• Source: Clarence Football Club

      • 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 Blundstone Arena (formerly 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 participate 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 and only in the 2015 season missed out on the finals.


      Club details


      Home ground – Ninja Stadium (formerly Bellerive Oval & Blundstone Arena)
      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)


      Honours




      = Club

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      Tasmanian Football League
      Premiers (11): 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010
      Runners-up (6): 1962, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1995, 1998
      Southern Football League (4)
      Premiers (4): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006
      Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007


      = Individual

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

      1949 – Hamish Yaxley
      1960 – Stuart Spencer
      1967 – J.Richmond and Stuart Spencer
      1968 – Bob Lucas
      1976 – Trevor Sorrell
      1989 – Scott Wade
      1991 – Gary Williamson
      1995 – Danny Noonan
      1996 – Danny Noonan
      1999 – Matthew Jones
      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
      Dolphin Medallists (Best and fairest player – NFL Shield)

      1989 – Scott Wade
      Lefroy Medallists (Best and fairest player – Tasmanian team)

      1956 – J.Golding
      1957 – S. Spencer (tied)
      1960 – S. Spencer
      1981 – Rod Hughes (tied)
      1988 – Billy Picken
      1989 – Scott Wade
      2012 – Brady Jones
      2016 – Jake Cox
      All-Australian team members

      1958 – S. Spencer
      Club record score:

      TFL: 38.16 (244) vs Devonport 4.4 (28) on 14 August 1999 at Bellerive Oval
      SFL: 41.23 (269) vs Brighton 5.4 (34) on 7 May 2005 at Bellerive Oval
      Club games record holder:

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


      = Attendance records

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      Record home attendance: Bellerive Oval

      5,157 – Clarence v New Norfolk on 6 June 1970 at Bellerive Oval
      Record roster match attendance: all time

      8,480 – Clarence v Glenorchy on 4 April 2011 at KGV Oval
      Record TANFL/TFL finals attendance:

      24,968 – Clarence v Glenorchy on 22 September 1979 for the TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval
      Record SFL Premier League finals attendance:

      7,149 – Clarence v Glenorchy – 2006 SFL Premier League Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.


      Current Playing List




      Current playing list




      Notable players


      There is a list of past and present Clarence players who have played at AFL/VFL:


      References




      External links



      Official website

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