The Rumbalara Football Netball Club (Rumbalara FNC), nicknamed Rumba, is an

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sporting club located in

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. The club's teams play

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(in the

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) since 2006.

History

The club has its roots in the

Cummeragunja Reserve Cummeragunja Reserve or Cummeragunja Station, alternatively spelt Coomeroogunja, Coomeragunja, Cumeroogunga and Cummerguja, was a settlement on the New South Wales side of the Murray River, on the Victorian border near Barmah. It was also refe ...

, whose last residents were moved to Rumbalara in 1956. The Rumbalara Football Club debuted in 1997 in second division of the

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and finished fourth. The following year it won the Second division pennant, defeating Alexandra. In 1999 Rumbalara and all the second division clubs seceded from the Goulburn Valley FL and formed the

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. It won the first premiership of the league and also won in 2002. It was runner-up in 2004 and 2005. It lost the 2004 Grand final replay by six points. When the Central Goulburn FL finished in 2005 the club was unsuccessful in applying for admittance into the

. It was admitted to the

in 2006. In 2014 Rumbalara defeated

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by 5 points in an epic

grand final at Moama Recreation Reserve to win their first premiership in the league. 30 points down at half time, Rumba powered home in the second half, with former Collingwood and

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player

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kicking the goal to put Rumba in front with just two minutes remaining.

Premierships

**2014 *

**1999, 2002 *

Division 2 **1998

AFL Players

* Chris Egan - Collingwood * Jarrod Atkinson -

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References

External links

* Murray Football Netball League clubs 1997 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) {{AFL-team-stub