Tasmania Devils (under-18s team)
The Tasmania Devils (also known as the Tassie Devils) is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Talent League Boys and Talent League Girls competitions. The team is made up of footballers based in Tasmania aged between 17 and 19 years of age, and competes against other representative teams based in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, as part of the Australian Football League's (AFL) talent pathway systems for male and female players.
| Tasmania Devils | ||
|---|---|---|
| Names | ||
| Full name | Tasmania Devils | |
| Nickname(s) | Devils | |
| 2023 season | ||
| After finals | 3rd | |
| Home-and-away season | 1st | |
| Club details | ||
| Colours | Bottle green Primrose Maroon | |
| Competition | Talent League Boys (2019–present)[1] Talent League Girls (2021–present)[1] | |
| Coach | Jeromey Webberley | |
| Ground(s) | Blundstone Arena (capacity: 20.000) | |
| Uniforms | ||
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History edit
The Victorian statewide under-18 competition has had a Tasmanian presence since 1995, when a team named the Tassie Mariners entered the boys league and competed until the end of the 2002 season.[2] By the late 2000s, Tasmania had returned to the boys competition as an "academy team" (which played only some matches against select Victorian teams and was not eligible for the league finals series or premiership), before graduating to full-time status as the Tasmania Devils in the 2019 season.[3] The girls team began competing as an "academy team" in 2019 before becoming a full-time team in the 2021 season.[4]
Home grounds edit
The Devils split home matches between York Park in Launceston and Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Honours edit
Boys edit
| Tasmania NAB League Boys | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | W–L–D | Ladder | Finals result | Best & Fairest | Leading goalkicker | Captain(s) | Coach | |
| 2019 | 4–11–0 | 14th | Wildcard Final | Oliver Davis[5] | Jackson Callow (24) | Nic Baker, Jared Dakin & Oliver Davis[6] | Adrian Fletcher | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| 2021 | 5–3–0 | 5th | Not Played | Zach Morris | Jye Menzie (11) | Sam Banks | Adrian Fletcher | |
- Premierships (0): Nil
- Runners-up (0): Nil
- Minor Premierships (1): 2023
- Wooden Spoons (0): Nil
Girls edit
| Tasmania NAB League Girls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | W–L–D | Ladder | Finals result | Best & Fairest | Leading goalkicker | Captain(s) | Coach | |
| 2021 | 6–2–0 | 2nd | Elimination Final | Perri King | Amy Prokopiec (12) | TBC | TBC | |
- Premierships (0): Nil
- Runners-up (0): Nil
- Minor Premierships (0): Nil
- Wooden Spoons (0): Nil
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "THE DEVILS ARE BACK - AFL Tasmania". AFL Tasmania. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "TAC Cup History - NAB League".
- ^ Andrew Mathieson (25 August 2019). "Tasmanian NAB League season ends against Cannon Calders". The Examiner.
- ^ "Devils' season ends in heartbreak, but future is bright in Tassie". womens.afl. 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Davis, King claim top honours at 2019 Tasmania Devils Awards". AFL Tasmania. 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Talented trio to lead Devils in 2019". AFL Tasmania. 26 March 2019.
External links edit
- Tasmania Devils official webpage
- Tasmania Devils page at AFL.com.au
- Tasmania Devils Twitter page