Maroochydore Football Club

Maroochydore Roos
Names
Full nameMaroochydore Australian Football Club
Nickname(s)Roos
Club song"Out we come, out we come, out we come to play!"
2018 season
Club details
Founded1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Colours   
CompetitionQFA Division 1
PresidentCraig Scrase
CoachRoger Delaney
Captain(s)James Page and Dave Hulsman
PremiershipsSunshine Coast AFL: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989
Brisbane AFL: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
QFA Division 1: 2017, 2018
Ground(s)Maroochydore Multisports Complex (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Other information
Official websitemaroochydoreroos.com

Maroochydore Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club based at Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland which competes in AFL Queensland leagues in South East Queensland. Their men's team have been playing in the QAFL since 2020 and their women's team have been playing in the QAFLW since 2017.

History

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Origins

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The Maroochydore Australian Football Club was formed to compete in the Sunshine Coast Australian Football League. This was an amateur competition that was formed in 1970 and continued until 1992. Other foundation clubs were Noosa and Nambour.

In 1993, the clubs from the competition played in the Brisbane Australian Football League, and later split up into various AFL South Queensland Divisions.[1]

Queensland League

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In 1998 Maroochydore was elevated to the major state competition in Queensland, in 32 matches Maroochydore won five. At the end of 1999 the Senior club was forced to fold and many players moved to the Northern Eagles.

Merger & demerger

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In 2004 Maroochydore had a desire to play in the Pineapple Hotel Cup, to overcome a lack of competitiveness the club opted to merge with the North Shore Jets. Seven years after Maroochydore and Northshore amalgamated for mutual gain in the senior ranks, the former has severed the partnership and gone it alone.[1]

The decision to de-amalgamate was reached when Maroochydore held a special general meeting on 29 March. The new entity would be known as the Maroochydore Australian Football Club, or the Roos. That was the name of the club when it folded at the end of the 1999 season, before its rebirth as Maroochy Northshore for the start of the 2005 season. Northshore would be known as the Northshore Jets Australian Football Club.[1]

Recent season results

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Men's

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Season Division Result No. of teams in division
2011 AFLQ Premier Division 10th 11
2012 SEQAFL Division 1 8th 11
2013 SEQAFL Division 1 8th 12
2014 QFA North 4th 8
2015 QFA North 2nd 7
2016 QFA North 2nd 6
2017 QFA Division 1 Premiers 10
2018 QFA Division 1 Premiers 10
2019 QFA Division 1 2nd 9
2020 QAFL 5th 9
2021 QAFL 2nd 11
2022 QAFL 7th 12

Women's

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Season Division Result No. of teams in division
2016 QWAFA Premiers 13
2017 QWAFL 6th 7
2018 QWAFL 7th 7
2019 QAFLW 4th 8
2020 QAFLW 4th 8
2021 QAFLW 3rd 8
2022 QAFLW 4th 8

Premiers

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Men's

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Women's

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Current squad

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Senior list New Players Coaching staff
  •  1 Sam McKenzie
  •  2 Jake Warren
  •  3 Benjamin Thomas
  •  4 Fraser Cole
  •  5 Mitchell Habgood
  •  6 Jack Taylor
  •  7 Lachlan Robinson
  •  8 Jordan Daniel
  •  9 Jackson Bury
  • 10 Mitchel Scholard
  • 12 Joshua Govan (c)
  • 13 Thomas Holt
  • 15 Hamish Govan
  • 17 Lochie Laing
  • 18 Lukas Kangur
  • 19 Zac Stone
  • 20 Mark Nielsen
  • 21 Brodi Finn
  • 22 Alex Jacobs
  • 23 Sam McLachlan
  • 24 Tom O'Leary
  • 28 Lochie O'Toole
  • 29 Jack Powell
  • 30 Daniel Fleming
  • 31 Ben Kethro
  • 32 Corey Bakes
  • 34 Hayden Smoothy
  • 37 Jy Bennett
  • 38 Bailey Hahn
  • 41 Caleb Silva
  • 44 Jesse Malthouse
  • 45 Brent Pearson
  • 49 Bradley Williams
  • 51 Damon Eastwell
  • 52 Riley Matheson
  • 54 Hunter Moore
  • 55 Sam Butler
  • 57 James Puschmann
  • 64 Harrison Drew
  • -- Josh Wagner
  • -- Jack Lang
  • -- Ben Sloane
  • -- Liam Jacka
  • -- Darren Tanti
  • -- Isaac Carroll
  • -- Max McDonald
  • -- Ty Gallop
  • -- Riley McMillan
  • -- Harrison Kerr




Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



AFL players from Maroochydore

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AFL

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AFLW

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Roos go own way by Mark Bode on Sunshine Coast Daily, 11 April 2012
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