The Tasmania Devils (also known as the Tassie Devils) is an

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club that competes in the

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and

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competitions. The team is made up of footballers based in

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aged between 17 and 19 years of age, and competes against other representative teams based in metropolitan

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and regional

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, as part of the

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's (AFL) talent pathway systems for male and female players.

History

The NAB League/TAC Cup competition has had a Tasmanian presence since 1995, when a team named the

Tassie Mariners The Tassie Mariners is an under-18 Australian rules football club representing the state of Tasmania. They currently play in the AFL Under 18 Championships and also played in the Victorian statewide under-18s competition (then known as the TAC Cu ...

entered the boys league and competed until the end of the 2002 season. By the late 2000s Tasmania had returned to the boys competition as an "academy team" (which played only some matches against select Victorian teams and was not eligible for the league finals series or premiership), before graduating to full-time status in the 2019 season. The girls team began competing as an "academy team" in 2019 before becoming a full-time team in the 2021 season.

Home Grounds

The Devils split home matches between

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in Launceston and

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Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

Honours

Boys

*Premierships (0): Nil *Runners-up (0): Nil *Minor Premierships (0): Nil *Wooden Spoons (0): Nil

Girls

*Premierships (0): Nil *Runners-up (0): Nil *Minor Premierships (0): Nil *Wooden Spoons (0): Nil

References

External links

Tasmania Devils official webpage

Tasmania Devils page at AFL.com.au

Tasmania Devils Twitter page
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