Finals series | week 4

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FINALS SERIES | WEEK 4 | 10 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2010 

preliminary final 

■ Launceston vs Devonport 

@ Aurora Stadium

OUR FOOTY RECORD | Finals Week 4 - 2010 

Contents 

2 View from Here: TSL grand final will be a different 

experience 

3 RACT Player of the Year Award 

4 Upcoming Events: Ladies Footy Functions 

5 Competition Results and Ladder: Final series 3, 2010 

6 Club Notes 

11 Tassie Medal: Recognising Tasmania’s best and fairest 

player 

12 Our Great Game: Tasmanian State Football 

Premierships 

14 Trophies: Wrest Point Tasmania State League 

Premiership 2010 

15 Grass Roots: STJFL Finals Wrap-up 

16 Young Guns: Tasmanians progressing in AFL 

17 Young Player Award: Winner 2010 

22 Our Great Game: Tasmania’s State Premiership 

coaches 

25 State of Affairs: Volunteer service recognised 

26 Our Great Game: Tassie Jack wins the Coleman 

28 Our Great Game: Tasmanians making a Grand 

contribution to AFL 

30 The Whistle Blower: Preliminary Finals umpire 

appointments 

Guest Tipsters 

31 Tasmania State Premierships: 1909 -2009 

32 Tasmanian State League fixture 2010 

The Tasmanian State League Website is now up and running. The 

site will contain all the latest competition news, features, fixtures 

and results. A focal point of the website will be up to date breaking 

news stories, competition ladder and events information and 

booking details. From the website you can also download a copy 

of the weeks Footy Record (post round) join mailing lists to receive 

the TSL Newsletter which is currently being developed and event 

information. Links to all State League Club websites are available. 

Check it out! www.tasmanianstateleague.com.au 

THIS WEEK’S COVER 

Devonport’s Ben Walker and 

Launceston’s Josh Woolley only 

have eyes for the ball. The 

Blues and Magpies go head to 

head tonight for the chance to 

play in the TSL Grand Final. 

Photo: Steve Youd 

from the editor 

Welcome once again to the RECORD 

for the Wrest Point State League finals 

series for 2010. In this fourth edition we 

have new articles looking at Tasmania’s 

Coleman Medalists and Tasmanians who 

have played in VFL / AFL Grand Finals. 

Wet weather spoiled last week finals 

party and Launceston served up a 

shocker against Clarence. The Roos 

seemed to be bigger and more adept in 

the conditions across the whole field and 

deserve to progress to the Premiership 

game in a week’s time. The Blues 

will have to do some soul searching if 

they want to get one more crack at the 

defending champions in 2010. 

The 1st semi final was also subject to 

a torrent of rain and it is hard to read 

anything from the result. However, 

Devonport deserve the opportunity 

to contest tonight’s Preliminary Final 

based on their year. 

Finally, the countdown to determine the 

WPSL best and fairest player continues 

with the Top 20 now known. The winner 

will be announced live at the Grand Final. 

Have a great night of finals footy. 

Daniel Smedley 

Editor 

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Editor: Daniel Smedley 

Contact Details: PO Box 1896, Launceston 

TAS 7250 

Phone: 03 6333 0583 

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UPCOMING EVENTS | Ladies Footy Functions 

AFL Grand Final Ladies Events 

AFL Grand Final Ladies Dinner 

Thursday 23 September 2010 

The Ballroom, Country Club Casino 

A delicious 3 course dinner and beverages 

including a selection wine, champagne, beer 

and soft drinks served throughout the evening, 

entertainment featuring music by “the Johnny 

Players Band” Wrest Point League footballers 

will be on hand to run the Ladies handball 

competition. MC and Entertainment by the one 

and only “Champs” Richard Champion who will 

interview our very special guest North Melbourne 

football star Nathan Grima. 

Variety Tasmania will hold a major raffle and AFL 

Tasmania will put on a silent auction and lucky 

door prizes. 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW - $110 per person 

Contact Andrea Goodwin at AFL Tasmania by 

telephoning 03 6230 1815 or e-mailing 

agoodwin@footballtas.com.au. Booking forms 

now available on the Tasmanian State League 

Website. www.tasmanianstateleague.com.au 

AFL Grand Final Ladies Lunch 

Friday 24 September 2010 

Tasman Room, Wrest Point Hotel Casino 

A delicious 3 course lunch and a selection of 

beverages including wine, champagne, beer and 

soft drinks served throughout the afternoon, 

entertainment featuring a professional dance 

performance by dancers from Hobart’s Strictly 

Ballroom Studio and music by That 80’s Band. A 

fabulous Fashion parade by Ci Simon featuring 

some of our local Wrest Point League footballers 

and of course the Ladies handball competition. 

MC and Entertainment by the one and only 

“Champs” Richard Champion who will interview 

our very special guest Richmond star Jack 

Riewoldt. Variety Tasmania will hold a major raffle 

and AFL Tasmania will put on a silent auction and 

lucky door prizes. 

AFL Grand Final ladies lunch is proudly supported by 

The Mercury Newspaper 

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COMPETITION RESULTS AND LADDERS| FINAL SERIES 3 2010 

Seniors 

CLARENCE V. LAUNCESTON 

Clarence 3.5 6.11 8.13 11.16 (82) 

Launceston 2.1 3.1 3.2 5.3 (33) 

GOALS - Clarence: T.Standen 3, 

N.Paine, B.Setchell, T.Whitelaw, 

C.Thurley, J.Baker, T.Castle, J.O’Brien, 

A.Brettingham-Moore. Launceston: 

S.Stephens 2, W.Campbell, 

J.Groenewegen, T.Bristow. 

BEST - Clarence: J.Green, B.Savage, 

C.Thurley, R.Swan, M.Drury, G.Sharman. 

Launceston: B.Green, K.McCabe, 

J.Harris, G.Savage, C.Sheppard, 

L.French. 

DEVONPORT V. NORTH HOBART 

Devonport 4.1 5.2 5.8 5.11 (41) 

North Hobart 2.1 3.6 3.6 5.9 (39) 

GOALS - Devonport: R.Mott, B.Kendall, 

C.McDonald, C.Viney, P.Crowden. North 

Hobart: K.Hall 2, P.Allison 2, M.Fisher. 

BEST - Devonport: M.Smith, R.Mott, 

B.Symmons, C.McDonald, S.McCrossen, 

P.Crowden. North Hobart: K.Hall, 

S.Darley, C.de Gooyer, B.Midson, 

J.Veitch, M.Muir. 

Reserves 

LAUDERDALE V. GLENORCHY 

Lauderdale 4.6 (30) 

Glenorchy 12.3 (75) 

GOALS - Lauderdale: J.Williamson, 

D.Grubb, N.Lemm, S.MacKay. 

Glenorchy: T.Duggan 2, D.Joseph 2, 

B.Nightingale, M.Rainbird, L.Potter, 

J.Chandler, J.Sharp, T.Bowden, C.Smith, 

S.Castle. 

BEST - Lauderdale: J.Allen, J.Willamson, 

T.Dudgeon, D.Grubb, S.Perkins, 

S.MacKay. Glenorchy: M.Wilson, B.Pace, 

S.Jones, C.Garvey, B.Sweeney, S.Woods. 

CLARENCE V. NORTH HOBART 

Clarence 11.10 (76) 

North Hobart 7.8 (50) 

GOALS - Clarence: C.Riewoldt 4, 

T.Williamson 2, A.Tuxworth 2, B.Coad, 

J.Westbury, M.Swan. North Hobart: 

B.Van Kraanen 4, C.Dell, A.Palmer, 

T.Arnold. 

BEST - Clarence: A.Tuxworth, S.Tisdale, 

J.Roberts, C.Riewoldt, R.Bailey, B.Coad. 

North Hobart: J.Faulkner, A.Grubb, 

A.Palmer, C.Dell, M.Hall, M.Fenton. 

U18’s 

LAUNCESTON V. NORTH LAUNCESTON 

Launceston 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3 (21) 

North Launceston 0.0 3.2 4.2 5.4 (34) 

GOALS - Launceston: J.Martin-Thurlow 2, 

A.Seen. North Launceston: M.Van den 

Berg 2, E.Petterwood, S.Heppel, S.Hill. 

BEST - Launceston: T.Holmes, A.Seen, 

I.McCrimmon, T.Claridge, J.Martin- 

Thurlow, L.Hampton. North Launceston: 

L.McCarty, M.Van den Berg, J.Reynolds, 

S.Hill, C.Barnes, E.Petterwood. 

NORTH HOBART V. CLARENCE 

North Hobart 1.2 2.2 4.8 4.12 (36) 

Clarence 2.2 3.3 3.4 5.7 (37) 

GOALS - North Hobart: R.Lapolla 2, 

J.Dobosz 2. Clarence: J.Jenkins 2, 

D.Navickas, G.Chambers, A.Fitzpatrick. 

BEST - North Hobart: G.Gavalas, 

R.Charlton, P.Riley, R.Lapolla, D.Fox, 

T.Smith. Clarence: K.Reynolds, 

J.Gleeson, J.Jenkins, A.Fitzpatrick, 

A.Parker, M.Ling. 

Tasmanian State League - Seniors 

Pos Team P W L D F A % Pts 

Clarence 18 17 1 0 2101 1188 176.85 68 

Launceston 18 14 4 0 1767 1218 145.07 56 

Devonport 18 11 7 0 1497 1268 118.06 44 

Glenorchy 18 10 8 0 1560 1669 93.47 40 

North Hobart 18 9 9 0 1731 1397 123.91 36 

North L’ton 18 9 9 0 1345 1390 96.76 36 

Burnie 18 7 11 0 1354 1630 83.07 28 

Lauderdale 18 6 12 0 1203 1669 72.08 24 

Hobart 18 5 13 0 1488 1774 83.88 20 

South L’ton 18 2 16 0 1027 1870 52.92 8 

Goal kickers 

Brett GEAPPEN Clarence 0 62 

Darren CRAWFORD North Launceston 0 62 

Trent STANDEN Clarence 0 57 

Jonathon BOWRING Glenorchy 2 39 

Nathan O'DONOGHUE Launceston 0 37 

Tasmanian State League - U18’s 

Pos Team P W L D F A % Pts 

North L’ton 18 12 6 0 1300 1023 127.08 48 

Clarence 18 12 6 0 1246 1043 119.46 48 

North Hobart 18 11 7 0 1281 1126 113.77 44 

Lauderdale 18 10 8 0 1200 989 121.33 40 

Burnie 18 10 8 0 1273 1058 120.32 40 

Launceston 18 10 8 0 1147 960 119.48 40 

South L’ton 18 8 10 0 1141 1050 108.67 32 

Devonport 18 8 10 0 1233 1239 99.52 32 

Glenorchy 18 6 12 0 817 1361 60.03 24 

Hobart 18 3 15 0 843 1632 51.65 12 

Bayden BRYANT North Hobart 5 44 

Steven HILL North Launceston 0 43 

Aaron McNAB Devonport 0 40 

Julian DOBOSZ North Hobart 3 34 

Joshua SCHARNER Clarence 0 33 

Statewide Reserves 

Pos Team W L D B F A % Pts 

North Hobart 14 2 0 2 1503 787 190.98 64 

Glenorchy 12 3 1 2 1259 890 141.46 58 

South L’ton 11 5 1 2 1169 747 156.49 54 

Clarence 9 6 1 2 1266 906 139.74 46 

North L’ton 6 10 1 3 878 1107 79.31 38 

Lauderdale 7 9 0 2 829 1060 78.21 36 

Devonport 5 11 0 2 768 1024 75.00 28 

Launceston 4 12 0 3 658 1054 62.43 28 

Hobart 1 14 0 2 635 1390 45.68 16 

Goal kickers 

Ben VAN KRAANEN North Hobart 0 73 

Justin WESTBURY Clarence 1 37 

Taylor WILLIAMSON Clarence 2 30 

Robert DEVINE North Hobart 0 28 

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CLUB NOTES | Finals Week 4 

Burnie Dockers - 03 6431 1819 

President: Peter Vincent 

Senior Coach: Brent Plant 

BURNIE 

The club’s annual dinner will be held at West 

Park on Friday October 15th 2010 at The 

Point, West Park. Bookings and enquiries to 

Peter Vincent, 0423 172 557. 

Our next coterie function will be held at The 

Point, West Park on Saturday October 23rd 

at 7.00 pm and will feature triple premiership 

player, Brownlow Medallist, Jason Akermanis. 

Bookings to Shane Walker 0408 146 044 or 

Peter Vincent 0423 172 557. 

See you back at West Park in 2011. 

Clarence Roos - 03 6244 2155 

President: Kim Farrow 

Senior Coach: Brett Geappen 

CLARENCE 

CFC NOTES PRESENTED BY ASSET TRAINING 

- REGISTERED TRAINING ORGANISATION 

Solid wins last weekend by the seniors and 

reserves who go through to their grand finals 

with the eighteen’s snatching a last second 

thrilling win to advance to the preliminary final. 

Good luck to the under eighteens this weekend. 

Sponsors 

Please support our generous sponsors – 

Shoreline Hotel - major sponsor; Parmic Fire 

Protection Statewide - naming rights sponsor; 

RYCOHOSE.Riley Industrial Marine Sales 

sixteen’s naming rights sponsor; Clarence 

Support Groups; Fuji Xerox; Brumby’s Home 

Hardware Mornington; Ampac Advanced Warning 

Systems; Diagrind; Heritage Stone; Asset 

Training; Sportswizard; B+D Willis; Groves and 

Castle Joiners; Bluescope Steel; R M Worbey 

Construction; Moneywise Financial Services; 

Abetz Curtis lawyers; Hi-Lite Plaster; BIOJOHN 

Medisportz; Telegraph Hotel; Autech; Fosters. 

Upcoming Functions: 

• Sportsperson Breakfast -18 September 

Shoreline Hotel. Guest speakers: Tim 

Paine (One Day . Twenty.Twenty and Test 

Cricketer). Hamish McIntosh and Nathan 

Grima (North Melbourne players). 

• Presentation Night – 1 October Shoreline 

Hotel. Contact the club for further details. 

bookings. 

www.burniedockers.com.au 

www.clarencefc.com.au 

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Devonport Magpies - 03 6424 4542 

President: Steve Daley 

Senior Coach: Errol Bourne 

DEVONPORT 

A hard fought two point win over North Hobart 

last Saturday sees the Devonport Magpies 

take on Launceston in the preliminary final 

this week. Congratulations to Errol Bourn and 

his team for an excellent result in atrocious 

conditions. Good luck for today! 

Once again, the Club has been saddened by the 

loss of another of its stalwarts – Joseph (Joey) 

Hawkes, who recently passed away and we 

express our condolences to his family. 

The Devonport Football Club appreciates and 

values the support of our fabulous sponsors, 

particularly our naming rights sponsors Total 

Performance Sports and Cambridge Painting 

Services. 

Dates to Remember: 

Friday 24th September: Grand Auction at the 

Club rooms 24th September commencing 

7p.m. Donations welcome prior to auction. 

Saturday 23rd October: Col Elliott – Bookings to 

the Club on 6424 4542 

One Club, One Goal, One Community 

Glenorchy Magpies - 03 6272 9593 

President: Steve Allie 

Senior Coach: Ben Reid 

GLENORCHY 

Congratulations to Matthew Shaw and the 

Reserves on winning their way through to today’s 

Preliminary Final. We wish you very well today – 

we know you’ll do the club proud. 

Last Friday evening the U18 Best and Fairest 

Count was held with the following award winners 

announced – Richard Hanley (Best and Fairest, 

Most Consistent), Michael Badcock (Runner-Up, 

Most Potential), Shane Curtis (Most Effective), 

Simon Palmer (Best Team Player) and James 

Hitchens (Coaches Award). Congratulations to all 

the young guys. 

Many thanks to Club Legend – Barry Hassett on his 

wonderful vote calling, Ken Silver for the power point 

program and the ‘Kitchen Crew’ for a lovely meal. 

Also a big thank you to the trophy donors – 

Glenorchy State School Old Boys Association, 

Pizza Club (Lenah Valley), Atlantis Take Away, 

Browning Family, Dave & Jane Arnold, Shepherd’s 

Home Maintenance and Darren Bleathman. 

Up-coming Functions 

1st October: New Town . Glenorchy Past Players 

and Officials Association Dinner 

8th October: Roy Cazaly Medal Evening 

2nd November: Melbourne Cup Luncheon 

19th November: An evening with BILLY 

BROWNLESS 

www.devonportfc.com.au 

www.glenorchymagpies.com.au 

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Hobart Tigers - 03 6231 3778 

President: Philip Baker 

Senior Coach: Graeme Fox 

HOBART 

Reunion Night - Friday 1st October 

A reunion Dinner honouring the 1950, 1960, 

1980 & 1990 Senior Premiership Teams will 

be held at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre. 

Tickets are $55 per head for a 3 course meal. 

R.S.V.P: By Friday 17th September, enquiries to: 

John Jeffrey on 0419 138 105 or Peter Bennett 

on 0407 543 878. No door sales. 

‘Renew old acquaintances and reminisce 

with heroes, friends and colleagues as we 

rejoice in the ultimate football achievement of 

Premiership success’ 

Websites 

Keep your eyes on the junior website, accessed 

via sporting pulse and the senior Club website 

www.hobartfc.com for all the latest Club news. 

New Season Stock 

The HFC have recently added casual shorts to 

its long list of Club merchandise, the shorts 

are black with the Club logo on the one leg and 

HFC on the other, these sell for $25 and are 

ideal for the upcoming warm weather. 

Congratulations to Clarence (seniors & 

reserves) & North Launceston (U18s) for being 

the first teams through to their respective 

grand finals. Best of luck to those teams 

playing this weekend. 

Lauderdale Bombers - 03 6248 7686 

President: Phil Giffard 

Senior Coach: Darren Winter 

LAUDERDALE 

The Lauderdale Football Club is holding a TSL 

Grand Final Breakfast on Saturday 18th September 

at the Lauderdale clubrooms. We ask that all be 

seated by 9am. 

Our guest speaker will be Matthew Armstrong. 

Matthew really needs no introduction, but after 

playing 132 games with Fitzroy, 40 with North 

Melbourne, being an assistant coach at Brisbane 

and the current state coach you would think he 

knows a bit about footy. 

If the grand final is played at Bellerive, we will 

provide a bus. 

All members and supporters welcome. 

All this for just $50. 

www.hobartfc.com 

www.essendonfc.com.au/club/lauderdale.aspobartfc.com 

Deaks 

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Launceston Blues - 03 6327 3424 

President: Mark Thurlow 

Senior Coach: Anthony Taylor 

LAUNCESTON 

Congratulations to our teams who have earned 

a spot in the 2nd Semi Final this weekend, we 

wish you all the best as you strive for a place in 

the Grand Final. 

Congratulations to Shane Sheppard and Rod 

Rawlings who guided our U13 & U16 teams to 

premierships in the NTJFA. 

Coming Events @ Windsor Park 

25th September AFL Grand Final Breakfast, 

8am-12pm. Carlton legend Ken Sheldon will 

be guest speaker along with comedian Warren 

Jackman. 

2nd October McAuley Medal & trophy 

presentation. 

Catering for up to 200 people for your next 

function. Enquiries to Scott Stephens on 

generalmanager@launcestonfc.com.au or 

0409 192 286 or check our website.. 

www.launcestonfc.com.au 

North Hobart Demons - 03 6234 3473 

President: Darryn Perry 

Senior Coach: Clinton Brown 

NORTH HOBART 

Good luck to our Reserves this weekend! 

AFL Margin Tickets 

Tickets are on sale for AFL Grand Final - $5 

and $10 tickets. $10 ticket – winner receives 

$500 and point either side of margin wins 

$50. $5 ticket – winner receives $250 and 

point either side of margin wins $25. Contact 

Club if you can help sell some tickets or would 

like to purchase tickets. 

Trophy Presentation 

Cocktail Party, Friday 29 October, at Tattersalls 

Park Function Centre. 

Premiership DVD’S - $20 

1957, 1961.62, 1967, 1969, 1987, 1989. 

Each include a history of the year and player 

interviews. 

Also available DVD “THE TRIBE” - The Story 

of the North Hobart Football Club – duration 

59 minutes plus 20 minutes of extras - cost 

$29.95. The film explores the history of 

the club from its formation and to trace the 

personalities associated with it through that 

time. The people associated with the club have 

included Tasmanian Premiers, politicians, 

clergy, farmers, soldiers and of course the 

volunteers who have kept the club going. 

Available from NHFC Social Clubrooms or 

David Omant phone 0408 479 024 

www.nhfc.com.au 

www.islandblock.com.au 

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Northern Bombers - 03 6334 2359 

President: Thane Brady 

Senior Coach: Paul Atkins 

NORTH L’TON 

Well, this season is now over for the senior 

boys as they experienced a very disappointing 

loss to North Hobart last Sunday. An excellent 

start saw the Bombers with a lead of 42 points, 

but this was quickly turned around and North 

Hobart ran out winners by 8 points. 

The Committee of Management would like 

to thank Senior Coach Paul Atkins for the 

tremendous work he has done this season. 

Paul has earned the respect of all at the Club 

for his hard work and his ability to have the 

boys listen and take advice. The hardest role 

a coach has is earning the team’s respect, and 

Paul did this in his first couple of weeks in his 

new role with the Club. 

A big congratulations to the U18 team on their 

fantastic win over Clarence last week. They 

have a well deserved bye this weekend. Good 

luck to all the boys and we are confident that a 

grand final berth is imminent. 

2010 Best and Fairest Count and Presentation 

Level 2, Aurora Function Centre 

Friday 1st October 2010 

6.00pm start 

Cost : $30.00 per head includes banquet and 

free raffle ticket 

Neat Casual Dress 

South Launceston Bulldogs - 03 6344 5759 

President: Ian Goninon 

Senior Coach: Dale Chugg 

SOUTH L’TON 

A reminder of the dates below: 

Upcoming events 

24th September 

AFL Grand Final Luncheon (Country Club 

Casino) 

25th September 

Grand Final Breakfast (Club rooms) 

16th October 

Club Dinner (Club rooms) 

For more information please contact the club 

on 63445759. 

www.northlauncestonfc.com.au 

www.southlauncestonfc.com 

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TASSIE MEDAL | Recognising Tasmania’s best and fairest player 

The list of players still in the running for the 

Wrest Point State League’s best and fairest 

honour, the Tassie Medal, has been cut from 

30 to 20. 

The list of 20 players was released by AFL 

Tasmania earlier this week and represents 

the cream of the state’s footballers, including 

2009 Tassie Medal winner, Devonport’s Kurt 

Heazlewood and RACT Player of the Year, Scott 

Stephens. Nine of the ten clubs are represented 

in the top 20. 

Some of the big names who are no longer in 

contention include: Hudson Medallist Brian Finch, 

veterans Andrew McLean and Ken Hall and young 

guns Brad McDonald and Jaye Bowden. The 

suspended and thus ineligible Zane Murphy is 

also still amongst the Top 20 players in the count. 

The list will be further reduced next week, with the 

winner being announced at the Wrest Point State 

League Grand Final. The Record will highlight the 

top 10 in the Grand Final edition of the Record. 

2010 Tassie Medal - Top 20 

• Burnie - Darren Banham, Luke 

Shackleton, Matthew Stephenson. 

• Clarence - Brett Geappen, 

Brennan Savage, Trent Standen, 

Cameron Thurley. 

• Devonport - Kurt Heazlewood. 

• Glenorchy - Jake Cox, Nathan 

Matthews. 

• Hobart - Jeremy Howe 

• Lauderdale - Marcus Fitze. 

• Launceston - Tim Bristow, Kurt McCabe, Sam 

O’Keefe, Gary Shipton, Scott Stephens. 

• North Hobart - Oliver Di Venuto. 

• North Launceston - Zane Murphy, Michael 

Praciak. 

Launceston’s Brian Finch has won the Hudson Medal, topping the goal kicking across the home 

and away series with 81 goals. Finch is the second Hudson medallist after Clarence forward Brad 

Dutton won the award in 2009 with 63 goals. The award is named after Tasmanian and Hawthorn 

goalkicking champion, Peter Hudson. 

Devonport’s Ben Reynolds has won the Lefroy Medal as the best player for Tasmania in the 

interstate competition. Ben follows a long line of Medallists as the award has been made for more 

than 60 years. The award is named after a Hobart based football Club which went into recess 

during the second world war. 

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our great game | Tasmanian State Football Premierships 

Tasmanian football clubs have competed for a 

‘State Premiership’ on and off for around 100 

years. The governing leagues of Tasmanian 

football inaugurated an official State 

Premiership in 1909 when the Premier from 

the southern based TFL, namely Cananore (of 

Hobart), played against the northern based 

NTFA premiership team, Launceston. 

The State Premiership series became hugely 

popular from 1928 up until a dispute between 

the TFL and NTFA halted the series in 1951. 

The year 1928 was significant because the City 

Club (of Launceston) had recruited the high 

profile Victorian Roy Cazaly to coach and he 

duly delivered the first state title for a Northern 

Tasmanian club in his first season. 

The State Premiership series resumed in 1954 

after the North-West Football Union (NWFU) 

successfully gained equal status with the NTFA 

and TFL. Subsequently, the State Premiership 

became a contest between the Premiership 

team from the 3 major Tasmanian regions. The 

period 1954 to 1973 became the second golden 

era of Tasmanian state football such was the 

interest and success of the series of games that 

was conducted to culminate each season and 

determine the best team in Tasmania. 

However, new cracks began to appear in 1974, 

1977 and 1979 when the three leagues could 

not agree on the timing of the finals series or 

their commitment to the concept. Ultimately, the 

prolonged decline of the series in the early 1980s 

became a major catalyst for the formation of a 

Statewide League in 1986-87. 

The subsequent Tasmanian State League that 

was conducted up until the end of 2000 was 

very successful in attracting high quality players 

and coaches to Tasmania. The State League 

was very popular until a number of Clubs began 

to fail financially and were unable to continue in 

the competition. 

Regional football resumed in 2001 across 

Tasmania, but there was an inability to progress 

a State Premiership series for 8 long years 

despite constant speculation and a failed 

attempt in 2008. 

The State Premiership series has been disrupted 

on numerous occasions due to world wars, the 

influenza pandemic of 1919 and internecine 

disputes in the early 1950s, on and off in the 

1970s and 1980s and again in the last decade. 

Historically there is a correlation between the 

relative strength and interest in a Tasmanian 

State Finals series or league and the strength 

of Tasmanian football at representative level. In 

this regard we can expect if the new Wrest Point 

Tasmanian State League is able to gain traction 

amongst football players, corporate and media 

supporters and fans, that a new fourth era of 

Tasmanian State football will dawn and this will 

strengthen Tasmanian football. 

This series of articles will provide a summary of all 

Tasmanian State Premiership games and a table 

of premiers and runners-up. As well, there is a 

feature on the greatest State Premiership games 

from the 4 major eras starting with the 1920s 

and 1930s. A special ‘Fantasy Final’ series will 

also been provided to fill in some gaps in the 

history of Tasmanian State Football Premierships. 

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Tasmanian State Premierships 1909 to 2009 

Premierships Runner-up Name of Club 

16 6 North Hobart 

12 6 Cananore . Hobart 

7 6 City.City-South . East Lton . South Lton 

7 5 New Town . Glenorchy 

6 3 Clarence 

5 11 Launceston 

5 15 North Launceston 

4 4 Lefroy . Sandy Bay 

3 8 Cooee . Burnie . Burnie Dockers 

2 1 Ulverstone 

1 0 Devonport 

1 2 Latrobe 

1 1 Longford 

1 1 New Norfolk 

1 3 Scottsdale 

0 0 East Devonport 

0 0 George Town 

0 0 Lauderdale 

0 0 Penguin 

0 0 Smithton 

0 0 Wynyard 

72 72 

Note 1 30 premierships were not contested due to war, influenza, disputes. 

Note 2 Hobart and Sandy Bay were reformed as new Clubs from Cananore and 

Lefroy after World War Two when district football established. 

Note 3 South Launceston and Burnie Dockers are merged clubs who have not 

won a State Premiership in their own right. 

Note 4 New Town . Glenorchy is a merged Club. 

Note 5 Lauderdale has only competed at state level for the first time in 2009. 

Note 6 Ulverstone, Latrobe, Longford, New Norfolk, Scottsdale, East Devonport 

and Wynyard all compete at regional level in 2010 and have contested 

State Premiership series games. 

Note 7 Sandy Bay has been in recess since 1997. 

Note 8 George Town, Penguin and Smithton have all competed at senior level 

and won regional premierships during years when the State Premiership 

was not contested due to disputes. 

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TROPHIES | Wrest Point Tasmania State League Premiership 2010 

The Wrest Point Tasmania State League will 

issue a range of traditional trophies for the best 

teams, coaches, players and umpires in 2010. 

These include: 

FLAG - The traditional reward for the premier 

team is the provision of a Flag or Pennant. The 

presentation is made either on Grand Final day or 

at the commencement of the new season when 

the Flag is unfurled at the winning Club’s first 

home game of the season. 

CUP - There have been many Premiership Cups 

presented to winning teams in competitions 

across Tasmania. The VFL . AFL only commenced 

presenting the now famous AFL Premiership 

Cup in 1960, but in Tasmania a perpetual cup, 

called the Bulldog Cup, was presented for the 

Tasmanian State Premiership team from the very 

early days of the competition. The whereabouts 

of the Bulldog Cup is not known, but the 

distinctive trophies presented to all teams who 

participated in the first Tasmanian State League 

are firmly entrenched in the respective winner’s 

trophy cabinets. The Clarence FC won 5 state 

premiership cups during their golden era from 

1993 to 2000 and added to that in 2009 with the 

inaugural Wrest Point Tasmania State League. 

MEDALS - The issuing of medals to the players 

participating in the Grand Final commenced in 

the VFL . AFL in 1979, when the first Norm Smith 

Medal for best on ground was issued to Carlton’s 

Wayne Harmes. Up until 1982 medals were also 

issued to the players of the runner-up team, but in 

1981 Collingwood ruckman Peter Moore tossed 

his medal into the crowd in disgust at receiving 

his third successive runner up medal (Collingwood 

lost in 1979, 1980 and 1981). The VFL . AFL 

discontinued the practice of presenting runner 

up medals at that time. This year a Premiership 

Medal will be presented to the players and the 

participating umpires will be recognized. The 

best player on the ground will be awarded the 

prestigious Darrel Baldock Medal. 

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GRASS ROOTS | STJFL Finals Wrap-up 

The Southern Tasmanian Junior Football League 

wrapped up their 2010 season at North Hobart 

Oval on Sunday the 29th August. 

The first game of the day was the U13’s with 

a very close match between Clarence and 

Kingborough, with Clarence pulling ahead in the 

last quarter to win by 14 points, keeping their 

season long winning streak intact. Clarence’s 

Captain Nicholas Dodge kicked 3, bringing his 

total for the year to 111. Final Score: Clarence 

7.7 (49) d Kingborough 5.5 (35). Best on ground: 

Nicholas Dodge, Clarence 

In the U14 game Lauderdale kept their unbeaten 

record for the year with a forceful 46 point win 

over Sandy Bay, restricting Sandy Bay to just 2 

goals for the match. Final Score: Lauderdale 

10.10 (70) d Sandy Bay 2.12 (24). Best on 

ground: Henry Hopwood, Lauderdale. 

Kingborough Black U15 followed up on their 

U14 premiership from last year with a huge 60 

point win over Lindisfarne. Kingborough’s Josh 

Nichols kicked four goals, assisted by Brady Ford 

and Josh Fox kicking three apiece. Final Score: 

Kingborough 17.12 (114) d Lindisfarne 8.6 (54). 

Best on ground: Josh Fox, Kingborough. 

Sandy Bay were victorious over Lauderdale by 32 

points in the final match of the day in the U16 

grand final. Final Score: Sandy Bay 10.9 (69) d 

Lauderdale 5.7 (37). Best on ground: Sam Heron, 

Sandy Bay. 

Robert Beakley Best & Fairest Medalists 2010 

Under 13: Harrison Taylor (Lindisfarne) 

Under 14: Mitchell Hibberd (Lauderdale) Jack 

Sandric (Kingborough) Matthew Smith (Glenorchy) 

Under 15: Josh Fox (Kingborough) Oliver Brown 

(Sandy Bay) 

Under 16: Sam Heron (Sandy Bay) 

Coach of the Year: Mark Spong (Lindisfarne U12) 

Mercury Volunteer of the Year: Sally Donnelly 

(Kingborough) 

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YOUNG GUNS | Tasmanians progressing in AFL 

As another season draws to a close in 

Tasmania, the focus for some hopeful young 

players shifts towards the NAB National Draft 

and the possibility of being selected by an AFL 

club on November 18. 

Over the next fortnight we will take a look at the 

players who have been selected in recent drafts to 

see how they are faring in the AFL and look ahead 

to the prospects who will be nervously counting 

down the days over the coming months. 

Overall 2010 has been a good season for 

Tasmanians attempting to forge a career in the 

AFL. There are currently 30 Tasmanians on AFL 

lists, up from 22 in 2007. 

25 players have experienced senior AFL football, 

with Bart McCulloch (Brisbane), Tom Allwright 

(Geelong) and Daniel Archer (St.Kilda) still waiting 

for their chance and Maverick Weller and Luke 

Russell good chances to debut for the Gold Coast 

in their clubs opening game in the AFL in 2011. 

Marcus Davies - Carlton pick 43 in 2009 

Marcus debuted for Carlton in round 19 against 

Essendon, collecting 10 disposals and has held 

his spot in the team so far, improving with each of 

the 4 games he has played. Marcus has a terrific 

opportunity to be play his first AFL final if selected 

this weekend. 

Ryan Harwood - Brisbane pick 47 in 2009 

Ryan’s debut in round 17 against Geelong 

at Skilled Stadium was a baptism of fire. 

Relieving Brisbane’s number 1 midfielders from 

interchange, Ryan went head to head on Gary 

Ablett, Joel Selwood and Jimmy Bartel picking up 

18 possessions and 4 tackles along the way. 

Jesse Crichton - Fremantle pick 48 in 2009 

Jesse debuted on the same weekend as his good 

mate Ryan, collecting 13 possessions against the 

Western Bulldogs. In his fifth game Jesse tagged 

Cyril Rioli at Aurora Stadium and has narrowly 

missed selection last week as the Dockers head 

into their finals campaign. 

Jeromey Webberley - Richmond pick 67 in 2009 

Jeromey has been the most successful draftee of 

the 2009 cohort, playing 10 games in 2010 after 

debuting against Adelaide in Round 7. 

Daniel Archer - St Kilda Rookie pick 36 in 2009 

Daniel has progressed well with St Kilda who 

are treating him as a longer term key position 

prospect. Daniel has played the majority of the 

year with VFL club Sandringham as both a key 

forward and key defender. 

Liam Jones - Western Bulldogs pick 32 in 2008 

Liam has had an interesting career path to senior 

AFL football, accepting a scholarship to attend 

Scotch College before long term injury sidelined 

him for the 2009 season. Liam debuted for 

the Bulldogs in Round 18 and has a terrific 

opportunity to play finals football at centre half 

forward for the Bulldogs. 

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YOUNG PLAYER AWARD | Winner 2010 

Rising Star Nominations 

Week 1: Joe Groenewegen 

Week 2: Zach Mihocek 

Week 3: Sam Darley 

Week 4: Rhys Mott 

Week 5: Adam Green 

Week 6: Ben Brown 

Week 7: Josh Green 

Week 8: Jacob Gillbee 

Week 9: Dylan Riley 

Week 10: Jesse Lonergan 

Week 11: Andrew Phillips 

Week 12: Robbie Fox 

Week 13: Henry Schade 

Week 15: Brodie Mihocek 

Week 16: Larry Owen 

Week 17: Michael Musicka 

Week 18: Charlie Riewoldt 

WINNER | Josh Green 

Josh Green of the Clarence FC has been selected as the season 

winner of the 2010 Corporate Express Rising Star Award. 

Already a senior TSL premiership winner as a 17 year old in 

2009, Josh has again had a stellar season with Clarence in 

2010, playing as a creative midfielder that has the ability to hurt 

the opposition quickly with his possessions. 

At National Under 18 level, Josh has also had an outstanding 

season as the Captain of the Tasmanian Under 18 team 

that won the Division 2 title of the NAB Under 18 National 

Championships. 

Josh’s outstanding performance at the five game carnival was 

recognised with selection in the All-Australian Under 18 team, 

despite suffering two broken ribs and a punctured lung five 

minutes into the Grand Final against NSW.ACT. 

We wish Josh the best of luck for the rest of the season as 

Clarence attempt to go back to back and also as he prepares to 

attend the AFL Draft Combine from September 28th to October 

1st in Canberra ahead of the AFL Draft on November 18. 

Congratulations to Josh on winning the Corporate Express Rising 

Star Award in 2010. 

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PRELIMINARY FINAL | Launceston V Devonport - Seniors 

LAUNCESTON 

Coach: Anthony Taylor 

No Player G B 

1 Andrea MIAR 

2 Sam O'KEEFE 

3 Will CAMPBELL 

4 Daniel ELLIS 

5 Adrian FINCH 

6 Scott STEPHENS 

7 Jesse LONERGAN 

8 Kurt MCCABE 

9 Jordan HARRIS 

11 Gary SHIPTON 

12 Geoff MOHR 

13 Brian FINCH 

15 Tim CURWEN 

16 Joe GROENEWEGEN 

17 Tim BRISTOW 

18 Luke FRENCH 

19 Michael SINCLAIR 

21 Beau GREEN 

22 Jason EDWARDS 

23 Gene SAVAGE 

24 Joe ROBINSON 

26 Josh WOOLLEY 

27 Joe BOYCE 

32 Corey SHEPPARD 

33 Cam DOWNIE 

41 Broderick HARDACRE 

LTN DEV 

1.4 time 

1.2 time 

3.4 time 

FULL time 

DEVONPORT 

Coach: Errol Bourn 

No Player G B 

1 Trent ALLEN 

2 Rhys MOTT 

3 Claye HARDY 

4 Alan CLEMENTS 

5 Kurt HEAZLEWOOD 

7 Brad MCDONALD 

8 Ben REYNOLDS 

9 Sam WHISH-WILSON 

10 Brennon KENDALL 

11 Matthew SMITH 

12 Brad SYMMONS 

15 Chris MCDONALD 

18 Shaun MCCROSSEN 

19 Scott BENNETTS 

20 Clinton VINEY 

21 Ryan WILLIAMS 

23 Sam RUNDLE 

24 Clint MATTHEWS 

26 Trent MCCROSSEN 

29 Mark WALLACE 

31 Quade BYARD 

33 Rhys COLBECK 

35 Sam HESS 

38 Ben WALKER 

40 Phillip CROWDEN 

54 Brett MCCALL 

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PRELIMINARY FINAL | Launceston V Clarence - Under 18’s 

LAUNCESTON 

Coach: Phil Thurlow 

No Player G B 

1 Jacob MARTIN-THURLOW 

2 Lyndon HAMPTON 

4 Isaac MCCRIMMON 

5 Alex TUCKER 

6 Ben KILLALEA 

7 Ben CRICK 

8 Ben ROBERTSON 

10 Brady SQUIRES 

11 Aaron SEEN 

12 Arnie DONNELLAN 

13 Ben ELMER 

14 David BROWN 

15 Tour MIAR 

16 Chae EVANS 

19 Michael FOX 

20 Tom CLARIDGE 

22 Kyle TURMINE 

23 Jackson THURLOW 

24 Joe ROBINSON 

27 Nathan HINDS 

28 Tom HOLMES 

29 Jackson MILLER 

30 Brennan CRESSWELL 

31 Tom MACLAREN 

32 Tom SHEPPARD 

35 Alex PAYNE 

LTN CLR 

1.4 time 

1.2 time 

3.4 time 

FULL time 

CLARENCE 

Coach: Glen Gleeson 

No Player G B 

21 Jayden BAKER 

42 Charlie RIEWOLDT 

46 Jack GLEESON 

47 Jordan ROBERTS 

48 Kieren REYNOLDS 

49 Jake JENKINS 

50 Aaron PARKER 

51 Joshua SCHARNER 

52 Sam FREEMAN 

54 Isaac GAUL 

55 Edward STANLEY 

56 Andrew BLIGHT 

58 Declan CRAWFORD 

60 Rohan WILLIAMS 

61 Jacob GAUL 

62 Darcy NAVICKAS 

63 Tim CHYNOWETH 

64 Tim JACOBS 

65 Tom BOUCHER 

66 Nick RICHARDS 

67 Rob SICE 

68 Nathan DOUGLAS 

69 Mitchell GRACE 

70 Jayden WYLIE 

71 Sam RAINBIRD 

72 Matthew LING 

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PRELIMINARY FINAL | North Hobart V Glenorchy - Reserves 

NORTH HOBART 

Coach: Matthew Tyrrell 

No Player G B 

3 Andrew PALMER 

6 Nick CARR 

16 Ben VANKRAANEN 

17 James FAULKNER 

18 Robert DEVINE 

21 Michael HALL 

23 Mark ALBERRY 

28 Jordan GUGGER 

30 Aaron GRUBB 

31 Luke CURTAIN 

32 Ben FREE 

34 Ben CLARK 

35 Tom ARNOLD 

39 Tim MANNING 

40 Mark FENTON 

41 Geoff UNSWORTH 

42 Josh CHAPLIN 

43 Murray WISE 

44 Jack GIBB 

45 Jarryd ATKINS 

46 Mitch SMITH 

48 Nathan MCCULLOCH 

51 Robert SALTER 

54 Patrick RILEY 

53 Michael CARR 

55 Callen DELL 

N.HBT GLN 

1.4 time 

1.2 time 

3.4 time 

FULL time 

GLENORCHY 

Coach: Matthew Shaw 

No Player G B 

1 Brock NIGHTINGALE 

14 Daniel FEWKES 

22 Dale AYRES 

26 Matthew RAINBIRD 

29 Cal GARVEY 

31 Richard DILGER 

33 Ben MALARSKI 

34 Sean BROWNING 

36 Luke POTTER 

38 Jason CHANDLER 

39 Max WILSON 

40 Jake SHARP 

41 Scott JONES 

42 Sam WOODS 

44 Joel BROWNING 

45 Tyler BOWDEN 

46 Kyle SMITH 

49 Matthew HAMILTON 

50 Trad DUGGAN 

52 Craig SMITH 

53 Stuart CASTLE 

54 Marc HORNE 

56 Nathan EISZELE 

58 Nathan MUIR 

59 Bobby LOVELL 

60 Braden BARWICK 

63 Joel ARNOTT 

70 Daniel ROBOTTOM 

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TEAM LISTS | Launceston - Devonport 

LAUNCESTON 

No Player Name Height Weight DOB 

1 Andrea MIAR 195 90 20/09/86 

2 Sam O'KEEFE 180 75 17/11/81 

3 Will CAMPBELL 177 74 14/01/86 

4 Daniel ELLIS 175 77 26/11/87 

5 Adrian FINCH 186 85 14/11/82 

6 Scott STEPHENS 178 77 03/05/83 

7 Jesse LONERGAN 177 75 14/11/94 

8 Kurt MCCABE 180 78 28/09/87 

9 Jordan HARRIS 175 75 09/05/90 

11 Gary SHIPTON 183 90 23/09/82 

12 Geoff MOHR 193 91 13/05/84 

13 Brian FINCH 184 83 10/12/80 

14 Declan MCSHANE 183 72 20/10/90 

15 Tim CURWEN 178 73 22/11/88 

16 Joe GROENEWEGEN 196 82 25/10/91 

17 Tim BRISTOW 188 82 03/05/87 

18 Luke FRENCH 175 74 03/03/85 

19 Michael SINCLAIR 183 75 13/03/89 

20 Tom CLARIDGE 188 77 24/02/91 

21 Beau GREEN 181 85 10/11/81 

22 Jason EDWARDS 193 97 02/11/90 

23 Gene SAVAGE 191 95 21/02/80 

24 Joe ROBINSON 175 77 13/04/92 

25 Nathan O'DONOGHUE 195 100 12/04/86 

26 Josh WOOLLEY 183 80 12/05/92 

27 Joe BOYCE 173 73 06/11/89 

28 Shaun PENNEFATHER 175 73 01/09/90 

29 Jackson MILLER 180 74 16/01/93 

30 Jackson THURLOW 183 80 28/03/94 

31 Mathew WILLIAMS 183 81 24/08/79 

32 Corey SHEPARD 175 70 03/06/90 

33 Cameron DOWNIE 179 85 19/06/86 

35 Josh BELLCHAMBERS 194 92 16/03/86 

36 Matthew O'DONOGHUE 188 90 12/04/86 

37 Ben CRICK 188 82 11/01/93 

38 Jacob MARTIN THURLOW 182 79 11/05/92 

39 Thomas HOLMES 179 73 03/08/91 

40 Stephen GOLDFINCH 180 81 24/02/90 

41 Broderick HARDACRE 179 68 16/05/92 

42 Edward JACOBS 185 90 30/01/90 

43 Daniel SINCLAIR 190 67 10/11/90 

44 David BROWN 187 80 09/03/93 

45 Oliver COOK 175 74 31/08/89 

46 Josh SMITH 176 77 05/10/90 

48 Josh WALDIE 175 70 28/01/90 

49 Matthew BARWICK 173 74 29/09/90 

50 Matthew ALWAY 175 77 25/07/87 

DEVONPORT 

No Player Name Height Weight DOB 

1 Trent ALLEN 180 87 20/6/82 

2 Rhys MOTT 179 78 7/3/92 

3 Claye HARDY 180 74 16/9/91 

4 Alan CLEMENTS 183 95 24/3/79 

5 Kurt HEAZLEWOOD 177 80 24/4/80 

6 Sam WIDDOWSON 187 80 16/5/88 

7 Brad MCDONALD 178 78 24/6/88 

8 Ben REYNOLDS 192 93 19/10/84 

9 Sam WHISH WILSON 180 80 4/6/87 

10 Brennon KENDALL 182 75 5/11/94 

11 Matthew SMITH 175 78 14/10/80 

12 Brad SYMMONS 179 80 16/4/91 

13 Brett MCCALL 189 98 20/9/85 

15 Chris MCDONALD 180 75 14/8/86 

16 Cory PLUMBRIDGE 183 79 17/4/87 

18 Shaun MCCROSSEN 182 78 25/4/89 

19 Scott BENNETTS 185 104 17/10/85 

20 Clinton VINEY 188 92 16/3/84 

21 Ryan WILLIAMS 194 108 3/2/88 

22 Ryan KEEP 188 87 31/12/89 

23 Sam RUNDLE 182 78 2/9/92 

24 Clint MATTHEWS 195 115 5/6/85 

25 Tom REYNOLDS 195 95 10/5/88 

26 Trent MCCROSSEN 184 84 11/7/84 

27 Kaidyn HOWE 189 75 28/6/91 

29 Mark WALLACE 177 65 30/4/91 

30 Glynn LLEWELYN 179 79 30/5/91 

31 Quade BYARD 183 78 26/6/93 

32 Brady STUBBS 170 78 4/2/92 

33 Rhys COLBECK 192 112 2/10/83 

34 Vin PONSONBY 191 77 18/12/90 

35 Sam HESS 197 87 26/8/85 

37 Sam WALKER 180 66 1/8/92 

38 Ben WALKER 180 71 17/11/89 

40 Phillip CROWDEN 178 79 22/4/84 

50 Ben BROWN 196 87 20/11/92 

LAUNCESTON 

DEVONPORT 

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OUR GREAT GAME | Tasmania’s State Premiership Coaches 

Reid, Brown, Taylor, Bourn or for the double 

Geappen. One of these coaches will join elite 

company on Saturday 18 September when 

they coach their team to the Wrest Point State 

League premiership. Who will they join and 

what does it mean? The list of great coaches is 

long and brings back memories of great football 

battles past. 

Some of the names that stand out amongst 73 

premiership coaches include: 

• 24 Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame members 

(marked *). 

• Many champion VFL . AFL players who captain 

– coached in Tasmania, epitomised by Jack 

Beveridge the Collingwood star of the 1927 to 

1930 era; Carlton colossus Fred Davies who 

led Longford to their only triumph and more 

recently the arrival of Sydney Swans team 

mates, Mark Browning, Steve Wright and David 

Rhys – Jones in the 1990s. 

• Great coaches who helped their Tasmanian 

clubs achieve their most memorable moments, 

including Bob Wilson at Scottsdale, Rod Olsson 

at sandy Bay and Ricky Graham at Ulverstone. 

Leading Coaches 

The leading Tasmanian state premiership 

coaches almost exclusively achieved their records 

in the period 1909 to 1951. The only exception 

being the much maligned Clarence coach of 

the 1990s, Grant Fagan. It is arguable that the 

two regional format of the early years allowed 

coaches to more readily achieve their results in 

a short time frame. In the first Tasmanian State 

League the gruelling nature of the competition 

made long-term multiple premiership coaching 

much more difficult. This makes Grant Fagan’s 

and the other multiple premiership coaches of 

that era achievement arguably more meritorious. 

Similarly, when the State Premiership format 

moved to 3 regions from 1954 to 1978 it also 

became more difficult to achieve multiple 

premierships. In this regard the achievement of 

City . City-South coaching maestro, Bob Miller, 

is significant. He first coached City to a state 

premiership in 1954. Then 18 years later, in a 

second coaching stint, he took the Redlegs to the 

1972 pennant over Darrel Baldock’s Latrobe. 

Number of 

Premierships 

Coach 

Club 

4 Bruce Carter Cananore 

4 Jack Metherell North Hobart 

3 Fred Pringle Cananore 

3 Leo McAuley Launceston 

3 Gavin Luttrell North Launceston 

3 Roy Cazaly City . New Town 

3 Grant Fagan Clarence 

Years between 

Premierships 

Coach 

Clubs 

20 years Roy Cazaly City . New Town - 

1928 and 1948 

18 years Bob Miller City . City – South 

- 1954 and 1972 

The Final Word 

Tasmania’s Head Coach, Mathew Armstrong, 

achieved the honour of coaching North Launceston 

to their 1998 State Premiership without being 

defeated. This was Armstrong’s first coaching 

assignment and launched his coaching career 

at AFL level with Brisbane Lions and then for the 

Tasmanian Devils. Mathew Armstrong offered 

some reflections for the Record and said it was one 

of the ‘crowning moments’ in his football career. 

“At the time it was a great achievement in a 

reasonably strong competition to go through 

undefeated.” 

“As the years go on it means more and my respect 

for the people involved has become greater.” 

“Everyone becomes wiser and I realise that it is a 

significant achievement to be a leader amongst 

a group of young men, and many others in the 

wings of the Club, all striving for and achieving the 

one goal to such a high standard.” 

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Tasmanian Coaching Coups 

Tasmanian football clubs have pulled off some 

stunning recruitment coups over the course of a 

century of football. 

Frank ‘Checker’ Hughes 

The diminutive Checker Hughes was a classy 

player for Richmond in the period 1914 to 1923, 

including the Tigers first premierships in 1921- 

22. He started his senior coaching career at 

Ulverstone and with the NWFU from 1924-26. His 

success with the Robins saw him quickly snapped 

back up by Richmond. His initial years as a 

VFL coach saw him come up against a rampant 

Collingwood combination for grand final losses 

in 1928, 29 and 30. Another loss to Geelong 

followed in 1931 before the breakthrough came 

in 1932 with a premiership over Carlton. In 1933 

Checker Hughes moved to Melbourne and scored 

4 premierships in 1939, 40, 41 and 1948. 

Cazaly, Collier and Warne-Smith 

Arguably the three best players to ever come to 

Tasmania to coach football were Australian Hall of 

Fame members Roy Cazaly, Albert Collier and Ivor 

Warne – Smith. Cazaly has been duly recognised 

in Victoria and Tasmania for his contribution to 

football. The Team of the Century coach took 

first City (1928, 1930), North Hobart (1932) 

and then New Town (1935, 1948, 1949 and 

1951) to regional premierships. Collier won the 

Brownlow in 1929 and played in a 4th successive 

premiership with Collingwood in 1930. In 1931 

Cananore secured his services and he promptly 

won the league best and fairest award and took 

the Canaries to the TFL and State Premiership. 

Ivor Warne – Smith had a massive impact on 

North-west Coast football for 4 years leading both 

Latrobe and the NWFU to some of their finest 

moments. Upon his return to Melbourne Warne 

– Smith became the first dual Brownlow Medal 

winner in 1926 and 1928. 

Geelong’s 1963 Premiership Team 

Tasmania became a favoured destination for 

Geelong’s 1963 premiership team who were 

seeking to take up coaching careers. No 

less than 5 of their champions and an expat 

Tasmanian who was at Geelong in 1963 

embarked on successful coaching careers in the 

Apple Isle. John Devine: led North Hobart to the 

1967, 69 and 74 TFL premierships. Paul Vinar: 

took over Longford for 5 seasons. Captain Fred 

Wooller: set the township of Penguin alight but 

couldn’t deliver the ultimate prize from 1965 

to 1968. John Watts: took over the reins at 

Hobart from 1966 to 1968. Brownlow Medallist 

centreman Alistair Lord: sort a clearance to 

Burnie in 1965 but was knocked back by the Cats 

and eventually was dissuaded from the move. 

Also, ex-pat Tasmanian Brian Lowe, who missed 

the Geelong premiership through injury, returned 

to Tasmania in 1964 to continue a stunning run 

of premiership success with first Cooee and then 

East Launceston through until 1971. 

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Tasmanian State Premiership Coaches from 1909 to 2009 

Year Premiers Coach Origin 

1909 Cananore Bruce Carter * Tasmania 



1912 Lefroy C.O’Brien Tasmania 


1914 North Hobart Charlie Dunn Tasmania 

1920 North Hobart Charlie Dunn Tasmania 

1921 Cananore Jack Gardiner * Carlton 

1922 Cananore Jack Gardiner * Carlton 

1923 North Hobart Percy Martyn Essendon 

1924 Lefroy Hec Lingwood-Smith Collingwood 

1925 Cananore Fred Pringle * Tasmania 



1928 City Roy Cazaly * St.Kilda . SM 

1929 North Hobart Jack Dunn * Tasmania 

1930 City Roy Cazaly * St.Kilda . SM 

1931 Cananore Albert Collier Collingwood 

1932 City Hec Smith * Tasmania 

1933 Launceston Leo McAuley * Tasmania 



1936 North Hobart Cecil Pettiona South Melb 

1937 Launceston Jack Beveridge Collingwood 

1938 Launceston Maurie Johnson Carlton . SM 

1939 North Hobart Jack Metherall * Geelong 




1946 Sandy Bay Lance Collins Carlton 

1947 North L’ton Gavin Luttrell * Tasmania 

1948 New Town Roy Cazaly * St.Kilda . SM 



1954 City Bob Miller * Fitzroy 

1955 Ulverstone Arthur Hodgson * Tasmania 

Year Premiers Coach Origin 

1956 New Town Jack Rough * Tasmania 

1957 Longford Fred Davies Carlton 

1958 Glenorchy Jack Rough * Tasmania 

1959 Hobart Mal Pascoe Essendon 

1960 City-South Stan Morcom Richmond 

1961 North Hobart Darrel Eaton * Tasmania 

1962 North Hobart Darrel Eaton * Tasmania 

1963 Burnie John Heathcote Tasmania 

1964 Cooee Brian Lowe * Tasmania 

1965 Glenorchy Bob Parsons * Tasmania 

1966 City-South Graeme Wilkinson * Richmond 

1968 New Norfolk Trevor Leo * Tasmania 

1969 North Hobart John Devine * Geelong 

1970 Latrobe Darrel Baldock * Tasmania 

1971 Sandy Bay Rod Olsson Hawthorn 

1972 City-South Bob Miller * Fitzroy 

1973 Scottsdale Bob Wilson Essendon 

1975 Glenorchy Peter Hudson * Tasmania 

1976 Ulverstone Ricky Graham SA . Geelong 

1978 Cooee John Bonney * Tasmania 

1986 Glenorchy Danny Ling * Tasmania 

1987 North Hobart Garry Davidson * Richmond 

1988 Devonport Roland Crosby Country Victoria 

1989 North Hobart Garry Davidson * Richmond 

1990 Hobart Mark Browning Sydney 

1991 North Hobart Mark Yeats Geelong 

1992 North Hobart Mark Yeats Geelong 

1993 Clarence Steve Wright Sydney 

1994 Clarence Steve Wright Sydney 

1995 North L’ton David Rhys-Jones Carlton . Sydney 

1996 Clarence Grant Fagan * Tasmania 


1998 North L’ton Mathew Armstrong * Tasmania 

1999 Glenorchy Paul Hamilton Essendon 


2009 Clarence Brett Geappen Tasmania 

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STATE OF AFFAIRS | Volunteer service recognised 

Glenorchy Football Club’s Barry Hassett has 

been named the inaugural Wrest Point State 

League Volunteer of the Year. Hassett has had 

a 43-year association with his favourite club and 

was presented with his certificate and dinner 

voucher and wine from Ristorante Da Angelo. 

Glenorchy Football Club describe Barry as a real 

stalwart of the club, as a board member and 

sub-committee member. His club says that he 

does an unbelievable amount of work for them, 

seven days a week. He’s at the club from 7.30 

most mornings and eliminates a lot of work in the 

football department. Barry is a life member of the 

club and the club believes that he is a wonderful 

role model and a totally deserving recipient of this 

prestigious award. 

Volunteers are vital to the success of football in 

Tasmania and are an integral part of the make-up 

of clubs and their culture. Certainly, the staff and 

management at AFL Tasmania appreciate the 

efforts of volunteers and the passion they have 

for their own clubs and football. We hope that this 

award will highlight each club’s appreciation of 

the people behind the success of clubs, and what 

they bring to each community. 

Acknowledgement to the other nominees for 

their hard work and dedication to their clubs as 

recognised within the nomination forms submitted. 

Russell Burleigh – nominated by Hobart Football Club 

Judith Weller – nominated by Burnie Football Club 

Zoe Zhao – nominated by North Hobart Football Club 

Lance Cox – nominated by Devonport Football Club 

Chris Smith – nominated by North Hobart Football Club 

Max Swifte – nominated by Clarence Football Club 

Gaye Dudgeon – nominated by Lauderdale Football Club 

Competition Winners 

Call to Arms Raffle 

1st Prize - Richmond Footy Guernsey signed Matthew 

Richardson: Michael Sharp. 

2nd Prize - Double pass Grand Final Series: C & S 

Buxton 

3rd - Mixed half dozen of quality Australian wines: 

Tricia Males 

Tasmanian State League Website subscription 

- Rick Parker of Glenorchy. Rick wins a nights 

accommodation and tickets to the 2010 Wrest 

Point State League Grand Final. 

Thank you to all for entering and look out for more 

great competitions in 2011. 

Remember to subscribe to the website to be kept up 

to date on what’s happening in the Tasmanian State 

League. www.tasmanianstateleague.com.au 

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OUR GREAT GAME | Tassie Jack wins the Coleman 

Richmond star Jack Riewoldt has joined 

Tasmanian football Icon, Peter Hudson, and 

Tasmanian team of the century member, 

Michael Roach, as a winner of the AFL’s 

Coleman Medal. 

The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the 

Australian Football League player who kicks the 

most goals in regular-season matches in that year. 

It is named for John Coleman, the former Essendon 

full forward whose spectacular career (of 537 goals 

in only 98 games) was cut short by injury. 

Instituted in 1981, retrospective awards were dated 

back to 1955, the year after John Coleman retired 

from playing. The AFL has awarded retrospective 

Leading Goalkicker Medals to players who lead the 

goal kicking before 1955, including John Coleman in 

1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953. 

Riewoldt has enjoyed a stellar season at full 

forward for the improving Tigers and has become 

the new pin up boy at Punt Road following the 

retirement of that other great Tasmanian Tiger, 

Matthew Richardson. 

Preceding him at Punt Road, Michael Roach 

reached his greatest heights during Richmond’s 

last premiership year in 1980 when he kicked a 

century of goals. He repeated his Coleman Medal 

win in 1981. 

Hawthorn great Peter Hudson was Tasmania’s first 

Coleman Medalist and he took the award on no 

less than 4 occasions. This was achieved over the 

course of a decade interrupted by serious injury 

and which only serves to underline Huddo’s ability 

as the ‘Goalkicking Genius’. 

There are a further two AFL greats who have won 

the Coleman Medal and had a connection with 

Tasmanian football. 

The Collingwood superstar of the late 1960s and 

early 1970s, Peter McKenna, won the Coleman 

Medal in 1972 (130 goals) and 1973 (84 

goals). In 1976 after concluding his career with 

Collingwood, wherein he played 180 games and 

kicked over 800 goals, McKenna spent a season 

with Devonport in the North West Football Union. 

As well in 2008, Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin, led the 

AFL goal kicking with 102. Of course Franklin 

achieved some of his feats while playing for the 

‘Tassie Hawks’ at Aurora Stadium. 

Tasmanian Coleman Medalists 

Year Winner Team Goals (not 

inc. finals) 

2010 Jack Riewoldt Richmond 78 

1981 Michael Roach Richmond 86 

1980 Michael Roach Richmond 107 

1977 Peter Hudson Hawthorn 105 




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Jack Riewoldt 

Clarence . Tassie Mariners . Richmond, Full 

Forward, 2006 - 2010 

Jack Riewoldt was selected by Richmond at 13th 

pick in the 2006 AFL Draft and was highly rated 

by the Tigers as a key forward prospect. 

After debuting in 2007 the 21 year old 

Tasmanian, who is 195cm tall, continued his 

development as a key forward through the 2008 

and 2009 seasons. In 2009 Jack was the leading 

Tiger player in general marks (equal first) and 

contested marks, and placed eighth in the Club 

best and fairest. It was becoming apparent that 

Riewoldt’s confidence, exceptional leap and 

a good set of hands were the ingredients for 

improved performance at the highest level. 

Riewoldt’s confidence continued to grow in 2010 

and he kicked a career best 10 goals in Round 

12, 13 June 2010 against the West Coast Eagles. 

The haul included 5 first-quarter goals, with 4 of 

them in just 10 minutes, making it one of the best 

Richmond returns in a single quarter. He became 

the first player to kick 10 goals since 2007 

(and the first Richmond player since Matthew 

Richardson in 2004). Riewoldt joins only 3 other 

current AFL players to have recorded a double 

figure goal tally in a game. In Round 21 2010, 

Jack won the Ian Stewart medal against St.Kilda 

for his amazing performance, kicking 7 goals. 

To cap a magnificent breakout season, Riewoldt 

won the 2010 Coleman medal for the AFL leading 

goalkicker. Four days after winning the Coleman 

Medal, Riewoldt secured the Jack Dyer Medal as 

Richmond’s best and fairest with 210 votes ahead 

of captain Chris Newman and Brett Deledio. 

Jack Riewoldt has now played 68 games for the 

Tigers and kicked 135 goals. 

Michael Roach 

Longford . Richmond, Full Forward, 1977-89 

• 200 games, 607 goals, Richmond, 1977-89 

• Won Richmond’s goalkicking 7 times, including a 

new club record of 112 in 1980. 

• Won the VFL goalkicking in 1980 and 1981. 

• Richmond Premiership, 1980. 

• Represented Tasmania in 1980 and 1988. 

• Named in the 1979 All-Australian team. 

• Played 46 senior games with Longford. 

• Represented NTFA and Tasmania in 1976. 

Universally known as “Disco”. Recruited to 

Richmond at a young age and played as a 

wingman initially, but under the great Royce 

Hart’s tutelage became one of the Tigers’ best 

ever full-forwards. Was a tremendous high mark 

with sure hands and a great kick. His 1981 ‘Mark 

of the Year’ being a towering highlight. 

Peter Hudson 

New Norfolk . Hawthorn . Glenorchy, Full Forward, 

1963-79 & 1981 

• Over 320 games and 1900 goals in all. 

• 129 games, 727 goals, Hawthorn, 1967-74 & 

1977 

• 75 games, 344 goals, New Norfolk, 1963-66 

• 75 games, 518 goals, Glenorchy, 1975-76 & 

1978-79 & 1981. 

• Numerous games . goals for Tasmania, TFL, 

Victoria. 

• Leading goalkicker, New Norfolk, 1963, 64, 65, 

66; Glenorchy 1975, 76, 78, 79 (and TFL in all 

these 8 seasons). 

• Leading goalkicker, Hawthorn, 1967, 68, 69, 70, 

71 & 77 (and VFL in 1968, 70, 71 & 77). 

• Premierships - Hawthorn 1971; Glenorchy – 1975. 

• Best & Fairest - New Norfolk - 1965; Hawthorn – 

68 & 70; Glenorchy - 76, 78 & 79 

• William Leitch Medal (TFL Best & Fairest) – 1978 

& 1979. 

• Represented Victoria (6) and Tasmania (19) on 

numerous occasions. 

• Twice All Australian – 1966 (New Norfolk) and 

1969 (Hawthorn). 

• ‘Legend’ of Australian Football. ‘Icon’ of 

Tasmanian Football. 

• Named at full forward in Hawthorn, Glenorchy, 

New Norfolk and Tasmanian Teams of Century. 

Statistically the greatest full-forward in the history 

of Australian football. No player averaged more 

goals in the VFL . AFL than Hudson. Kicked 100+ 

goals in 11 seasons in Tasmania and Victoria. 

His goalkicking feats were curtailed by injury in 

1972, 73, 74 when he was only able to play 4 

games. With Bob Pratt has the record for number 

of goals kicked (150) in the VFL . AFL. Retains 

the record for most goals kicked in a season in 

Tasmania with 191 in 1978. An official ‘Legend’ 

of Australian football whose exploits have never 

been seen before in Australian football and are 

unlikely to be seen again. 

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OUR GREAT GAME | Tasmanians making a Grand contribution to AFL 

TASMANIAN PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS – 1897 to 2009 

Tasmania’s contribution to the history of Grand 

Finals in the VFL and AFL football is pronounced. 

In the period from 1955 to 1985 Tasmanians 

made up the biggest contingent of interstate 

players in the then Victorian Football League. 

The influence of these players peaked in 1973 

when the state had 20% (4 players) of the winning 

Richmond premiership team. A further 3 players 

played for the runners - up Carlton on the same 

day. The Tasmanians who ran onto the MCG on 

the last day in September that year were: Royce 

Hart, Ian Stewart, Paul Sproule, Noel Carter 

(Richmond) and Peter Jones, Brent Crosswell and 

Craig Davis (Carlton). 

The numbers of Tasmanians in the post war years 

in the VFL, and indeed the number of Victorians 

who played and coached in Tasmania, was so 

pronounced that it could be argued that both 

states football competitions were symbiotic. 

Tasmania supplied its best young prospects to 

the VFL and Victoria provided a constant flow of 

experienced senior footballers to captain . coach 

local Tasmanian Clubs. 

The number of players who were born in Tasmania 

or began their career in Tasmania and then went 

on to play in a VFL . AFL Premiership is 46. 

A further 40 premiership players have made a 

contribution to Tasmanian football, including 

Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Albert 

Collier and Stuart Spencer. 

Year 

1897 Essendon 

Colin Campbell, 

George Vautin 

1900 Melbourne Fred McGinis 

1908 Carlton Harvey Kelly 

1909 

South 

Melbourne 

Vic Belcher 

1915 Carlton 

George Challis, Viv 

Valentine 

1916 Fitzroy Ted McDonald 

1918 

South 

Melbourne 

Vic Belcher 

1920 and 

1921 

Team 

Richmond 

FV ‘Checker’ 

Hughes 

1922 Fitzroy James Atkinson 

1926 Melbourne 

Colin Deane, Ivor 

Warne-Smith 

1927, 

1928, 

Collingwood 

1929, 

1930 

1932 and 

Richmond 

1934 

South 

1933 

Melbourne 

1935 and 

1936 

Players from 

Tasmania 

Laurie Nash 

Players to 

Tasmania 

Jack Beveridge, 

Albert Collier, Leo 

Wescott 

Eric Zschech, 

Gordon Strang 

Collingwood Albert Collier 

1937 Geelong Gordon Abbott Jack Metherell 

1938 Carlton Bob Chitty 

1942 Essendon Gordon Abbott Ern Coward 

1943 Richmond Bob Bawden 

1945 Carlton 

Bob Chitty, Doug 

Williams, Alex Way, 

Ron Savage 

1946 Essendon Gordon Abbott George Hassell 

1947 Carlton Fred Davies 


Gordon Bowman, 

Checker Hughes 

1949 Essendon George Hassell 

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Year 

Team 

Players from 

Tasmania 

Players to 

Tasmania 

Year 

Team 

Players from 

Tasmania 

Players to 

Tasmania 

1951 and 

1952 

Geelong George Goninon 

1953 Collingwood Lerrel Sharp Ron Kingston 


Peter Marquis, 

Noel Clarke 

Stuart Spencer 



Athol Webb. 

Stuart Spencer 



Athol Webb. 

1958 Collingwood Mick Delanty 

1959 and 

1960 

Melbourne 

Bob ‘Tassie’ 

Johnson 

1963 Geelong 

John Watts, John 

Devine, Fred 

Wooller, Paul Vinar 


Bob ‘Tassie’ 

Johnson 

Greame Wise 

1965 Essendon Kevin Egan 

1966 St.Kilda 

Darrel Baldock, 

John Bingley, 

Verdun Howell, Ian 

Alan Davis 

Stewart 

1967 Richmond Royce Hart 

1968 Carlton 

Brent Crosswell, 

Peter Jones 

1969 Richmond Royce Hart 

1970 Carlton 


Peter Jones 

Vin Waite 

1971 Hawthorn Peter Hudson 

Bob Keddie, Ian 

Bremner 

1972 Carlton Peter Jones Vin Waite 

1973 Richmond 

Royce Hart, Ian 

Stewart, Paul 

Sproule, Noel 

Carter 

1974 Richmond 

Royce Hart, Paul 

Sproule, Cameron 

Clayton 

1975 North Melb 


John Burns 

1976 Hawthorn Rodney Eade Ian Bremner 

1977 North Melb 

1978 Hawthorn 

1979 Carlton 

1980 Richmond 

Daryl Sutton, Brent 

Crosswell 

Ian Paton, Rodney 

Eade 

Peter Jones, 

Michael Young 

Stephen Mount, 

Michael Roach, 

Peter Knights 

Jim Jess, Dale 

Weightman, Mark 

Lee 

1981 and 

1982 

Carlton Rod Ashman 

1983 Hawthorn 

Rodney Eade, Colin 

Robertson, Ian Peter Knights 

Paton 

1985 Essendon Stephen Carey 

1986 Hawthorn Rodney Eade Peter Curran 

1987 Carlton David Rhys-Jones 

1988 and 

1989 

1990 Collingwood 

1991 Hawthorn 

Hawthorn Darren Pritchard Peter Curran 

Doug Barwick, 

James Manson, 

Graeme Wright 

Darren Pritchard, 

Paul Hudson 

1995 Carlton Brad Pearce 

2001, 

2002, 

2003 

Brisbane 

Alastair Lynch 

2005 Sydney Paul Williams 

2008 Hawthorn Grant Birchall 

Mick McGuane 

Compiled by sports historians Daniel Smedley and Ross Smith. 

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THE WHISTLE BLOWER | Preliminary Finals umpire appointments 

The umpire appointments for this week’s Preliminary Finals for TSL Seniors and U18s and the 

Tasmanian Reserves competition are as follows: 

TSL Seniors 

Field 

Boundary 

Launceston v Devonport 

Ben Lehner, Matt Clarke, 

Shaun Gleeson 

Adam Robinson, Bradley 

Gibbins, Dean Picone 

TSL U18s 

Field 

Boundary 

Launceston v Clarence 

Raymond Mee, Michael Hay, 

Mark Tuckett 

Quentin Cook, Simon 

Hamilton, Liam Hall 

Tasmanian 

Reserves 

Field 

Boundary 

North Hobart 

v Glenorchy 

Sam Cure, Nick Foot, Joel 

Harris 

John Tulk, Jed Upton 

Goal 

Mark Ensbey, Jason Williams 

Goal 

Andrew Newton, Damion Oxley 

Goal 

Brayden White, Jason Nicholls 

Emergency 

Sam Rainbird 

GUEST TIPSTERS 

Name 

Position 

CLARENCE V 

Launceston 

DEVONPORT v 

North Hobart 

Progressive 

Score 

David O’Byrne Tasmanian Minister for Sport Launceston by 9 5 3 

Dominic Baker Chairman – AFL Tasmania Launceston by 10 4 3 

Brendon Gale AFL Tasmania Director Devonport by 20 5 3 

Scott Clayton AFL Tasmania Director Devonport by 8 3 2 

Scott Wade General Manager – AFL Tasmania Devonport by 11 6 5 

Trent Bartlett Manager – AFL Tasmania Devonport by 18 3 3 

Nick Probert High Performance Manager – AFL Tasmania Launceston by 32 4 3 

James Bresnehan Mercury Launceston by 42 5 4 

Phil Edwards Examiner Launceston by 24 4 2 

Martin Agatyn Advocate Launceston by 20 6 4 

Colin McNiff Tote Sport Radio . WIN Launceston by 57 5 4 

Tim Francis Southern Cross Launceston by 15 3 2 

The Designated Kicker Full Back Launceston by 36 5 4 

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Tasmanian State Premierships | 1909 to 2009 

Year Venue Winning Team G B Pts Losing Team G B Pts 

1909 Hobart Cananore 6 10 46 Launceston 2 6 18 

1910 Launceston Cananore 7 14 56 City 4 5 29 

1911 Hobart Cananore 16 18 114 North L’ton 1 4 10 

1912 Launceston Lefroy 8 9 57 North L’ton 4 10 34 

1913 Hobart Cananore Won on Forfeit Launceston 

1914 Hobart North Hobart 8 18 66 City 4 9 33 

1915-1918 Competition suspended owing to World War One 

1919 Competition not held owing to an influenza outbreak 

1920 Launceston North Hobart 7 8 50 Launceston 2 14 26 

1921 Hobart Cananore 13 14 92 City 8 8 56 

1922 Launceston Cananore 28 22 190 City 9 8 62 

1923 Hobart North Hobart 20 13 133 North L’ton 18 8 116 

1924 Launceston Lefroy 6 3 39 Launceston 5 5 35 


1926 Launceston Cananore 7 10 52 Launceston 5 20 50 


1928 Launceston City 9 10 64 North Hobart 3 14 32 

1929 Hobart North Hobart 11 12 78 Launceston 9 15 69 

1930 Launceston City 14 10 94 Lefroy 5 6 36 


1932 Launceston City 7 14 56 North Hobart 7 8 48 

1933 Hobart Launceston 13 16 94 Cananore 12 13 85 

1934 Launceston Launceston 8 11 59 North Hobart 5 12 42 

1935 Hobart Launceston 15 17 107 New Town 6 6 42 


1937 Hobart Launceston 16 9 105 Lefroy 12 12 84 

1938 Launceston Launceston 16 9 105 North Hobart 5 9 39 




1942-1944 Competition suspended owing to World War Two 


1946 Hobart Sandy Bay 13 13 91 North L’ton 12 13 85 

1947 Launceston North L’ton 19 16 130 North Hobart 10 9 69 

1948 Hobart New Town 16 9 105 North L’ton 16 7 103 

1949 Launceston North L’ton 13 17 95 New Town 8 7 65 

1950 Hobart North L’ton 14 9 93 Hobart 8 10 58 

1951-1954 Not contested 

1954 Launceston City 9 16 70 Hobart 6 10 46 

1955 Launceston Ulverstone 19 12 126 Longford 12 13 85 

1956 Hobart New Town 14 15 99 Ulverstone 10 11 71 

1957 Launceston Longford 14 16 100 North Hobart 12 7 79 

1958 Devonport Glenorchy 7 11 53 Burnie 6 11 47 

1959 Hobart Hobart 14 11 95 Burnie 9 14 68 

1960 Launceston City-South 15 17 107 Burnie 12 17 89 

1961 Burnie North Hobart 13 8 86 Cooee 8 10 58 

1962 Hobart North Hobart 11 10 76 Burnie 9 10 64 

1963 Launceston Burnie 8 25 73 North L’ton 6 13 49 

1964 Burnie Cooee 15 16 106 Scottsdale 14 14 98 

1965 Hobart Glenorchy 11 16 82 Scottsdale 9 8 62 

1966 Launceston City-South 10 15 75 Hobart 9 13 67 

1967 Burnie North Hobart Declared No Game Wynyard Declared No Game 

1968 Hobart New Norfolk 9 13 67 Scottsdale 7 12 54 


1970 Devonport Latrobe 15 10 100 Clarence 9 11 65 

1971 Hobart Sandy Bay 12 14 86 Latrobe 8 17 65 

1972 Launceston City-South 14 14 98 Latrobe 8 14 62 

1973 Burnie Scottsdale 16 20 116 Cooee 15 13 103 

1974 Not contested 

1975 Hobart Glenorchy 18 24 132 North L’ton 16 12 108 

1976 Launceston Ulverstone 17 19 121 Launceston 10 14 74 

1977 Not contested 

1978 Burnie Cooee 19 25 139 Sandy Bay 16 17 113 


1986 Hobart Glenorchy 14 20 104 Sandy Bay 9 18 72 

1987 Hobart North Hobart 23 20 158 Glenorchy 16 10 106 

1988 Hobart Devonport 15 7 97 Glenorchy 8 6 54 

1989 Hobart North Hobart 18 22 130 Hobart 16 4 100 

1990 Hobart Hobart 19 16 130 North L’ton 10 12 72 

1991 Hobart North Hobart 12 14 86 North L’ton 8 12 60 

1992 Hobart North Hobart 16 12 108 Hobart 10 13 73 

1993 Hobart Clarence 19 12 126 North L’ton 17 15 117 

1994 Hobart Clarence 13 13 91 New Norfolk 8 5 53 

1995 Hobart North L’ton 9 11 65 Clarence 7 13 55 

1996 Hobart Clarence 14 17 101 Burnie 10 14 74 

1997 Hobart Clarence 20 9 129 Burnie 18 14 122 

1998 Hobart North L’ton 14 16 100 Clarence 6 15 51 

1999 Hobart Glenorchy 15 9 99 North L’ton 7 11 53 

2000 Launceston Clarence 15 15 105 North L’ton 8 8 56 


2009 Hobart Clarence 15 11 101 Glenorchy 14 11 95 

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TASMANIAN STATE LEAGUE FIXTURE | 2010 

■ Round 1 

Friday, April 2nd 

Hobart 7.8 (50) lt. North Hobart 15.16 (106) 

Launceston 15.11 (101) df. North L’ton 8.9 (57) 

Devonport 9.7 (61) lt. Burnie 9.10 (64) 

Saturday, April 3rd 

Lauderdale 12.10 (82) lt South L’ton 13.8 (86) 

Monday, April 5th 

Clarence 18.14 (122) df Glenorchy 11.8 (74) 

■ Round 2 

Saturday, April 10th 

Burnie 16.7 (113) df. Launceston 13.5 (83) 

North Hobart 18.15 (123) df. L’dale 6.13 (49) 

South L’ton 8.9 (57) lt. Clarence 20.15 (135) 

North L’ton 11.10 (76) df. Devonport 8.14 (62) 

Sunday, April 11th 

Glenorchy 20.6 (126) df. Hobart 12.11 (83) 

■ ROUND 3 


Launceston 18.10 (118) df. South L’ton 9.7 (61) 

Glenorchy 13.7 (85) lt. Lauderdale 12.18 (90) 

Hobart 9.11 (65) lt. Clarence 22.21 (153) 

Devonport 12.7 (79) lt. North Hobart 18.14 (122) 

North L’ton 12.11 (83) df. Burnie 6.11 (47) 

■ Round 4 


Lauderdale 13.8 (86) lt. Hobart 14.14 (98) 

South L’ton 10.9 (69) lt. North L’ton 11.11 (77) 

Launceston 6.7 (43) lt. Devonport 7.18 (60) 

Burnie 13.11 (89) lt. Glenorchy 16.13 (109) 

Clarence 13.14 (92) df. North Hobart 9.21 (75) 

■ Round 5 

Friday, April 30th 

Clarence 18.14 (122) df. Lauderdale 4.3 (27) 

Saturday, May 1st 

Hobart 20.16 (136) df. Burnie 8.7 (55) 

North Hobart 11.16 (82) df. Launceston 9.12 (66) 

Glenorchy 9.10 (64) lt. North L’ton 14.9 (93) 

Devonport 14.14 (98) df. South L’ton 9.5 (59) 

■ Round 6 

Saturday, May 8th 

Launceston 10.10 (70) lt. Clarence 21.11 (137) 

North L’ton 17.16 (118) df. Lauderdale 8.10 (58) 

Burnie 13.13 (91) lt. South L’ton 14.8 (92) 

Hobart 8.10 (58) lt. Devonport 16.12 (108) 

Sunday, May 9th 

North Hobart 14.10 (94) lt. Glenorchy 15.17 (107) 

■ Round 7 


Glenorchy 11.13 (79) lt. Launceston 19.13 (127) 

L’dale 8.12 (60) lt. North Hobart 19.15 (129) 

South L’ton 8.11 (59) lt. Hobart 23.11 (149) 

Clarence 17.17 (119) df. Burnie 3.9 (27) 

Sunday, May 16th 

North L’ton 7.7 (49) lt. Devonport 14.13 (97) 

■ Round 8 

Saturday, May 22nd 

Burnie 13.10 (88) df. North L’ton 11.12 (78) 

Glenorchy 10.13 (73) lt. Clarence 18.7 (115) 

South L’ton 9.8 (62) lt. Launceston 12.7 (79) 

Lauderdale 10.3 (63) lt. Devonport 13.14 (92) 

North Hobart 8.15 (63) lt. Hobart 10.10 (70) 

■ Round 9 

Friday, May 28th 

North L’ton 9.23 (77) df. South L’ton 7.8 (50) 


Launceston 19.16 (130) df. Burnie 7.6 (48) 

Devonport 16.12 (108) df. Glenorchy 9.4 (58) 

Hobart 5.8 (38) lt. Lauderdale 10.11 (71) 

North Hobart 9.9 (63) lt. Clarence 22.10 (142) 

■ Round 10 

Saturday, June 5th 

Glenorchy 15.9 (99) df. Hobart 13.8 (86) 

Clarence 15.19 (109) df. North L’ton 12.11 (83) 

Burnie 9.9 (63) lt. North Hobart 11.18 (84) 

Launceston 19.12 (126) df. Lauderdale 6.7 (43) 

South L’ton 5.6 (36) lt. Devonport 8.10 (58) 

■ State Game 


Queensland vs. Tasmania @ 

Southport, Gold Coast (TBC) 2:00 pm 

■ Round 11 


North L’ton 15.9 (99) df. Hobart 14.11 (95) 

Devonport 6.8 (44) lt. Launceston 18.10 (118) 

Lauderdale 6.12 (48) lt. Clarence 12.12 (84) 

South L’ton 11.9 (75) lt. Burnie 12.20 (92) 

North Hbt 13.13 (91) lt. Glenorchy 15.15 (105) 

■ Round 12 


Launceston 12.13 (85) df. North L’ton 9.10 (64) 

Glenorchy 16.15 (111) df. Lauderdale 7.6 (48) 

Burnie 15.10 (100) df. Devonport 11.19 (85) 

Hobart 8.11 (59) lt. Clarence 13.15 (93) 

North Hobart 21.23 (149) df. South L’ton 6.5 (41) 

■ Round 13 

Saturday, July 3rd 

Burnie 16.12 (108) df. North L’ton 8.8 (56) 

Devonport 15.16 (106) df. Hobart 13.8 (86) 

Clarence 18.7 (115) df. Glenorchy 9.10 (64) 

Sunday, July 4th 

Lauderdale 11.13 (79) df. North Hobart 7.12 (54) 

South L’ton 4.8 (32) lt. Launceston 20.12 (132) 

■ Round 14 

Saturday, July 10th 

Burnie 12.17 (89) lt. Launceston 15.11 (101) 

Lauderdale 15.19 (109) df. North L’ton 15.7 (97) 

South L’ton 8.12 (60) lt. Glenorchy 16.15 (111) 

North Hobart 18.12 (120) df. Hobart 10.8 (68) 

Clarence 17.13 (115) df. Devonport 12.11 (83) 

Aurora Stadium - A.S Bellerive Oval - B.O Devonport Oval - D.O King George V - K.G.V 

Lauderdale Oval - L.O North Hobart Oval - N.H.O Tas. Cricket Assoc. - T.C.A 

West Park - W’T.P Windsor Park - W.P Youngtown Oval - Y.O 

■ Round 15 (Split Round) 


Devonport 17.11 (113) df. South L’ton 4.13 (37) 

Glenorchy 15.14 (104) df. Burnie 12.11 (83) 


Launceston 15.10 (100) df. Clarence 10.5 (65) 

North L’ton 10.13 (73) df. North Hobart 9.11 (65) 

Hobart 11.11 (77) lt. Lauderdale 16.8 (104) 

■ Round 16 

Friday, July 30th 

South L’ton 6.7 (43) lt. North L’ton 9.9 (63) 

Saturday, July 31st 

Hobart 19.14 (128) df. Glenorchy 4.11 (35) 

Clarence 16.16 (112) df. North Hobart 13.13 (91) 

Launceston 11.6 (72) df. Devonport 10.8 (68) 

Burnie 3.21 (39) lt. Lauderdale 9.16 (70) 

■ Round 17 

Friday, August 6th 

Devonport 16.9 (105) df. Burnie 7.10 (52) 

North L’ton 6.6 (42) lt. Launceston 9.16 (70) 

Saturday, August 7th 

Lauderdale 7.15 (57) lt. Glenorchy 9.10 (64) 

North Hobart 21.14 (140) df. South L’ton 7.7 (49) 

Sunday, August 8th 

Clarence 22.13 (145) df. Hobart 10.10 (70) 

■ Round 18 

Saturday, August 14th 

Burnie 15.16 (106) df. South L’ton 8.11 (59) 

Devonport 8.22 (70) df. North L’ton 8.12 (60) 

Glenorchy 12.20 (92) df. North Hobart 12.8 (80) 

Lauderdale 9.5 (59) lt. Clarence 19.12 (126) 

Hobart 11.6 (72) lt. Launceston 23.8 (146) 

■ Finals Series - Week 1 

August 20th, 21st or 22nd 

(Q1) Clarence 12.22 (94) df. L’ton 9.8 (62) 

(Q2) Dev 13.12 (90) df. Glenorchy 5.10 (40) 

(E1) North Hbt 12.11 (83) df. North L’ton 10.15 (75) 


August 27th, 28th or 29th 

(Q3) L’ton 20.9 (129) df. Devonport 9.16 (70) 

(E2) Glenorchy 11.14 (80) lt. North Hbt 21.12 (138) 


September 3rd, 4th or 5th 

(S2) Clarence 11.16 (82) df Launceston 5.3 (33) 

(S1) Devonport 5.11 (41) df North Hobart 5.9 (39) 


September 10th 

Preliminary Final (Prelim.) A.S 6pm 

Launceston vs Devonport 


Saturday, September 18th 

Grand Final TBC TBC 

Winner 2nd Semi vs. Winner Prelim. 

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$3.00 

FINALS SERIES | WEEK 4 | 10 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2010 

preliminary final 

■ Launceston vs Devonport 

@ Aurora Stadium

Finals series | week 4

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