The North Warrnambool Eagles Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Eagles'', 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 on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

and

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club based near the regional city of

Warrnambool Warrnambool (; Eastern Maar, Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the Census in Australia#2021, 2021 census, Warrnambool had a populati ...

, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the

Hampden Football Netball League The Hampden Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league based in South-Western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with clubs located in towns along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown, Victoria, Camperdown t ...

, where the football squad has played since 1997.

History

The club was formed in 1986 with the merger of Grassmere and Bushfield clubs. The merged club was known as Northern Districts and competed in the Warrnambool District Football League until it transferred to the stronger Hampden league in 1997. Northern Districts won the 1994 premiership in the Warrnambool DFL and was runners-up in 1992. A move to the

and a name change to North Warrnambool, the Eagles struggled for their first season, finishing last.

Michael Kol Michael Kol (born 1 January 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Kol played for Geelong Football League club Lara and the Geelong Under-19s before making ...

was the first coach. The Eagles played in their first finals campaign since joining in 2011 in an Elimination Final against Terang Mortlake Football Club going down by only 2 points. In 2012 the Eagles stock rose significantly finishing 3rd on the ladder overall and losing the Preliminary Final against

Cobden Football Club The Cobden Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bombers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Cobden, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, which Cobden is a fo ...

by 52 points. Eagles proceeded to make grand final in 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 All losing to Koroit apart from 2023 and 2024 losing to South Warrnambool. 4 out of 5 of the Grand finals were in a row because of Covid cancelling 2020 and cancelling 2021 finals series.

Notable players

* David Haynes -

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Coach of North Warrnambool Eagles 2011 - Current * Billie Smedts -

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* Josh Corbett - , * Nathan Vardy -

, Senior Coach of North Warrrnambool since 2024

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