Manuka Football Club is a defunct Australian rules football 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, in the area of that suburb known as Manuka. Manuka Oval has a seating capacity of 13,550 people and an overall capacity of 16,000 people, althou ...

in the inner-south suburbs of Canberra. It merged with Eastlake Football Club in 1991.

Notable players

Adrian Barich Adrian Williams Barich (born 5 December 1963) is a sports presenter for television and radio, and a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles and Perth Demons and rugby league player. Early life Barich grew up in Canberra, ...

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

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and the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Footbal ...

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 The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

, AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006) * Keith Bromage (Captain-Coach 1962-1965, previously played for

Collingwood Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to: Educational institutions * Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school * Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England * Collingw ...

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

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

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

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

{{Reflist AFL Canberra clubs 1928 disestablishments in Australia 1991 disestablishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1928 Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 1991

Notable players

Honours

See also

References