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Australian rules football in Tasmania
2008 AFL Season (R10) match at Aurora Stadium in Launceston
Governing bodyAFL Tasmania
Representative teamTasmania
First played1866; 158 years ago (1866)
Registered players14,528 (2023)[1]
Clubs86
Club competitions
Audience records
Single match24,968 (1979). TFL Grand Final Glenorchy v Clarence (North Hobart Oval, Hobart)

Australian rules football in Tasmania (known locally as "football"), has been played since the late 1860s and draws the largest audience for a football code in the state.

A 2018 study of Internet traffic showed that 79% of Tasmanians are interested in Australian rules football, the highest rate in the country.[2]

While it is the only state without an Australian Football League (AFL) club, after 30 years of campaigning by the state on 1 May 2023 the league's 18 clubs unanimously approved a 19th license to the state, which is expected to debut in 2028[3] along with the construction of the new Macquarie Point Stadium to be completed by 2029.[4][5]

While the audience for the sport remains significant and population growth has exceeded the national average, participation has been in freefall since 2006. The number of participants halved during the 2000s and has not recovered. Once having the strongest participation per capita,[6] it has dropped below the national average and is now similar to the sport in the Australian Capital Territory and only marginally higher than that in New South Wales and in Queensland.[7] In the 21st century it dropped off the top 10 team sports and the most popular team sports are now basketball and soccer.[8] While the code remains popular in the state's north and Launceston, its popularity has fared much worse in the south and in the state's capital Hobart. With the collapse of numerous clubs and competitions, the sport has undergone numerous restructures over the years. Tasmania has traditionally supplied the AFL with a disproportionately high number of players. Despite efforts to maintain a pathway, in the 2010s and 2020s it began to produce poorly in the AFL Draft and for the first time in history (including 2020 and 2022) Tasmanians missed selection altogether. The general consensus is that the state suffered from being ignored by national governing bodies for decades.[9][10] This prompted the Government of Australia to launch a Senate inquiry in 2008.[11]

The Tasmanian state team competed in senior interstate and State of Origin football; it won matches against all other Australian states (including Victoria, firstly in their 1960 match and most recently in their second last encounter in 1990) as well as several second division titles (including 1908 and 1947). Peter Hudson represented Tasmania more times than any other player, with 19 caps. The side played its last senior representative match in 1993. Tasmania continues to field underage sides in the national underage championships as part of a talent pathway to the AFL and remains a successful side with 8 Division two titles, the most recent in 2018. Tasmania has also fielded teams in the VFL (2001–2008), the TAC Cup (1996–2002; 2019-) and defeated a NEAFL representative side in 2013 as the Tasmania Mariners/Devils.

AFL premiership matches have been played every year except 2020 since 2001 with the first held at the North Hobart Oval in 1991. Attendance at these matches, per capita, up to the 2000s and 2010s were the highest in Australia with an average of more than 16,000 per game. Tasmanian Devils VFL home crowds averaged 4,000 a season until the Devils unpopular alignment with AFL club North Melbourne began in 2006. Many viewed it as an AFL attempt at club relocation and as a result average AFL attendances halved after the club began playing home games in Hobart. Tasmanian television audiences for the AFL were also among the highest per capita, consistently drawing bigger ratings than both Queensland and New South Wales; however, they too fell in the 2010s. These factors increased the urgency of the state's bid for an AFL club of its own.

Over 300 Tasmanians have played the game at the highest level, the VFL/AFL. Tasmania has four Australian Football Hall of Fame legends: Darrell Baldock, Peter Hudson, Ian Stewart and Royce Hart.

Matthew Richardson and Jack Riewoldt hold the records for most AFL goals (800) and most AFL games (346) respectively for born and raised Tasmanians. Jess Wuetschner holds both equivalent records for most AFLW games (55) and most AFLW goals (42).

History[edit]

English public school games: 1851-1879[edit]

Organised "Foot-ball" matches have been recorded in Van Diemens Land since 1851 and matches in southern Tasmanian towns of Hobart and Richmond between 1853 and 1855[12][13][14] significantly pre-date those recorded across Bass Strait in suburban Melbourne.

Rugby historian Sean Fagan claims that early matches played in Tasmania may have been an early form of rugby football, pointing to early mentions of goal posts with cross-bars and offside rules of later Tasmanian clubs.[15]

Accounts from Tasmanians of these early matches indicate that, as in early Victoria, they played mostly English public school football games particularly Rugby football, Harrow football and Eton football (the latter being similar to soccer) among others.[16]

However, apart from the fact that they were organised and played, few details of these matches actually survive, and the popularity of football in the fast-growing colony of Victoria quickly eclipsed the following that the pastime had in newly named colony of Tasmania.

First football clubs and introduction of the Victorian Rules: 1864-1878[edit]

The "football" club formed in New Town in 1864 is believed to be the earliest in Tasmania – but disbanded soon after. A series of high-profile matches were played between New Town and Hobart Football Club (now defunct) in late May of 1866. It is not known under which rules these games were played, though based on descriptions and the timing (official rules were distributed in the Australasian on 19 May) these matches are thought very likely to have been under the Victorian Rules.[17] Unlike other colonies however not long later, cricket clubs passed a motion prohibiting football from being played on their grounds proving a major setback for the code in the colony.[18]

By the mid- to late 1860s, more stable clubs, including Derwent and Stowell Football, emerged.

In 1871 the Break O'Day club was formed followed in 1875 by the Launceston Football Club and Launceston Church Grammar School in 1876.

Even by 1876, Tasmanian clubs had not decided on which rules to play. "Victorian Football Rules" began to gain favour only as the strong growth of the code in Victoria and Queensland became evident, even still most clubs preferred to play by their own rules[16]

Other clubs to form were Longford (1878) and Cornwall (1879), which became City in 1880. The City and Richmond clubs were formed in 1877 and the Oatlands and Railway clubs in 1879.

New Town formally started in 1878 and along with City and Richmond formed the basis of the game in Hobart, while in Launceston the abovementioned clubs formed the basis for the NTFA. New Norfolk District Football Club (1878) was one of the stronger regional clubs and North Hobart Football Club (1881) is another survivor of these early years.

Intercolonial football and adoption of the Victorian Rules: 1879[edit]

W.H. Cundy, Captain of the Tasmanian Football Team in 1887
South Tasmanian football team that toured Sydney in 1890
New Norfolk Football Club in 1892.
The Latrobe Football Club in 1904

On 1 May 1879 members of the Tasmanian Cricket Association met and decided to form a club for their members, to be called Cricketers. They initially adopted English Association Rules (soccer) before succumbing to the pressure to play Victorian Rules.[19][20]

In 1879 the Hotham Football Club (now North Melbourne) wrote to Tasmanian clubs for an intercolonial challenge. The Tasmanians initially deferred the challenge due to no uniform rules among its clubs. On July 5, 1881, it played a combined Hobart team defeated them 3 goals 2 in front of 1500 spectators.[21] Following the intercolonial, Tasmanian clubs adopted a slightly modified version of the Victorian game.[22]

More intercolonials against Victorian clubs followed shortly after the official adoption of the code. The Essendon Football Club visited in 1882 playing against a combined Tasmanian side in front of more than 3,000 spectators.[23]

An Intrastate rivalry develops: 1900-[edit]

Tasmania defeated Queensland by 20 goals at the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival in 1908

The history of local Tasmanian football differs considerably from any of the mainland states. Whereas mainland states had a major population centre around which a single dominant league was based, Tasmania's population was more evenly distributed. The consequences of this on Tasmanian football history are three-fold: firstly, a strong intrastate rivalry not noted in any mainland state; secondly, three different top-level football leagues in different regions of the state; and thirdly, the ability for teams representing very small towns to be competitive in the top leagues.

North Hobart Football Club, 1909 premiers.

The Tasmanian Football League, based around Hobart, began in 1879. The Northern Tasmanian Football Association, based around Launceston, began in 1886.

Victorian clubs Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club visited in 1901 and 1902 respectively winning convincingly against the NTFA.[24][25]

A third top-level league, although not recognised as such until later, was the North West Football Union, contested by teams on the north-western coast of the state west of Latrobe, which began in 1910.

Cananore vs North Hobart at the North Hobart Oval in 1922 drew a crowd of more than 5,000
North Launceston Football Club, NTFA premiers in 1923

Victorian club Collingwood FC again visited Launceston in 1923 and played against the NTFA.[26]

The leagues were small in the pre-WWI era, with only three clubs competing in the TFL and NTFA, and four in the NWFU. Intrastate games between representative teams in the leagues were a regular fixture during these years. In the 1920s, the TANFL (as the TFL was now known) and NFTA expanded to four teams apiece, and the NWFU to six.

In 1929, Victorian club Collingwood FC again visited both Launceston and Hobart, playing against the NTFA and SFA respectively.[27]

After World War II, all leagues underwent further expansion. The TANFL switched to a district-based selection, and expanded to six clubs. The NFTA also expanded to six teams. The NWFU expanded from six teams to as many as fourteen, with a short-lived incorporation of four Circular Head-based clubs, but eventually contracted back to eight.

Women's football in Launceston in 1941. Tasmania was one of the first states to hold regular women's competition.
Scottsdale vs Launceston in 1952
A record crowd of 18,387 packed the North Hobart Ground to see VFL clubs Fitzroy and Melbourne in 1952
Tasmania's intervarsity powerhouse, UTAS takes on Melbourne University in 1954

The local leagues were extremely popular and attracted large crowds. The TANFL Grand Final between Glenorchy and Clarence at the North Hobart Oval in 1979 attracted a record crowd of 24,968 which, although ostensibly small in comparison to mainland crowds, represented 15% of Hobart's population at the time.

Statewide Competition[edit]

There were always attempts made to somehow consolidate the major Tasmanian leagues into one statewide competition. The earliest and longest-lasting was the Tasmanian State Premiership, which began (officially) in 1909 as a single Grand Final game between the TANFL and NTFA premiers, for the right to be the State Premiers. The Hobart-based teams initially dominated, winning the first fourteen such contests. In 1950, the NWFU Premier was also invited to contest for the State Premiership. The final State Premiership was played in 1978.

The next attempt at statewide competition was the Winfield Statewide Cup, a seven-week tournament played prior to the 1980 season amongst all twenty teams in the TANFL, NTFA and NWFU, plus one team from the Circular Head Football Association (Smithton, who would join the NWFU that season). The competition was not popular with the northern clubs, who believed the organisation of the league biased towards the Hobart-based league. In response, they refused to play another Winfield Statewide Cup. Instead, the NTFA and NWFU joined to form the Greater Northern Football League, which resembled the old Statewide Premiership format, with the winners of the individual leagues playing off for the GNFL premiership. The GNFL experiment lasted only the 1981 and 1982 seasons.

In 1986 and 1987, a true Statewide League was finally realised, when five of the northern clubs left their respective leagues to join the TANFL, renamed the TFL Statewide League: North Launceston, East Launceston and City-South left the NTFA in 1986 (the latter two merging to form South Launceston), and Devonport and Cooee (which was renamed Burnie for the move) left the NWFU in 1987. The two northern leagues merged to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League.

Crowd at a TFL match in Hobart - North Hobart vs North Launceston.

From that point, Tasmanian local football slowly dwindled as teams began to lose money. Clubs began to leave both the NTFL and the Statewide league throughout the 1990s, returning to local or amateur competitions with lower travel costs, or in some cases (such as the TANFL's Sandy Bay Football Club) fold completely. Only six teams remained in the Statewide League by 2000, and after one of the most poorly attended Grand Finals in seventy years, the league folded. The clubs that survived returned to the NTFL and the newly formed Southern Football League.

The Tasmanian Devils and the VFL[edit]

Upon the disbanding of the TFL in 2000, the Tasmanian Devils was formed in 2001 and admitted into the Victorian Football League in its inaugural year. The team played home games in Launceston, Hobart, Ulverstone, Burnie and Devonport during its time in the league. The Devils attracted a strong following in comparison with many other VFL clubs at the time.

AFL aligns North Melbourne with Tasmania (2006)[edit]

At the start of the 2006 season the Devils and the Australian Football League's North Melbourne Football Club began a partial alignment, allowing six North Melbourne listed players to play for Tasmania when not selected in the seniors, and arrangement which lasted from 2006 until 2007. This was unpopular among local fans, significantly harming the popularity of the club; and the season proved to be a disappointment on-field, with the Devils finishing ninth and missing the finals.[28][29]

The Devils were wound up at the conclusion of the 2008 season in order to make room for the return of the TFL in 2009.

Tasmania and the National AFL Competition (1990-)[edit]

Main article: Tasmanian AFL Bid

Tasmania's strong State of Origin team was one of the main reasons that the state held off expressing serious interest in joining the AFL competition. The state's historically strong supporter base for Australian rules football, one of the highest participation rates in the country and strong local leagues were also factors. However the team's strong performances against Victoria in the early 1990s prompted Tasmanian officials to open talks with the AFL.[30]

Tasmania was seen as a relocation target for the AFL's struggling clubs and in 1991 the Fitzroy Football Club were contracted for two home games a season at North Hobart Oval[31] however the experiment ended in 1992 when the venture resulted in a large financial loss for the Lions.

After the state side's last representative appearance in 1993, Tasmania stepped up its bids for inclusion in the national competition.

Between 1996 and 1998 a bid was prepared that involved the construction of a 30,000-capacity stadium in the Hobart showgrounds in Glenorchy, at the cost of $34 million. The stadium would have been the team's only home ground, but the appeal was unsuccessful and the stadium was not built.

In 2001, AFL clubs St Kilda and Hawthorn began playing home matches in Launceston at York Park (later known as Aurora Stadium), supported by the Tasmanian government in an attempt to build a local following. St Kilda ended its arrangement after 2006. Hawthorn however increased its presence in the state as part of an agreement with the tourism component of the Tasmanian government, whereby they were contracted to play four games in the state and the Tasmanian Government will be the major sponsor for the club.

A government-backed Tasmanian bid was prepared in response to the AFL admitting new licences for the Gold Coast and Western Sydney for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. While the AFL admitted that the state had put together a stronger business case, it was once again rejected by the league. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou was quoted to have said to the Tasmanian premier Paul Lennon "Not now, not ever".[32] Hobart's major daily newspaper The Mercury started a petition in response to this news on 16 April 2008.[33] The premier vowed to bypass the AFL CEO and take the appeal directly to the AFL Commission.

On 30 July, the Tasmanian government announced that it had secured a major sponsor, Mars for the bid in a deal worth $4 million over 3 years. It was long doubted by the AFL that the Tasmanian club would secure corporate interest before a proposal is accepted by the AFL and this announcement came as a major shock as it was before a sponsor could be found for either the Gold Coast or Western Sydney Clubs and as AFL clubs Richmond[34] and Western Bulldogs[35] was left without a major sponsor for 2009. In addition to the Gemba financial audit of the bid to meet the AFL criteria, the Tasmania team had secured more than 20,000 potential members, ahead of the Gold Coast and Western Sydney bid in raw numbers.[36]

Hawthorn Football Club (2001-)[edit]

Since 2001 Hawthorn has successfully cultivated a following in Tasmania playing numerous home games at York Park with its Tasmanian membership base has increased from 1,000 to more than 9,000. Recent studies have valued Hawthorn's economic impact in Tasmania and national brand exposure to total $29.5 million in 2014.[37] Since 2006, Hawthorn has increased its presence in the state as part of an agreement with the tourism component of the Tasmanian government, whereby they are contracted to play four games in the state and the Tasmanian Government will be the major sponsor for the club. This relationship was renewed for a further period for five years (2012–16) in November 2011.

On 31 July 2015, Hawthorn extended their partnership with Tasmania for a further five years.[37]

North Melbourne Football Club (2012-)[edit]

The North Melbourne Football Club has confirmed that it will play two games per year in Hobart at Bellerive Oval starting from 2012.[38]

The Return of the Statewide League (2009-)[edit]

After an eight-year absence, the Tasmanian Football League made a return in 2009. Ten teams were initially represented: from the south, North Hobart, Glenorchy, Hobart, Clarence, Lauderdale; from the north, Launceston, North Launceston, South Launceston; and from the north-western coast, Burnie and Devonport. All clubs except for Lauderdale had at some stage been part of the original Statewide League.

The league's membership underwent changes in 2014. South Launceston left the league and was replaced by the newly established Western Storm, based in western Launceston; North Hobart was disbanded and reincorporated into a new club called Hobart City;[39] and Hobart, which was to have been a joint partner in the Hobart City club before withdrawing from the deal,[40] was replaced by the Tigers FC, based in Kingston.[41]

Participation[edit]

In 2019, there were 14,465 participants, player numbers have halved in just over a decade and the participation had plunged to 3.3, ranking 5th in the country ahead of only NSW/ACT and Queensland.[7]

In 2007, there were 4,500 senior players and a total of 32,138 participants in Aussie Rules in Tasmania.[42] A total participation per capita of 5% is the second-highest participation in the country, behind the Northern Territory.[6]

Audience[edit]

Attendance record[edit]

Major Australian Rules Events in Tasmania[edit]

Tasmanian Football Team of the Century[edit]

In 2004 the Board of Management of AFL Tasmania named a Team of the Century for the state. It had 18 on field and seven interchange players as well as an umpire, coach and assistant coach.

Team of the Century
B: Verdun Howell Tassie Johnson Ivor Warne-Smith
HB: Barry Lawrence Laurie Nash Brent Crosswell
C: Rodney Eade Ian Stewart Arthur Hodgson
HF: Darrel Baldock (c) Royce Hart Daryn Cresswell
F: Horrie Gorringe Peter Hudson Alastair Lynch
Foll: Percy Jones John Leedham (vc) Terry Cashion
Int: Neil Conlan Darrin Pritchard Paul Williams
Michael Roach Len Pye Rex Garwood
Matthew Richardson
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Representative Side[edit]

Tasmania representative team 1908
1911 Tasmanian state side from the Adelaide carnival that defeated the Western Australian state team on Adelaide Oval.

The Tasmanian representative team have played State of Origin test matches against all other Australian states. The team's last appearance was at the 1993 State of Origin Championships.

The team wears and all green guernsey with maroon trims and a gold insignia map of Tasmania more recently an embossed T symbol for Tasmania. The same guernsey design was later adopted by the state's AFL club.

Tasmania fields Underage teams at both Under 16 and Under 18 levels in both the AFL Under 19 Championships and 2021 AFL Women's Under 19 Championships.

See Also Interstate matches in Australian rules football

A combined state team usually plays other state competitions around Australia, such as AFL Queensland in 2007, 2009, and 2010.

Governing body[edit]

The governing body for Aussie Rules in Tasmania is AFL Tasmania.

In 2009 the three main community football leagues The Northern Tasmanian Football League, Northern Tasmanian Football Association, and the Southern Football League established the Tasmanian Football Council which is a united body that represents community Footballs interests in the state. The council has membership with the Australian Amateur Football Council.[citation needed]

The Tasmanian government set up the Football Tasmania Board in 2019 to provide advice to the government on the state of the game in Tasmania.[43][44][45]

Leagues & Clubs[edit]

State Leagues/clubs (past and present)[edit]

A map showing the location of major past and present clubs in the statewide league, TANFL/TFL, NTFA and NWFU

Current clubs[edit]

Former clubs[edit]

Tasmanian Football League[edit]

Northern Tasmanian Football Association[edit]

North West Football Union[edit]

Local Leagues[edit]

Defunct Local Leagues[edit]

Main article: List of Former Australian Rules Football Competitions in Tasmania

Junior[edit]

  • Northern Tasmanian Junior Football Association (NTJFA)
  • Northern Tasmanian Junior Football League (NTJFL)
  • Southern Tasmania Junior Football League

Masters[edit]

  • Masters Australian Football Tasmania

Umpires[edit]

  • TFUA – Tasmanian Football Umpires Association
  • NTFUA – Northern Tasmanian Football Umpires Association
  • NWUA – North West Umpires Association

Women's[edit]

Tasmanian Women's Football League[edit]

The Tasmanian Women's Football League (TWFL) was established in 2007 and there are now 8 women's teams in the league statewide. These are:

Burnie Dockers, Clarence Football Club, Evandale, Glenorchy Football Club, Launceston Football Club, Mersey Leven, South East Suns, Tiger City.[46]

Grand Final results

  • 2008 – Clarence Roos...[46]
  • 2009 – Clarence Roos...[46]
  • 2010 – Launceston FC...[46]
  • 2011 – Clarence Roos...[46]
  • 2012 – Clarence Roos...[46]
  • 2013 – Clarence Roos...[46]
  • 2014 – Burnie[47]
  • 2015 – Clarence Roos[48]
  • 2016 – Burnie[49]

Tasmanian State League Woman's[edit]

On Wednesday 19 April 2017, AFL Tasmania announced the formation of the TSLW. A five-team woman's league which will comprise:

  • Clarence
  • Burnie Dockers
  • Glenorchy
  • Launceston
  • Tigers FC.[50]

They will compete over a 15-round season, commencing on Saturday 29 April 2017.[50]

Regional Women's Leagues[edit]

SFLW[edit]
  • Blues
  • Claremont Women
  • Demons Women
  • Port Women
  • South East Suns Women

[51]

NTFAW (2019)[edit]
  • Bridgenorth
  • Evandale
  • George Town
  • Meander Valley
  • Old Launcestonians (OLFC)
  • Old Scotch
  • Scottsdale
  • South Launceston
TWL North West[edit]
  • Circular Head Giants
  • Devonport Magpies
  • Latrobe
  • Penguin
  • Ulverstone

[52]

Principal Venues[edit]

The following venues meet AFL Standard criteria and have been used to host AFL (National Standard) or AFLW level matches (Regional Standard) are listed by capacity.[53]

Hobart Launceston Hobart
Bellerive Oval York Park North Hobart Oval
Capacity: 19,500 Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 18,000
Bellerive Oval (Hobart) during an AFL match York Park (Launceston) during an AFL match North Hobart Oval
Hobart Devonport
KGV Oval Devonport Oval
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 14,000
KGV Oval Devonport Oval

Players[edit]

See also: Category:Tasmanian Football League players

Tasmania has supplied over 300 players to the elite level.

Greats[edit]

Tasmania has three Australian Football Hall of Fame legends: St Kilda and Latrobe premiership captain and three-time Wander Medallist Darrel Baldock, dual Leitch Medallist and twelve-time league goalkicking champion Peter Hudson and three-time Brownlow Medallist Ian Stewart.

Other players from Tasmania include Hall of Fame inductees Royce Hart, Vic Belcher, Horrie Gorringe, Matthew Richardson, Laurie Nash.

AFL Tasmania also maintains its own Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame with hundreds of footballers, many of whom also played in the AFL.

AFL Recruitment Zones[edit]

In the absence of a Tasmanian AFL club, the Australian Football League granted its North Melbourne Football Club full access to Tasmania via its academy Recruitment Zone since 2016. This also meant that when North Melbourne entered the AFLW in 2019, it was given access to the Tasmanian talent from across the league so as to act as Tasmania's team in the competition.[9] Other clubs may access Tasmanians that are overlooked or via the rookie draft.

Men's[edit]

Current Players[edit]

AFL Players from Tasmania[edit]

Currently on an AFL senior list
Player TAS junior/senior club/s Representative honours AFL Draft Selection AFL Years AFL Club/s AFL Games AFL (Goals) Connections to Tasmania, Notes & References
Arie Schoenmaker Launceston, Tasmania Devils (U18) 2023 #62 - St Kilda - - Raised in Launceston
James Leake Launceston 2023 #17 - Greater Western Sydney - - Raised in Launceston
Ryley Sanders North Launceston 2023 #6 2024- Western Bulldogs 2 - Raised in Launceston
Colby McKercher Launceston, Tasmania Devils (U18) 2023 #2 2024- North Melbourne 2 - Raised in Launceston
Seth Campbell Burnie Dockers, North Launceston U18 (2022) 2023 (Rookie) (Rookie #12) 2024- Richmond 2 3 Raised in Burnie
Sam Banks Clarence, Tasmanian Devils U18 2023- Richmond 5 - Raised in Whitefoord
Lachlan Cowan Devonport, North Launceston, Tasmanian Devils U18 (2019, 2021) 2023- Carlton - - Raised in Devonport
Jye Menzie North Hobart / Tasmanian Devils U18 (2019, 2021) 2022- Essendon - - Raised in Hobart
Jackson Callow North Launceston 2021-2022 Hawthorn 3 0 Raised in Launceston
Rhyan Mansell Prospect, North Launceston U18 (2017) 2020 Pre-season supplemental 2021- Richmond 15 1 Raised in Launceston
Tarryn Thomas North Launceston U16 (2016), U18 (2016) 2018 #8 2019- North Melbourne 57 45 Raised in Launceston
Chayce Jones Longford / Launceston 2019- 38 10 Born, raised in and recruited from Longford
Hugh Dixon Kingborough U18 (2017) 2018- 11 6 Raised and recruited from Hobart
Brody Mihocek Burnie Dockers U18 (2011) 2018- 101 164 Born in Tasmania and raised in Burnie
Hugh Greenwood - U16 (2007) 2017- 86 45 Born and raised in Hobart
Robbie Fox Burnie Dockers 2017- 64 8 Raised in Burnie
Mitchell Hibberd Clarence 2016-2020 9 0 Raised in Hobart
Mackenzie Willis Kingborough 2016-2018 5 0 Raised in Hobart
Kieran Lovell Kingborough U18 (2015) 2016-2018 2 0 Raised in Hobart
Jake Kolodjashnij Prospect / Launceston U16 (2011), U18 (2012, 2013) 2015- 153 3 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Lachie Weller Burnie Dockers 2015- 118 42 Raised in Burnie
Paddy McCartin - 2015- 59 35 Born in Hobart
Ryan Gardner Burnie Dockers 2015- 35 2 Born and raised in Smithton
Ben Brown Devonport / Glenorchy 2014– 160 341 Raised in Devonport
Toby Nankervis Lilydale / North Launceston U18 (2013) 2014– 121 34 Raised in George Town
Alex Pearce Ulverstone / Devonport 2014– 80 3 Born and raised in Ulverstone, recruited from Devonport. (Palawa)
Brady Grey Burnie Dockers 2014–2018 21 11 Raised in and recruited from Burnie
Kade Kolodjashnij Prospect / Launceston U16 (2011), U18 (2012, 2013) 2014-2020 80 14 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Jackson Thurlow Launceston 2013–2020 63 14 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Aaron Hall Hobart 2012- 147 93 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Jimmy Webster Glenorchy 2012- 131 4 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Andrew Phillips Lauderdale 2012- 52 15 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Jeremy Howe Dodges Ferry / Lauderdale / Hobart 2012- 228 96 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Tim Mohr Launceston 2012-2019 48 1 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Henry Schade North Hobart / Tassie Mariners U18 (2011) 2012-2017 28 1 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Maverick Weller Burnie Dockers 2011-2019 123 59 Born and raised in Burnie
Josh Green Sorrell / Clarence U18 (2020c) 2011-2018 105 135 Born, raised and recruited from Hobart
Daniel Archer Clarence 2011-2013 1 0 Raised and recruited from Hobart
Ian Callinan Rokeby / Lauderdale / Clarence U18 (2000) 2011-2013 32 49 Raised and recruited from Hobart
Levi Casboult - 2010- 193 213 Born in Hobart
Jesse Lonergan Launceston 2010-2021 128 32 Raised and recruited from Launceston
Ryan Harwood Glenorchy, Tassie Mariners U18 (2009) 2010-2017 81 6 Raised and recruited from Hobart
Brodie Moles Glenorchy, Tasmanian Devils 2010-2011 17 10 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Mitch Robinson Tasmanian Devils 2009- 246 129 Born, raised and recruited
Liam Jones North Hobart 2009-2021 177 84 Raised and recruited
Nathan Grima South Launceston, Tassie Mariners, Tasmanian Devils 2009-2016 88 1 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Aaron Cornelius Tasmanian Devils 2009-2013 25 35 Raised and recruited
Aaron Joseph Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners U18 (2007) 2009-2013 73 10 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Tom Bellchambers Tasmanian Devils 2008-2020 136 77 Born and raised in Launceston, recruited
Tom Collier Tassie Mariners U18 (2006) 2008-2011 27 4 Raised
Jack Riewoldt Tassie Mariners / Clarence U18 (2006) 2007- 346 786 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Ricky Petterd - 2007-2015 84 72 Born in Hobart
Colin Garland North Hobart / Tassie Mariners 2007-2017 141 16 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Angus Graham Tassie Mariners 2007-2014 48 18 Born on King Island
Tom Hislop Tassie Mariners 2007-2011 27 12 Born and raised in Burnie
Mitch Thorp North Launceston, Tassie Mariners 2007-2009 2 1 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Grant Birchall Tassie Mariners 2006-2021 287 36 Born and raised in Devonport
Sam Iles Tassie Mariners 2006-2012 33 11 Raised
Sam Lonergan Lauunceston / Tassie Mariners / Tasmanian Devils U18 (2005) 2006-2013 81 39 Born and raised in and recruited from Launceston
Andrew Lee Burnie / Tassie Mariners / Tasmanian Devils 2005-2008 5 2 Born in Brighton, raised in and recruited from Burnie
Cameron Thurley Clarence / Tasmanian Devils 2005-2006 12 12 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Jason Laycock East Devonport / Tassie Mariners 2004-2010 58 36 Born, raised in and recruited from Devonport
Luke Shackleton Burnie / Tassie Mariners 2004 1 0 Raised in Burnie
Barry Brooks Grassy Football Club / Tassie Mariners 2002-2007 10 3 Born, raised in and recruited from King Island
Ken Hall North Hobart / Tassie Mariners 2002-2003 1 0 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Brad Miller - 2002-2012 157 120 Raised in Hobart
Nick Riewoldt - 2001-2017 336 718 Born and raised in Hobart
Simon Wiggins Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners 2001-2009 116 36 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Peter Street Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners 2001-2008 78 16 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Andrew Hill Tassie Mariners 2001 1 0 Raised
Danny Roach Tassie Mariners 2001 1 0 Born and raised
Brad Green Tassie Mariners 2000-2012 254 350 Born in Georgetown and raised in Launceston
Patrick Wiggins Tassie Mariners 2000-2004 12 5 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Tim Hazell Southern Districts 2000-2003 5 3 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Brady Rawlings Tassie Mariners 1999-2011 245 62 Born and raised in Devonport
Brodie Holland Tassie Mariners 1998–2008 155 141 Born and raised in and recruited from Hobart
Justin Plapp Burnie / Tassie Mariners 1998-2002 44 30 Born in Penguin, raised and recruited from Burnie
Leigh Brockman Tassie Mariners 1998, 2002 12 1 Raised
Mark Harwood Tassie Mariners 1998-2001 30 19 Raised
Justin Wood Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners 1998 7 5 Born and raised in and recruited from Hobart
Russell Robertson Tassie Mariners 1997–2009 228 428 Raised in Penguin and Burnie
Gerrard Bennett North Hobart / Tassie Mariners 1997–2002 32 11 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Ben Beams Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners 1997–2001 23 17 Born in Launceston, raised and recruited from Hobart
Jade Rawlings Devonport 1996-2006 148 96 Born and raised in Devonport
Ben Harrison Devonport 1995–2005 161 71 Raised in Devonport
Trent Bartlett Deloraine 1995–2002 81 42 Raised in and recruited from Deloraine
Matthew Richardson Devonport 1993 1993–2009 282 800 Born, raised in and recruited from Devonport
David Neitz - 1993–2008 306 631 Born in Ulverstone
Daryn Cresswell Glenorchy / North Hobart 1992-2003 244 208 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Jamie Shanahan Hobart 1991, 1993 1992-1999 162 0 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Nigel Palfreyman Sandy Bay 1993 1992-1994 16 7 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Paul Atkins Wynyard 1992 2 0 Raised in and recruited from Wynyard
Paul Williams North Hobart 1993 1991-2006 306 307 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Danny Noonan Clarence 1991-1993 55 19 Lived in Hobart
Matthew Mansfield Glenorchy 1990, 1993 1991-1993 32 5 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Brad Davis Burnie Hawks 1991-1993 5 1 Raised in and recruited from Burnie
David Noble North Hobart 1991 2 0 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Paul Hudson Hobart 1990, 1991, 1993 1990-2002 245 479 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Brendon Gale Burnie 1990, 1991, 1993 1990-2001 244 209 Raised in and recruited from Burnie
Chris Bond North Hobart 1991, 1993 1990-1999 163 45 Born and raised in Wynyard, Tasmania, recruited from Hobart
Dion Scott Devonport 1993 1990-1999 79 61 Born and raised in Ulverstone, recruited from Devonport
Jody Arnol North Hobart 1990-1991 13 6 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Adrian Fletcher Glenorchy 1991, 1993 1989-2001 231 97 Raised and recruited from Hobart
Colin Alexander Clarence 1990, 1991 1989-1993 29 30 Recruited from Hobart
Alastair Lynch Wynyard / Hobart 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1988-2004 306 633 Born and raised in Burnie, recruited from Hobart
Graham Wright East Devonport 1990, 1993 1988-1998 201 107 Raised in and recruited from Devonport
Trent Nichols Sandy Bay 1990, 1991, 1993 1988-1998 112 107 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Bradley Plain Clarence 1988, 1993 1988-1996 56 96 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
John Klug Glenorchy 1991-1992 26 34 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Darren Davies Launceston / North Hobart 1990 1988-1991 39 39 Raised in Launceston, recruited from Hobart
Shane Fell Glenorchy 1990 1990 15 30 Lived in Hobart
Michael Parsons Launceston 1988 1988-1990 25 14 Raised in Legana and Launceston
Justin Stubbs Devonport 1980, 1988 1988-1990 3 5 Raised in and recruited from Devonport
Steven Febey Devonport 1993 1987-2001 258 40 Raised in and recruited from Devonport
Matthew Febey Devonport / Rochester 1993 1987-2000 143 44 Raised in and recruited from Devonport
Darrin Pritchard Sandy Bay 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1987-1997 211 94 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Simon Atkins Wynyard 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1987-1996 168 89 Raised in and recruited from Wynyard
Matthew Armstrong Hobart 1988, 1993 1987-1994 175 89 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Brett Stephens North Hobart 1990 1987-1993 133 52 Lived in Hobart
Simon Minton-Connell North Hobart 1988, 1991 1986-1998 112 305 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
John McCarthy North Hobart 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1986-1996 163 178 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Ben Buckley Smithton 1993 1986-1993 74 15 Raised in and recruited from Smithton
James Manson North Hobart 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1985-1995 167 126 Raised in and recruited from Devonport
Michael Gale Marist College / Penguin 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1985-1993 196 49 Raised in and recruited from Penguin
David Grant South Launceston 1988, 1991 1984-1996 198 75 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Doug Barwick East Launceston 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 1984-1991 147 218 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Stephen MacPherson Clarence 1990, 1991, 1993 1982-1995 188 152 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Stephen Nichols Sandy Bay 1988 1982-1983 7 6 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Scott Clayton Hobart 1988, 1990 1981-1990 160 23 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Scott Wade Hobart 1980 1981-1983 12 4 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Steve Goulding North Launceston 1979, 1988 1981 2 2 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Colin Robertson Wynyard 1979, 1980, 1988 1980-1986 116 62 Raised in and recruited from Wynyard
Stephen Carey North Launceston 1979, 1980 1980-1986 112 6 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Shane Williams North Hobart 1979, 1988 1979-1988 61 30 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Stephen Mount Sandy Bay 1979 1979-1982 31 9 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Tony Martyn Sandy Bay 1979 1979-1981 32 5 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Graham Hunnibell North Launceston 1979 1978-1980 12 2 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Michael Roach Longford 1979, 1980, 1988 1977-1989 200 607 Born, raised in and recruited from Longford
Chris Stone - 1978-1981 23 12 Raised in Sandy Bay, Hobart
Michael Conlan - 1977-1989 210 395 Born
Kerry Good Ulverstone 1979, 1980 1977-1983 74 150 Raised in and recruited from Ulverstone
Michael Young Clarence 1979 1977-1983 52 15 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Mark Williams Penguin 1980 1977-1979 9 1 Raised in and recruited from Penguin
Rodney Eade Glenorchy 1979, 1980, 1988 1976-1990 259 49 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Ian Paton Scotch College, Launceston 1988 1976-1990 155 47 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Peter Hamilton Ulverstone 1979, 1980 1976-1983 52 1 Raised in and recruited from Ulverstone
Denis Scanlon North Hobart 1975, 1980 1976-1981 66 7 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Ian Marsh North Launceston 1979, 1980 1976-1980 68 16 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Tony Pickett North Launceston 1979 1976-1979 60 32 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Robert Neal Wynyard 1979, 1988 1974-1988 220 52 Raised in and recruited from Wynyard
Greg Towns Cooee 1979 1974-1982 89 30 Raised in and recruited from Cooee
Robert Shaw Sandy Bay 1979, 1980 1974-1981 51 8 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Craig Davis Launceston 1979, 1980 1973-1988 163 360 Born and raised in Ross, Tasmania, recruited from Launceston
Phil Manassa Devonport 1980 1973-1979 122 60 Lived in Devonport
Noel Carter Ulverstone 1979, 1980 1973-1977 50 55 Raised in and recruited from Ulverstone
John Anthony East Devonport 1972 3 - Recruited
Grant Allford Latrobe 1971-1973 30 1 Recruited
Darryl Sutton Glenorchy 1979 1970-1986 249 385 Born, raised and recruited from Hobart
Barry Lawrence Longford 1969–1976 126 80 Raised and recruited from Longford
Ray Biffin North Launceston 1968–1979 170 131 Born and raised in Launceston and recruited from Campbell Town
Brent Crosswell Campbell Town 1968–1982 222 257 Born and raised in Launceston and recruited from Campbell Town
John Greening Cooee 1968–1976 107 70 Born, raised and recruited from Burnie
Derek Peardon King Meadows High School 1968–1971 20 1 Born on Cape Barren Island, raised and recruited from Launceston. (Palawa)
Peter Hudson New Norfolk 19 caps (1979) 1967–1977 129 727 Born, raised and recruited from New Norfolk
Royce Hart Clarence 1967–1977 187 369 Born and raised Whiteford and recruited from Hobart
Peter Jones North Hobart 1979 1966-1979 249 284 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
John Bingley East Devonport 1965-1966 8 1 Raised in and recruited from Devonport
Bruce Armstrong Scottsdale 1965-1966 7 0 Raised in and recruited from Scottsdale
Gary Arnold Rosebery 1963-1964 13 7 Raised in and recruited from Rosebery
Ian Stewart North Hobart / Hobart 1962–1971 205 80 Born in Queenstown, raised and recruited from Hobart
Darrel Baldock East Devonport / Latrobe 15 caps 1962–1968 119 237 Born, raised and recruited from Devonport
Tassie Johnson North Launceston 1959–1969 202 20 Raised and recruited from Launceston
Roy Apted North Launceston 1958, 1966 1959–1963 44 1 Born, raised and recruited from Launceston
Verdun Howell City-South 1958–1968 159 59 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Athol Webb Scottsdale 1955–1959 74 146 Raised in and recruited from Scottsdale
Dale Anderson Latrobe 1953-54 7 15 Born
Allan Miller - 1948–1951 36 48 Born in Hobart
Arthur Hodgson Queenstown 1948–1952 76 7 Raised in and recruited from Queenstown
Ray Stokes Burnie 1946-1951 93 23 Born in Longford, raised in and recruited from Burnie
Ted Collis North Hobart 1946 9 12 Born and raised in Hobart
Geoff Barwick New Norfolk 1945 19 14 Born and raised in Hobart
Tom Calder North Hobart 1945 5 0 Raised in Hobart
Terry Cashion Buckingham / New Town 1942 5 5 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Gordon Abbott Lefroy 1937-1947 133 70 Born, raised, recruited
Bill Cahill Launceston 1937-1938 15 0 Bornin Hobart. Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Len Pye North Hobart 1933 1934-1935 16 39 Born and raised in New Norfolk and recruited from Hobart
Laurie Nash City 1933-1945 99 246 Lived in and recruited from Launceston
Eric Huxtable New Town 1930-1942 157 5 Born and raised in Hobart
Patt Hartnett North Launceston 1930-1937 66 58 Born and raised in St Helens and recruited from Launceston
Clyde Beattie North Hobart 1930 5 2 Born in Oatlands, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Alan Scott North Launceston 1929-1930 32 26 Born in Ringarooma, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Doug Ringrose - 1928-1929 35 30 Born and raised in Hobart
Charlie Barnes Latrobe 1927-1929 33 0 Raised in Latrobe
Jack Cashman - 1926-1936 93 125 Born in Zeehan
Col Deane New Town 1924 1925-1934 85 53 Born and raised in Launceston and Hobart
Fred Pringle Cananore 1923-1924 22 7 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Fred Brown - 1922-1926 41 7 Born and raised in Hobart
Ivor Warne-Smith Latrobe 1919-1932 146 110 Lived in Latrobe
Bert Davie Latrobe 1917-1919 27 1 Born and raised in Hobart
Claude Bryan Cananore 1911 1914-1920 22 1 Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart
Percy Jory North Hobart 1911 1912-1920 60 15 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
George Challis Launceston 1911 1912-1915 70 16 Born in Cleveland, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Stanley McKenzie Launceston 1911 1914 14 6 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Ted McDonald Launceston 1912-1919 48 2 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Viv Valentine Launceston 1908 1911-1918 116 91 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Fred Anderson 1908 1 - Born in Launceston
Bert Atkins - 1907-1919 39 1 Born in Hobart
George Morrissey North Hobart 1911 1907-1909 93 64 Lived in Hobart
Albert Pannam Wynyard 1908 1907-1909 1 - Born in Beaconsfield, raised in and recruited from Wynyard
Vic Barwick Queenstown 1903-1913 105 66 Born in Oatlands, raised in and recruited from Queenswtown
Joe Littler Launceston 1908 1903 10 9 Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston
Harvey Kelly - 1911 1902-1914 92 127 Lived in Hobart
Vic Belcher - 1907-1920 226 62 Born in Launceston
Wal Smallhorn - 1905-1906 4 - Born in Hobart
Jack Gardiner - 1908, 1911 (c) 1901-1908 86 59 Lived in Hobart
George McLeod Launceston 1908 1897-1913 68 6 Lived in Mount Lyell
Dick Gibson - 1908 1897-1898 29 9 Lived there
Horrie Stewart Launceston 1898 1 - Born in Westbury
George Vautin City 1897-1898 26 1 Born in Orielton, raised in Hobart
Tod Collins - 1897-1903 98 27 Born in Hobart
Fred McGinis - 1897-1901 84 36 Born in Hobart
Bill Casey Southern Tasmania 1897-1900 61 2 Born in Richmond
George Moysey - 1897-1899 35 25 Born in Hobart (Battery Point)
Colin Campbell North-Eastern Tasmania 1897-1899 12 4 Born in Cressy
George Williamson Tasmania 1887 1897-1898 12 0 Born and raised in Launceston
Lew Massey - 1897 8 1 Born in Woodbridge

Women's[edit]

Current Players[edit]

AFLW players from Tasmania[edit]

Currently on an AFLW senior list
Player TAS junior/senior club/s Representative honours AFLW Draft Selection AFLW Years AFLW Games AFLW (Goals) Connections to Tasmania, Notes & References
Georgia Clark Tasmania Devils (U18) 2023 #8 - - - Raised in Hobart
Brooke Barwick Glenorchy, Claremont, Tasmania Devils (U18) 2023 #4 - - - Raised in Hobart
Elise Barwick North Hobart 2023- 5 - Raised in Hobart
Meagan Kiely Launceston, Burnie Dockers 2021 #48 2022- 19 4 Born in Tasmania, raised in Burnie and Launceston
Ella Maurer North Launceston, Old Scotch Collegians, Tasmania Devils (U18) 2022- 5 - Raised in Launceston
Meghan Gaffney Ulverstone, Tasmania Devils (U18) 2022 #66 2022- 6 - Raised in Ulverstone
Lily Johnson Latrobe, Devonport 2022- 5 2 Raised in Latrobe
Madison Brazendale Launceston, Tasmania Devils (U18) 2022- 13 1 Raised in Launceston
Brooke Brown Ulverstone, Launceston 2022- 32 1 Raised in Ulverstone and Launceston
Ellie Gavalas - 2019 #10 2020- 41 13 Raised in Tasmania
Mia King Launceston 2019 #49 2020- 49 5 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Chloe Haines Burnie Dockers U18 (2018) 2018 #55 2019-2020 1 0 Raised in Wynyard, Tasmania and recruited from Burnie
Nicole Bresnehan Clarence 2018 #63 2019- 49 0 Raised in and recruited from Hobart
Daria Bannister Launceston 2017 #19 2018- 40 25 Raised in and recruited from Launceston
Jess Wuetschner Clarence 2016 #34 2017- 55 42 Born and raised in Hobart
Brittany Gibson Burnie Dockers 2016 #141 2017- 30 8 Born in Tasmania and raised in and recruited from Burnie
Ellyse Gamble Burnie Dockers 2016 #69 2017- 41 1 Raised in and recruited from Burnie
Emma Humphries Burnie Dockers 2016 #57 2017- 26 3 Raised in and recruited from Burnie

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External links[edit]

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