The Knights are one of the six original clubs set up as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs.[1] This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs.
northern, knights, league, former, continental, basketball, association, team, united, states, anchorage, northern, knights, zealand, cricket, team, northern, districts, cricket, team, irish, cricket, team, northern, knights, cricket, team, northern, knights, . For the former Continental Basketball Association team United States see Anchorage Northern Knights For the New Zealand cricket team see Northern Districts men s cricket team For the Irish cricket team see Northern Knights cricket team The Northern Knights is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League the top statewide under 18 competition in Victoria Australia They are based in Preston representing the northern suburban area of Melbourne Northern KnightsNamesFull nameNorthern Knights Football ClubNickname s Knights2019 seasonAfter finals7thHome and away season6thClub detailsFounded1992 31 years ago 1992 Colours White Navy BlueCompetitionNAB LeagueCoachLeigh ClarkeCaptain s Brayden GillardPremiershipsNAB League 4 1993 1994 1995 1996Ground s Preston City Oval PrestonOther informationOfficial websiteNKFCThe Knights are one of the six original clubs set up as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs 1 This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs Northern Knights have had many of their players drafted into the AFL including the first two selections in the 2007 AFL Draft Matthew Kreuzer and Trent Cotchin 2 and the fifth selection in the 2008 AFL Draft Michael Hurley Previously drafted players include Anthony Rocca Brent Harvey Jack Grimes Lance Whitnall Brent Stanton Heath Shaw Marcus Bontempelli and David Zaharakis 3 Honours EditPremierships 4 1993 1994 1995 1996 Runners up Nil Wooden Spoons 4 2000 2004 2008 2016AFL Draftees History Edit1992 Daniel Tramontana Gerard Power John Barker 1993 Shannon Gibson Chris Johnson Angelo Lekkas Adam Simpson Justin Mallon 1994 Anthony Rocca Daniel Harford Blake Caracella Stuart Mangin Michael Polley Matthew Collins Gary Moorcroft Danny Stevens Robert Powell Dean Grainer 1995 Simon Prestigiacomo Shane Clayton Paul Licuria Andrew Ukovic Luke Godden Scott Grainger Brent Harvey Ewan Thompson Daniel Lowther 1996 Lucas Fleming Jim Plunkett Andrew Eccles 1997 Nick Stevens Lionel Proctor Trent Hoppner Troy Kirwen Frankie Raso 1998 Brad Oborne Nicolas Lowther 1999 Rhyce Shaw Paul Wheatley Ben Johnson 2000 2001 Shane Harvey Leigh Montagna Ben Finnin Brent Colbert Mark McKenzie 2002 Tim Walsh 2003 Brent Stanton Brayden Shaw Ricky Dyson Heath Shaw 2004 Adam Pattison Ryan Willits 2005 Ben McKinley Jack Anthony Ryan Jackson Cathal Corr Paul Currie Andre Gianfagna 2006 Daniel Currie 2007 Matthew Kreuzer Trent Cotchin Patrick Veszpremi Jack Grimes Brett Meredith 2008 Michael Hurley David Zaharakis Michael Still Luke Stanton 2009 Sam Grimley Dylan Grimes Jaryd Cachia 2010 Josh Caddy Tom Hill 2011 Billy Longer Jack Newnes Michael Mascoulis 2012 Nick Vlastuin Aidan Corr Nathan Hrovat 2013 Marcus Bontempelli Ben Lennon 2014 Kyle Langford Reece McKenzie Jayden Short Jason Castagna 2015 Jade Gresham Brayden Fiorini Brayden Sier Tyrone Leonardis Darcy Macpherson 2016 Patrick Lipinski Matthew Signorello 2017 Nick Coffield Patrick Naish Jack Petruccelle 2018 Justin McInerney Tom McKenzie 2019 Sam Philp 2020 Nik Cox Liam McMahonReferences Edit History of TAC Cup Knights Make Draft History Northern Knights honour roll This article about an Australian rules football team or club is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northern Knights NAB League amp oldid 1129393667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
