Balmain Australian Football Club

This article is about the Sydney AFL (Australian rules) team. For the NSWRL (Rugby league) team, see Balmain Tigers. For the NSW State League Division 1 soccer team, see Balmain Tigers FC.

Balmain Tigers

Names
Full name	Balmain Tigers Australian Football Club
Club details
Founded	1903
Colours	Yellow Black
Competition	Sydney AFL
Premierships	1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2014
Other information
Official website	Official Balmain Tigers Australian Football Club Website
Guernsey: Black with Yellow sash (Clash Jumper is inverted)

Balmain Australian Football Club is a NSWFL foundation Australian Football club competing in the Sydney AFL Premier League and based out of the Sydney suburb of Balmain.

The team train at Glover st Oval in Lilyfield from 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Home games are currently at Henson Park in Marrickville.

History

The club formed in 1903 as the Balmain Football Club, a founding member of the Sydney Football League.

The Tigers won the Sydney AFL flag most recently in 2014.

Famous players

Jack Ashley played for Balmain before being recruited by Port Adelaide, taking part in the clubs 1913 and 1914 Championship of Australia victories, winning the Magarey Medal during the second of those.

Sydney Swans player Troy Luff played for Balmain after retiring from the Australian Football League from 2002 onward. Rugby league player Wally Messenger (the brother of Dally Messenger) played for the club in its early days.

Players to make VFL/AFL level from the Balmain Tigers over the years included John Stephenson (1907, Essendon), Charles Brown (1916–1923, Collingwood) Jack Armstrong (1925, St Kilda), Neil Davies (1955, Richmond), Paul Feltham (1970–78, North Melbourne, Richmond) and Ray Hall (1999, Richmond).

In 2010 and 2011 Nic Fosdike (Sydney Swans) was the senior playing coach while Nick Davis (Sydney Swans), Jason Saddington (Sydney Swans) and Chad Fletcher (West Coast Eagles) played alongside Fosdike.

In 2014 the club broke a 16-year drought to take out the Division 1 premiership

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Clubs in the Sydney AFL

Premier Division clubs	Manly Warringah Giants North Shore Bombers Pennant Hills Demons St George Dragons Sydney Hills Eagles Sydney University Students UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs Western Suburbs Magpies UTS Bats

Lower Division clubs	Auburn Tigers Balmain Tigers Blacktown Magic Camden Cats Campbelltown Blues Gosford Tigers Holroyd-Parramatta Goannas Macquarie University Warriors Moorebank Sports Magpies Nor-West Jets Penrith Rams Randwick City Saints Southern Power

Former clubs	Wollongong Lions

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