The Penguin Football Club 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 ...

club based in

Penguin, Tasmania Penguin is a town on the north coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is in the Central Coast Council local government area and on the Bass Highway, between Burnie and Ulverstone. At the , Penguin had a population of 4,132. History Penguin was firs ...

. It was founded in 1890. Penguin currently competes in the

North West Football League The North West Football League (NWFL) is an Australian rules football competition in North West Tasmania. The league was previously known as the Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL) from its inception in 1987 until the end of the 2014 seaso ...

(NWFL), previously known as the "Northern Tasmanian Football League". It previously competed in the

North West Football Union The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986 on the North West Tasmania, north-western coast of Tasmania. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tas ...

(NWFU). The current coach of Penguin is Ethan Jackson and previous coaches include former

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL) players

Luke Russell Luke Russell is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Penguin Football Club in the Tasmanian North West Football League (NWFL). Formerly a player in the Australian Football League (AFL), he was drafted by Gold Coast Football Club as ...

and

Maverick Weller Maverick Weller (born 13 February 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns, St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently plays and c ...

In 2025, the NWFL league has become one of three Premier Leagues in Tasmania. Penguin now becomes equal to teams playing in the NTFA and SFL leagues in Tasmania with representative teams to be picked to play against each other from each region.

Current Coaching Staff

Senior Men Senior Head Coach - Ethan Jackson Senior Assistant Coach - Kyle Smith Senior Assistant Coach - Jack Templeton Senior Assistant Coach - Terry Duff Senior Women Senior Womans Head Coach - Matthew Kinch Development Men Development Head Coach - Steven Gillam Colts Colts Head Coach - Jobie Ray

Notable former players

* Andrew Lee * Fred Wooller * Tim Evans *

Justin Plapp Justin Plapp (born 22 June 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Justin was born in Penguin, Tasmania and attended Penguin Hi ...

Tom Fitzmaurice Thomas Joseph Cullinan Fitzmaurice (7 July 1898 – 25 December 1977) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football A brilliant centre-half-back, he commenced his career with Essendon Football Club 1918. ...

* Michael Gale * Bill Fielding * Chris McDonald * Rodney King * Brock Dicker * Lenny Hayes * Stephen Milne * Anthony Koutafides * Brendan Fevola * Brad Sewell * Michael O'Laughlan * Maverick Weller * Colin Moore * Aimon Walsh

References

External links

Official website
{{Tasmanian Sports Teams Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania 1890 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1890 North West Football League clubs