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Clarence
File:Clarencelogo.jpg
Full nameClarence Football Club
NicknameRoos
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1884
LeagueTasmanian State League
Home groundBellerive Oval
Anthem"Clarence are the team to beat, I sing to you!"
PresidentRoger Viney
Head coachTrent Bartlett
CaptainBrady Jones
2015 (TSL)7th
Strip

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos (and usually referred to as simply "The Roos"), is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.

Before 1947, they existed as Bellerive Football Club.

The Club play their home games at Bellerive Oval, Hobart's Test Cricket ground, they share the facilities with Tasmania's cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers.

History

Clarence joined the Tasmanian Football League in 1947 on a two-year probationary period from the Southern District Football Association, later being granted permanent status on 7 August 1950 and continued to participated in the League until it was disbanded in December 2000.

They then joined the Southern Football League and participated until the end of the 2008 Season whereby the club opted to join the newly reformed Tasmanian State League from 2009 and have won the first two premiership titles on offer since joining the competition.

Club details

  • Home ground – Bellerive Oval
  • Established – 1884 (as Bellerive Football Club)
  • Playing colours – Red and white (Maroon and white until 1979)
  • Emblem – Kangaroos
  • Club theme song – "Clarence are the team to beat, I sing to you?" (Tune: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic")
  • Affiliations – Various junior competitions including the SDFA (1884–1946) TANFL/TFL/TSL (1947–2000, 2009–present), SFL (2001–2008)

Achievements

Premiership titles

TANFL/TFL Statewide/SWL/TSL premierships

  • 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010

TANFL/TFL Statewide League runners-up

  • 1962, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1995, 1998

SFL Premier League premierships

  • 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006

SFL Premier League runners-up

  • 2005, 2007

Competition medal winners

William Leitch Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL senior football)

Tassie Medallists (Best and fairest player – TSL senior football from 2009)

  • 2010 - Brett Geappen

George Watt Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL reserves football)

  • 1957 – B. Burn (tied)
  • 1974 – P. Smith

V. A. Geard Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL thirds football)

  • 1957 – Russell Newell
  • 1965 – Royce Hart
  • 1973 – P. Smith
  • 1979 – M. Kruene

D. R. Plaister Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL fourths football)

  • 1978 – T. Carter
  • 1984 – Brendan Mayne
  • 1990 – Steven Old

Delphin Medallists (Best and fairest player – NFL Shield)

  • 1989 – Scott Wade

Lefroy Medallists (Best and fairest player – Tasmanian team)

All-Australian team members

Club record score:

Club games record holder:

  • 315 – Scott McCallum from 1989–2007
  • 314 – Gavin Cooney from 1989–2006 and 2009

Attendance records

Record home attendance: Bellerive Oval

Record roster match attendance: all time

Record TANFL/TFL finals attendance:

Record SFL Premier League finals attendance:

Notable players

Clarence players who have played at AFL/VFL including:

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