The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regional Manager) and Ron Roach (Promotions Manager) with its home base located at Ben Kavanagh Reserve, Mordialloc. The side is coached in the inaugural year by

Peter Russo Peter Russo (born 29 October 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. After a 1988 season where he played only eight senior games, Russo, alongside Paul ...

. In 1995 the club moved from Mordialloc to Dandenong and it also changed its name to the Dandenong Southern Stingrays. The club is currently under the leadership of Darren Flanigan (Region Talent Manager) and Matthew Crozier (Female Talent Coordinator) with the home base located at Shepley Oval, Dandenong. The side is coached by Nick Cox.

Results

Premiers (1)

* 2018

Runner Ups (5)

* 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2022

Minor Premiers (4)

* 1997, 2010, 2016, 2018

Wooden Spoons (0)

* Nil

Yearly Ladder Placings

Grand Finals

The Stingrays have made the Grand final on six occasions and have won one premiership. *1997:

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- 16.15 (111) d. Dandenong Stingrays - 10.16 (76) *2005:

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- 12.9 (81) d. Dandenong Stingrays - 10.6 (66) *2008: Murray Bushrangers - 21.16 (142) d. Dandenong Stingrays - 9.7 (61) *2009:

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17.10 (112) d. Dandenong Stingrays - 14.14 (98) *2013: Eastern Ranges - 24.8 (152) d. Dandenong Stingrays - 5.10 (40) *2018: Dandenong Stingrays - 12.8 (80) d. Oakleigh Chargers - 11.8 (74)

Players drafted to the AFL

*1992: Darren King, Danny Winkel, Kane Batzloff, Justin Leppitsch *1993: Christian O'Brien, Michael Prentice, Shayne Smith, Clint Shaw *1994: Jeff White, Matthew Joy,

Chad Liddell Chad Liddell (born 21 January 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Liddell played his early football at Mentone Grammar and with the Southern Stingra ...

, Michael Agnello, Austinn Jones *1995:

Chad Morrison Chad Morrison (born 29 March 1978) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Drafted to the West Coast Eagles as a compensatory pick in the 1995 Pre-Season Draft, Morrison made his debut as an eighteen-year-old in ...

, Ashley Gehling, Daniel Marshall, Ryan Aitken *1996: Paul Corrigan, Tom Gilligan, Mark Winterton, Chris Holcombe *1997: Travis Johnstone, Trent Croad,

Kris Massie Kris Massie (born Kristiaan Martinger, 30 May 1980) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for the Carlton Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League The Australian Football Leag ...

, Andrew Williams, Craig Black,

Darren Hulme Darren Hulme (born 19 July 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton. Hulme played junior football for the Frankston Bombers, and the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. He was recruited to the AFL with the 8th s ...

*1998: Adam Ramanauskas, Brendan Fevola,

Toby Thurstans Toby Thurstans (born 14 August 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career Thurstans was drafted from the Dandenong Stingrays at selection 39 in ...

Craig Jacotine Craig Jacotine (born 21 June 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League Jacotine was an unlucky player considering his credentials. He wasn't picked up until no.41 in the 1998 AFL Draft, when pe ...

Steven Rode Steven Rode (born 6 April 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules footbal ...

*1999:

David Hille David Hille (born 2 June 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. Early life In his senior year at high school, Hille and seven other schoolmates from Peninsula Grammar lodged themselves into a station ...

Daniel Wulf Daniel Wulf (born 19 May 1980) is an Australian rules footballer, who played for St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Wulf originally played for Doveton and Dandenong Stingrays. He was recruited by the Western Bull ...

*2000: Laurence Angwin,

Ryan Lonie Ryan Lonie (born 4 March 1983) is a former Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League. AFL career Early career (2001 - 2002) Lonie starred as a junior footballer with his twin brother Nathan Lonie, Nathan (Hawthorn, then Port Ad ...

, Michael Handby,

Adam McPhee Adam McPhee (born 6 October 1982) is an Australian rules football player who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a versatile player who has played both as a forwar ...

, Chris Newman, Nathan Lonie, Stephen Milne *2001: - *2002: Steven Salopek, Paul Johnson, Matthew Boyd *2003:

Shane Tuck Shane Tuck (24 December 198120 July 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played 173 matches for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) after also spending two years on the AFL list at Hawthorn without making a ...

, Aaron Edwards *2004: Jarred Moore,

Damien McCormack Damien McCormack (born 28 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer formerly on the Western Bulldogs list in the Australian Football League (AFL). Recruited from the Dandenong Stingrays Under 18's with the 38th pick in the 2004 National ...

Jayden Attard Jayden Attard (born 27 February 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2005 to 2008. Of Maltese descent, Attard ...

, Luke Forsyth, Anthony Raso, Zane Leonard *2005: Nathan Jones, Ryan Cook,

Travis Tuck Travis Tuck (born 7 September 1987) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Tuck was selected with a father–son selection (pick 38) in the 2005 AFL Draft. ...

*2006: Andrejs Everitt,

Greg Bentley Gregory Bentley (born 9 April 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Recruited from Rosebud and the Dandenong Stingrays, he was ...

Daniel Nicholls Daniel "Danny" Nicholls (born 2 March 1987) is a former Australian Rules footballer with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. A hard running forward pocket rover, Nicholls played for Williamstown in the Victorian ...

*2007: Jarrad Grant, Scott Simpson,

Jarrad Boumann Jarrad Boumann (born 18 August 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After having been drafted by the in 2007 and subsequently delisted, Boumann was pic ...

*2008: Tom Gillies, Ash Smith, Shane Savage, Steven Gaertner. *2009: Tom Scully, Ryan Bastinac, Dylan Roberton, Rohan Kerr, Levi Casboult *2010: Thomas Lynch, Jake Batchelor,

Mitchell Hallahan Mitch Hallahan (born 23 August 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Hallahan was an all round junior spor ...

, Luke Parker,

Andrew McInnes Andrew McInnes (born 20 March 1992)Carlton Football ClubSelection 67 - Andrew McInnes, 18 November 2010, retrieved 25 March 2011. is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Background McInnes plays primarily as a defen ...

, Arryn Siposs, Tom Curren, *2011: Matthew Buntine, Nick Haynes, Todd Elton,

Jordan Kelly This is a list of Western Bulldogs players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League, known as the Victorian Football League until 1990 and the AFL Women's The Western Bulldogs were previously known as the Footscray F ...

Brett O'Hanlon Brett O'Hanlon (born 17 July 1993) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). O'Hanlon was drafted from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup with the ninth sele ...

, Darren Minchington, Piva Wright *2012: Lachie Whitfield, Taylor Garner, Nathan Wright,

Lewis Pierce Lewis Pierce (born 16 November 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played his first game in round 12 of the 2016 season against Carlton Carlton may refe ...

, Tim McGenniss *2013: Zak Jones, Billy Hartung, James Harmes *2014: Tom Lamb, Jack Lonie,

Bailey Dale Bailey Dale (born 22 July 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 187 cm (6ft 2in) tall and 83 kg (182 lb), he plays as a Half-back line, running half-ba ...

, Mitch White *2015:

Jacob Weitering Jacob Weitering (born 23 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Weitering participated in the Auskick program at Mount Martha and played junior ...

, Kieran Collins,

Brandon White Brandon White (born 13 January 1997) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by St Kilda with their second selection and fortieth overall in the ...

, Liam Hulett, Bailey Rice,

Kurt Mutimer Kurt Mutimer (born 11 March 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Junior career Mutimer grew up in Narre Warren North, Victoria, played for Narre North ...

, Gach Nyuon *2016: Josh Battle, Myles Poholke, Mitch McCarthy *2017:

Luke Davies-Uniacke Luke Davies-Uniacke (born 8 June 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He grew up in the seaside town of Rye and attended Haileybury College. H ...

Hunter Clark Hunter Clark (born 26 March 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by St Kilda with their first selection and seventh overall in the 2017 natio ...

, Aiden Bonar,

Tom De Koning Tom De Koning ( ; born 16 July 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). De Koning attended Padua College and played junior football for Mt Martha with current teammate Ja ...

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, Tom Murphy *2018: Sam Sturt, William Hamill, Bailey Williams,

Zac Foot Zac Foot (born 24 December 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 51st draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft. He ...

, Toby Bedford,

Lachie Young Lachie Young (born 6 April 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Young is the elder brother of Fremantle player Hayden Young. He attended hig ...

, Sam Fletcher,

Matthew Cottrell Matt Cottrell (born 29 February 2000) is an Australian rules football, Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Carlton Football Club through the 2018 A ...

Mitchell Riordan Mitchell may refer to: People *Mitchell (surname) *Mitchell (given name) Places Australia * Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate * Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst * Mitchell, Northern Territory ...

, Jordyn Allen,

Shelley Heath Shelley Heath (born 6 June 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club#AFL Women's team, Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Heath was drafted by Melbourne with the club's fourth se ...

*2019:

Hayden Young Hayden Young (born 11 April 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life and career Drafted with the 7th selection in the 2019 AFL draft from the Dandenon ...

Sam De Koning Sam De Koning ( ; born 26 February 2001) is Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League. He made his debut in the round 5 of the 2021 AFL season between Geelong and North Melbourne at GMHB ...

, Ned Cahill, Cody Weightman,

Bigoa Nyuon Bigoa Nyuon (born 18 May 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having initially been drafted to the Richmond Football Club. He played his first ...

, Molly McDonald,

Isabella Shannon Isabella Shannon (born 30 June 2001) is an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players ...

Brooke Vernon Brooke Vernon (born 20 October 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Carlton. Club career Vernon was drafted by Carlton in October 2019. After leaving Ca ...

, Courtney Jones *2020: Deakyn Smith

Captain(s)

2016

Luke Dalmau People * Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known ...

(C), 2013

Nathan Foote Nathan or Natan may refer to: People *Nathan (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name *Nathan (surname) *Nathan (prophet), a person in the Hebrew Bible *Nathan (son of David), biblical figure, son of King David and ...

(C), 2012 2011 2010 Luke Parker, Mitch Hallahan 2009 Ryan Bastinac, Tom Scully 2008 Ricky Ferraro, Paul Rogasch 2007 Russell Gabriel 2006 Matt Robinson, Mitch Bosward 2005

2004 Jarred Moore 2003 Kane Taylor 2002 Michael Stinear 2001 Andrew Tuck 2000 Ricky Clark 1999 Michael Ablett 1998

, Chris Fortnam 1997 Ben Lovett, Craig Black 1996 Anthony Hardie, Daniel Anderson 1995 Michael Agnello 1994 Brad Lloyd 1993 Ben Delarue 1992 Darren King

Best and Fairest

2016Thomas Glen/Myles Poholke 2015 Daniel Capiron 2014 Mirchell White 2013 Nathan Foote 2012 Tim McGenness 2011 Nick Haines 2010 Jake Batchelor 2009 Luke Parker 2008 Tom Gillies 2007 Matthew Clark 2006 Curtis Barker 2005

2004 Jarred Moore 2003 Marc Holt 2002 Michael Stinear 2001 Andrew Tuck 2000 Chris Newman 1999 Michael Burke 1998 Ashley Roberts 1997 Trent Croad 1996 Ben Lovett 1995 George Harrack 1994 Austinn Jones 1993 Shayne Smith 1992 Justin Leppitsch

Coaches

* Craig Black (2014–present) * Graeme Yeats (2004–2013) * Rob Dean (1996–2003) *

Greg Hutchison Greg Hutchison (born 13 June 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, AFL. Playing career Melbourne Football Club Originally from Chelsea F ...

(1993–1995) *

(1992)

External links

Official Dandenong Stingrays websiteStar News Group.com
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