Greater Western Victoria Rebels
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The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an
Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green and gold, the team was established in 1993 as one of four regional under-18s clubs, set up as part of a plan by the AFL Commission to have clubs set in all regions of the state of Victoria. The club became affiliated with the new VFL's North Ballarat Football Club in 1996, and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this.[1] In January 2017, the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone.[2]
This was to help aid in player development and the process of the
Greater Western Victoria has produced many notable AFL players including Adam Goodes, Drew Petrie, Troy Chaplin, Jed Adcock, Tim Notting, Shannon Watt, James Walker and Shane O'Bree.
Honours
- Premierships (1): 1997
- Runners-up (0): Nil
- Minor Premiers (3): 2006, 2012, 2015
- Wooden Spoons (1): 2013
Draftees
- , Gerard Jess
- 1996: Brent Tuckey, Tim Notting
- 2000: Drew Petrie, Jeremy Humm
- 2002: Luke Brennan, Tristan Cartledge
- 2004: Matt Rosa
- 2005: Stephen Owen
- Mitchell Brown, Shaun Grigg, Tim Houlihan, Matt Tyler
- Kyle Cheney, Matt Austin
- Matthew Dea, Josh Cowan
- Lucas Cook, Tom McDonald, Ben Mabon[3]
- 2011: Sebastian Ross, Rory Taggert, Tom Downie, Nick O'Brien,[4] Brad Crouch*, Kurt Aylett+, Jeremy Cameron+
- , Yestin Eades
- 2017: Lloyd Meek, Flynn Appleby
- 2018: Tom Berry
- 2019: Jay Rantall
- 2020: Harry Sharp, Nick Stevens
- 2021: Josh Gibcus, Sam Butler
- 2022: Aaron Cadman, James van Es, Hugh Bond
Notes:
- * Denotes being selected in Greater Western Sydney Mini-Draft (2011)
- + Denotes player was pre-listed by Greater Western Sydney (2011)
- † Denotes player was pre-listed and on-traded by Greater Western Sydney (2012)
- Sources:1994-2009: AFL Record Season Guide 2010[6]
Team of the Year
- 1993: -
- 1994: Shane Snibson, Brad Cassidy
- 1995: Julian Field
- 1996: Brent Tuckey, Shane O'Bree
- 1997: James Walker, Winis Imbi[7]
- 1998: Marc Greig
- 1999: Jeremy Clayton
- 2000: Shane Hutchinson, Drew Petrie[8]
- 2001: Justin Perkins[9]
- 2002: Adam Fisher[10]
- 2003: Jed Adcock, Matt Sharkey[11]
- 2004: Matt Rosa[12]
- 2005: Bill Driscoll, Steve Clifton[13]
- 2006:
- 2007: Kyle Cheney, Nick Suban[15]
- 2008: Andrew Hooper, Jordan Roughead, Nick Suban[16]
- 2009: Andrew Hooper[17]
- 2010: Lucas Cook[18]
- 2011: Brad Crouch, Nick O'Brien[19]
- 2012: Nick Rippon, Matt Crouch, Jake Lloyd[20]
References
- ^ "About Us". North Ballarat Rebels. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "Name change for North Ballarat Rebels - TAC Cup - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Smith, Cook , McDonald, Mabon drafted". 18 November 2010.
- ^ "AFL draft: Geelong selects Orren Stephenson". 24 November 2011.
- ^ "Three Rebels Selected In Draft".
- ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
- ^ "1997 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2000 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2001 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2002 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2003 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2004 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2005 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2006 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "2007 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ Parnaby, Travis. "Ellis coaches 2008 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
- ^ "2010 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
- ^ "Rebels duo in TAC Cup team of the year". 12 September 2011.
- ^ "2007 TAC Cup Team of the Year".