Manuka Football Club is a defunct

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 on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

club that played in the

AFL Canberra AFL Canberra is the name of the local governing body for and premier competition of Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory (and the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales). It acts as an umbrella to several competitions be ...

from 1928–1991. The club played at

Manuka Oval Manuka Oval is a sporting venue in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located in Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Griffith, in the area of that suburb known as Manuka, Australian Capital Territory, Manuka. Manuka Oval has a seating ...

in the inner-south suburbs of

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. It merged with

Eastlake Football Club The Eastlake Demons (formerly known as the Canberra Demons) is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the inner-south of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. The senior team competed in the North East Australian Foo ...

in 1991.

Notable players

* Adrian Barich (Played for Manuka from 1981-1983 including 1981 premiership, later played for

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and the West Coast Eagles from 1987–1992) * Ed Blackaby (Played for Manuka for 10 seasons, amassing 185 games, 4 years as captain coach including premierships in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977. Later played and coached Swan Districts, AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006) * Keith Bromage (Captain-Coach 1962-1965, previously played for Collingwood and Fitzroy) * Michael Conlan (Played for Fitzroy 1977-1989) * Ray Donnellan (Captain-Coach 1953-1956, ex-Fitzroy) * Robert Franklin (AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006) * Peter Kenny (Played for Carlton in 1986) * Ian Low (Played for Footscray and Collingwood from 1975 to 1980) * Jack Dorman (AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006) * Brian Quade (Captain-Coach 1980-1982, premiership 1981) * Robert Whatman (Played for

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1972-1974)

Honours

Although Manuka merged with Eastlake in 1991, the team enjoyed premiership success 16 times before becoming Southern Districts in 1991. *

(16): ** 1931, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981

References

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Notable players

Honours

See also

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