The Eastern Ranges is an
Australian rules football team in the
NAB League
The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vic ...
, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition.
The club is a founding member of the competition (1992) and has produced several players for the
Australian Football League including
Kade Simpson
Kade Simpson (born 5 May 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire career with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 342 games across 18 seasons from 2003 to 2020. He holds the ...
,
Rory Sloane
Rory Sloane (born 17 March 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sloane is a dual Malcolm Blight Medallist and was selected in the All-Australian t ...
,
Nick Malceski
Nick Malceski (born 15 August 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A running defender, he was part of the Sydney lin ...
,
David Wirrpanda
David Selwyn Burralung Merringwuy Galarrwuy Wyal Wirrpanda ( ; born 3 August 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in Melbourne, Wirrpa ...
,
Jess Sinclair
Jess Sinclair (born 26 August 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played in the Australian Football League, Sinclair was a dashing half back flanker who had played for first the Fremantle Dockers, and later the Kangaroos.
F ...
,
Damian Cupido
Damian Cupido (born 11 March 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Beginning his career at the in 2000, Cupido was an un ...
,
Lindsay Gilbee
Lindsay Gilbee (born 8 July 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected by the Bulldogs in the 3rd round of the 1999 National AFL Draft with pick 4 ...
,
Chris Scott Christopher or Chris Scott may refer to:
Sports
* Chris Scott (Australian footballer) (born 1976), Australian rules footballer and coach
* Chris Scott (cricketer, born 1964), English cricketer for Nottinghamshire and Durham
* Chris Scott (cricketer ...
,
Brad Scott,
Matthew Bate,
Jonathon Patton
Jonathon Patton (born 20 May 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Patton was taken with first selection i ...
,
Chris Knights
Chris Knights (born 25 September 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Chris played his junior fo ...
,
Jaidyn Stephenson
Jaidyn Stephenson (born 15 January 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Collingwood Football Club.
AFL c ...
, and
Hayden Crozier
Hayden Crozier (born 24 December 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2017.
Career
O ...
.
Honours
*Premiers (2): 2002, 2013
*Runners-up (5): 1995, 2000, 2004, 2015, 2019
*Wooden Spoons (1): 2012
*
Morrish Medal
The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award.
Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under-19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victorian ...
lists:
Matthew Bate (2004), Ben Cavarra (2013)
*TAC Cup Coach Award Winners:
Jason Snell (1995), Tim Finocchairo (1996),
Blake Grima
Blake Grima (born 8 June 1984) is an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2004 and 2008.
He was drafted from the Eastern Ranges club in the TAC Cup with the 38th selection ...
(2002),
Rory Sloane
Rory Sloane (born 17 March 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sloane is a dual Malcolm Blight Medallist and was selected in the All-Australian t ...
(2008)
*Grand Final Best-on-Ground Medalists: Stephen Dinnell (2002), Ben Cavarra (2013)
Draftees
*1992: Mark Attard, Jeremy McVay, Jason Disney
*1993:
Brad Nicholson
Brad Nicholson (born 4 June 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Nicholson, originally from Doncaster Heights, was recruited from TAC Cup team the Eastern Ranges, h ...
,
Chris Scott Christopher or Chris Scott may refer to:
Sports
* Chris Scott (Australian footballer) (born 1976), Australian rules footballer and coach
* Chris Scott (cricketer, born 1964), English cricketer for Nottinghamshire and Durham
* Chris Scott (cricketer ...
,
Rayden Tallis
Rayden Tallis (born 9 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the AFL.
Tallis made his Hawthorn debut in 1994 and earned a Rising Star nomination late in the season. He usually played in the back pocke ...
, Paul Mullarvey, Daniel Hargreaves
*1994:
Brett Chandler
Brett Chandler (born 11 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Chandler made his way into the Fitzroy team from the reserves, after originally c ...
, Mark Cullen, Damien Ryan,
Brad Scott, Adam White, Emil Parthenides, Matthew Banks
*1995: Clinton King,
Kane Johnson
Kane "Sugar" Johnson (born 15 March 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Richmond Football Club and dual premiership winner with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Career
He began ...
, Nick Trask,
Jason Snell, Kane Fraser
*1996:
David Wirrpanda
David Selwyn Burralung Merringwuy Galarrwuy Wyal Wirrpanda ( ; born 3 August 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in Melbourne, Wirrpa ...
,
Jess Sinclair
Jess Sinclair (born 26 August 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played in the Australian Football League, Sinclair was a dashing half back flanker who had played for first the Fremantle Dockers, and later the Kangaroos.
F ...
,
Adam Kingsley
Adam Kingsley (born 20 August 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer and senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Kingsley was a premiership player for , before spending time as an assist ...
*1997: Andrew Pugsley,
Mark Bolton
Mark Bolton (born 3 April 1979) is a retired Australian rules footballer.
He was recruited to Essendon with pick 4 in the 1997 National Draft, via Ringwood, Victoria and Eastern U18. He made his debut in 1998 and went on to play 124 games.
...
,
Jason Saddington
Jason Saddington (born 23 October 1979) is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1997 AFL Draft from Eastern Ranges.
Career Sydney
Jason made his AFL de ...
, Brett Rose, Tim Finocchairo,
Fred Campbell
*1998:
Troy Simmonds
Troy Simmonds (born 13 July 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Fremantle and Richmond in the Australian Football League.
AFL career
Melbourne: 1999 – 2001
Simmonds was first drafted by Melbourne ...
*1999:
Damien Cupido
Damian Cupido (born 11 March 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Beginning his career at the in 2000, Cupido was an unu ...
, Scott Homewood, Michael Clark,
Lindsay Gilbee
Lindsay Gilbee (born 8 July 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected by the Bulldogs in the 3rd round of the 1999 National AFL Draft with pick 4 ...
,
Simon Godfrey
Simon Godfrey (born 18 October 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Demons
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the ...
, Marc Skidmore
*2000: none
*2001:
Richard Cole
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
, Kieran McGuiness
*2002:
Blake Grima
Blake Grima (born 8 June 1984) is an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2004 and 2008.
He was drafted from the Eastern Ranges club in the TAC Cup with the 38th selection ...
,
Brad Fisher
Brad Fisher (born 9 April 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
Fisher was recruited in the 2002 AFL Draft from East Burwood by the Carlton Football Club with its fifth round selection (#72 overall) ...
,
Cameron Cloke
Cameron Cloke (born 20 December 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club, Carlton Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the ...
, Greg Edgcombe, Joel Perry,
Kade Simpson
Kade Simpson (born 5 May 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire career with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 342 games across 18 seasons from 2003 to 2020. He holds the ...
, Kris Shore,
Nick Malceski
Nick Malceski (born 15 August 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A running defender, he was part of the Sydney lin ...
*2003:
Daniel McConnell
*2004:
Matthew Bate,
Fabian Deluca
Fabian Deluca (born 27 January 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited from the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup.
He made ...
,
Travis Cloke
Travis Cloke (born 5 March 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Cloke was drafted under the father-son rule by Collingwood in th ...
,
Chris Knights
Chris Knights (born 25 September 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Chris played his junior fo ...
*
2005
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:
Matthew Spangher
Matthew "Matt" Spangher (born 23 April 1987) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast Eagles, Sydney Swans and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Spangher is a key position player that ca ...
*
2006:
Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He als ...
*
2007
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:
Matthew Lobbe
Matthew Lobbe (born 12 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2010 to ...
*
2008
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:
Sam Blease
Sam Blease (born 19 February 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Selected by Melbourne with pick 17 in the ...
,
Liam Shiels
Liam Shiels (born 29 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club, in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shiels is a midfielder who developed into a key member of the midfield for the Hawth ...
,
Rory Sloane
Rory Sloane (born 17 March 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sloane is a dual Malcolm Blight Medallist and was selected in the All-Australian t ...
, Nathan O'Keefe
*
2009
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:
Andrew Moore,
Jordan Gysberts,
Ben Griffiths
Ben Griffiths (born 17 September 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Griffiths was drafted by with the club's second select ...
, Ayden Kennedy
*
2010
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:
Kieran Harper
Kieran Harper is a former professional Australian rules footballer. Harper played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of A ...
,
Aaron Young,
Cam O'Shea
Cameron O'Shea (born 13 March 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Drafted in the third round wi ...
,
Paul Seedsman
Paul Seedsman (born 22 January 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by in the 2010 national draft, with pick 76, and traded to Ad ...
*
2011:
Jonathon Patton
Jonathon Patton (born 20 May 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Patton was taken with first selection i ...
,
Hayden Crozier
Hayden Crozier (born 24 December 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2017.
Career
O ...
,
Aaron Mullett
Aaron Mullett (born 23 February 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also played for the North Melbourne Football Club from 2011 to 201 ...
*
2012
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: none
*
2013
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:
Thomas Boyd,
Michael Apeness
Michael Apeness (born 28 January 1995) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He mainly played as a key position forward or ruckman. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
...
,
Daniel McStay
Daniel McStay (born 24 June 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Career
McStay was recruited from the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup with pick 25 in the 2 ...
,
Mitch Honeychurch
Mitchell Honeychurch (born 2 March 1995) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Honeychurch played for the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup, and represented Vic Metro ...
*
2014
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:
Christian Petracca
Christian Petracca ( ; born 4 January 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighing , Petracca has the ability to play du ...
,
Daniel Nielson
Daniel Nielson (born 9 May 1996) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by North Melbourne with their second selection and t ...
*
2015
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:
Blake Hardwick
Blake Hardwick (born 5 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He grew up in Mitcham attending Nunawading Primary School and Mullauna Secondar ...
,
Ryan Clarke
Ryan James Clarke (born 30 April 1982) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League South club Bath City. He previously trained with the England under-18 squad in La Manga.
Career Bristol Rovers
Born ...
,
Sam Weideman
Samuel Weideman (born 26 June 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A key forward, Weideman is tall and weighs . He played top-level football ear ...
*
2016:
Jordan Gallucci
Jordan Gallucci (born 4 May 1998) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, last playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Adelaide with their first selection and fifteenth ov ...
,
Josh Begley Josh Begley may refer to:
* Josh Begley (artist)
* Josh Begley (footballer)
{{hndis, Begley, Josh ...
,
Callum Brown
Callum L. Brown (born 27 April 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Son of 1994–1998 former Collingwood captain, Gavin Brown, he p ...
,
Jack Maibaum
Jack may refer to:
Places
* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, i ...
,
Dylan Clarke
Dylan Clarke (born 6 September 1998) is a former professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of Sydney's Ryan Clarke (Australian footballer), ...
, Nathan Mullenger-McHugh, Tristan Tweedie
*
2017
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:
Adam Cerra
Adam Cerra (born 7 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He formerly played for the Fremantle Football Club between 2018 and 2021.
AFL caree ...
,
Jaidyn Stephenson
Jaidyn Stephenson (born 15 January 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Collingwood Football Club.
AFL c ...
,
Sam Hayes,
Tyler Brown,
Ryley Stoddart
Ryley Stoddart (born 15 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a small defender. He made his debut in round 10, 2018 against the Brisbane Lions a ...
,
Joel Garner
Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams. Garner is the highest ranked One Day International bowler according to the ICC bes ...
,
Tom North
Fremantle Football Club entered the Australian Football League in 1995, and the women's team entered the AFL Women's league in its inaugural season in 2017. Only players in league games are included in the ordered list; players who were on the F ...
,
Dylan Moore
Dylan Scott Moore (born August 2, 1992) is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
Moore attended El Dorado High School (Placentia, California), El Dorado ...
,
Jackson Ross
Jackson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
Places
Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
, Trent Mynott
*
2018
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: none
*
2019
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: none
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
:
Connor Downie
Connor Downie (born 31 May 2002) is a professional Australian rules footballer who most recently played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Downie's introduction to the sport was through the Aus ...
*
2021
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Tyler Sonsie
Tyler Sonsie (born 27 January 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sonsie was drafted by Richmond with the 28th pick in the 2021 AFL Draft, and mad ...
,
Jake Soligo
Jake Soligo (born 25 January 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). Known for his precise kicking and his friendship with teammates such as Josh Rachele, S ...
,
Flynn Kroeger
Flynn is an Irish surname or first name, an anglicised form of the Irish ''Ó Floinn'', meaning "descendant of Flann" (a byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name is more commonly used as a surname rather than a first name.
...
*
2022
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: Lewis Hayes
External links
Eastern Ranges - TAC Cup websiteOfficial Eastern Ranges website
NAB League clubs
NAB League Girls clubs
Sport in the City of Whitehorse
Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
1992 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1992
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