Huonville Football Club

The Huonville Lions Football Club, nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League in Huonville, Tasmania, Australia.

Huonville Lions
Names
Full name	Huonville Lions Football Club
Former name(s)	Huonville Bulldogs Franklin Lions
Nickname(s)	Lions
Former nickname(s)	Bulldogs
Club song	"We are the pride of the Huon"
2023 season
After finals	2nd
Home-and-away season	1st
Leading goalkicker	Ethan Brock (46)
Club details
Founded	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Colours
Competition	Southern Football League
President	Todd Cordwell
Coach	Nick Doyle
Captain(s)	Rhys Ward/Cameron Johns
Premierships	SFL (2) 2008 2020
Ground(s)	Huonville Oval (capacity: 11,350)
Former ground(s)	Franklin Oval
Uniforms
Home Away

History

The Huonville Lions Football Club was formed as a result of a merger between former Huon Football Association clubs Huonville Bulldogs (1887–1997) and the Franklin Lions (1887–1997) at the end of the 1997 season after the Huon Football Association's demise. The Lions then joined the Southern Football League in 1998.

After a solid crack in 2019, finishing runners up to Lindisfarne, Huonville salvaged their grand final woes with a win over Cygnet in the 2020 SFL Grand Final.

Honours

Club

Southern Football League

• Senior Premierships (2): 2008, 2020
• Runners Up (5): 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
• Huonville FC – Huon FA Premierships (6): 1904, 1933, 1953, 1973, 1989, 1992
• Franklin FC – Huon FA Premierships (10): 1903, 1907, 1932, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1997
• Franklin FC – Tasmanian Country Football Champions (1): 1958
• Club Record Score: Huonville Lions 57.20 (362) v. Triabunna 0.3 (3) on 24 July 2010 at Huonville Recreation Ground
• Peter Hodgeman Medal winners
  • Nick Doyle (2006).
• William Leitch Medal winners
  • James Lange (2010)
  • Jarrod Lawler (2018)
  • Ethan Brock (2020)
• Club Games Record Holder
  • 450+ - Steven "Runner" Reeve.

External links

• Official Facebook