marcus Windhager, Dante Visentini,

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, Harry Sheezel, Cam MacKenzie, Charlie Clarke, Toby McMullin,

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Honours

*Premierships (4): 1999, 2011, 2016, 2022 *Runners-up (1): 2017 *Wooden Spoons (4): 1992, 1996, 2007, 2009

References

External links

Sandringham Dragons Website
NAB League clubs 1992 establishments in Australia {{AFL-team-stub Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne Sport in the City of Bayside Australian rules football clubs established in 1992