The Canberra Demons (formerly known as the Eastlake Football Club) is a semi-professional

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club based in the inner-south of

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, in the

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. The senior team competed in the

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(NEAFL) from the league's founding in 2011 until it was absorbed by the

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(VFL) in 2021. Canberra declined to join the expanded VFL. In January 2016, the league announced that Eastlake would rebrand and now be known as Canberra, though the Eastlake name would live on in local competitions.

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Notable players

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 ...

Tony Bourke Tony Bourke (born 13 June 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from East Ballarat Football Club in the Ballarat Football League (BFL), Bourke was drafted ...

Josh Bruce Joshua Bruce (born 8 June 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants between 2012 and 2013 and the ...

* Nathan Clarke * Brad Fuller * Allan Hird, Jr. *

Alex Jesaulenko Oleksandr "Alex" Jesaulenko ( ; uk, Олександр Васильович Єсауленко, Oleksandr Vasiliovych Yesaulenko, ; born 2 August 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer and who played for the Carlton Football Club and t ...

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 ...

* Jeremy Turner * Rodney Broadhurst

References

External links

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Eastlake FC
(Archive, 13 Jan 2014)
Australian Football profile for Eastlake
{{Aussie Rules in the Australian Capital Territory AFL Canberra clubs 1926 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1926

Former jumpers

Notable players

See also

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