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The Tasmanian Devils Football Club is an Australian rules football team, in the Victorian Football League in Australia. It is the only non-Victorian team in the league and is currently run by Football Tasmania. Image File history File linksMetadata Tasmaniandevils. ...
Binomial name Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841) The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), also referred to simply as the devil, is a carnivorous marsupial now found only in the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...
The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy...
The Victorian Football League, formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA), is a second-tier Australian rules football league. ...
York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ...
Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ...
Ben Beams was an Australian Rules Football player for the Melbourne Football Club between 1999 and 2001. ...
The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy...
The Victorian Football League, formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA), is a second-tier Australian rules football league. ...
Emblems: Pink heath (floral)Weedy Seadragon (Aquatic) helmeted honeyeater (bird) Leadbeaters possum (faunal) Motto: Peace and Prosperity Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place To Be, On The Move Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Const. ...
Football Tasmania is the governing body for the sport of Australian Rules Football in Tasmania. ...
Brief History
- See also: Australian rules football in Tasmania
To quell bids for a Tasmanian team in the AFL, the Australian Football League largely instigated the formation a Tasmanian team for the VFL. Tasmanian State of Origin guernsey. ...
The Tasmanian Devils Football Club formed in 2001 and was admitted into the VFL in its inaugural year. The team is owned by the AFL.
The club chose as a moniker the tenacious marsupial predator the Tasmanian Devil indigenous to the island of Tasmania. Binomial name Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841) The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), also referred to simply as the devil, is a carnivorous marsupial now found only in the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...
To deal with the long established north-south rivalry, the Devils established a home ground each in Hobart and Launceston. View of the Hobart downtown district and Mt Wellington from Constitution Dock Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...
Launceston City Council, Coat of Arms Launceston City Council, Tasmania Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 98,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...
The team moved from the North Hobart Oval to Bellerive Oval at the end of 2005. North Hobart Oval is an Australian Rules Football stadium located in Hobart, Australia. ...
Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ...
At the start of the 2006 session the Devils and the AFL football club, the Kangroos began a partial alignment.
In the middle of 2006 the coach of the club, Mathew Armstrong was forced to step down, due to internal pressure from the players. This ended his 6 year term as Devils coach.
Attendances Despite belonging to a smaller league in the VFL, the Devils have generated the largest crowds in the VFL, averaging around 4,000 per match at both Bellerive Oval in Hobart and Aurora Stadium in Launceston (but considered modest by AFL standards). Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ...
York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ...
Launceston City Council, Coat of Arms Launceston City Council, Tasmania Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 98,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...
Alignment with AFL club Following the trend of AFL clubs to align themselves with VFL clubs for match fitness of reserves players, in 2005 the Kangaroos Football Club of the AFL expressed its intentions to align with the Devils. A deal was struck that involves a capped number of players from the Kangaroos in both the Devils and the North Ballarat Football Club in the VFL. The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos Football Club plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ...
The North Ballarat Football Club is an Australian Football Club based in Ballarat and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ...
Premierships Nil. 3rd in the league is the highest that the Devils have finished.
Players Players for the club have included Ben Beams, Jason Heatley, Ken Hall, Cameron Thurley, Ian Callinan, Brad Davis, Barry Brooks and Cameron Blight. Ben Beams was an Australian Rules Football player for the Melbourne Football Club between 1999 and 2001. ...
Jason Heatley (born February 21, 1972) is an Australian rules footballer. ...
Barry Brooks (born December 24, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ...
Cameron "Pies" Blight became a cult figure with the Devils fans in his time with the club. Cameron Blight arrived mid way through season 2003 clearly overweight. When he returned for season 2004 he was in great nick and a leading player for the team. "Blighty" was deployed by coach, Matthew Armstrong, to either Full Forward or Full Back depending on were the team was struggling.
External links - Football Tasmania
- Full Points Footy profile for Tasmanian Devils Football Club
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