The Sandringham Dragons are an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. 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 Sa ...

, 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 me ...

. The Dragons were one of the founding metropolitan clubs of the competition in 1992 as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs. This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft. The club was originally named the ''Central Dragons'' and played out of Toorak Oval in Prahran, Victoria. In 1995 the name of the club was changed to ''Prahran Dragons'' as part of the agreement which saw the Prahran Two Blues exit the senior

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. In 2000, the club relocated to the Trevor Barker Beach Oval in Sandringham and changed its name for the new locality.

AFL Draftees History

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, Marty Warry, Matthew Robbins *1995:

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, Mark Dubyna *2002: Darren Walsh,

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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