Maroochydore Football Club

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Maroochydore Roos
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Names
Full nameMaroochydore Australian Football Club
Nickname(s)Roos
Club song"Out we come, out we come, out we come to play!"
2024 season
After finals7th (QAFL)
7th (QAFLW)
Club details
Founded1969;56 years ago (1969)
Colours  
Competition QAFL
PresidentMatt Bury
CoachSteve Wildschut (QAFL)
Leigh Redpath (QAFLW)
Captain(s)Josh Govan (QAFL)
Ellen Hopkins (QAFLW)
PremiershipsMen's
Sunshine Coast AFL : 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989
Brisbane AFL : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
QFA Division 1 : 2017, 2018
Women's
QWAFA : 2016
Ground(s) Maroochydore Multisports Complex (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
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Home
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Other information
Official website maroochydoreroos.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.

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History

Origins

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

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

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

Men's

SeasonDivisionResultNo. of teams in division
2011 AFLQ Premier Division 10th11
2012 SEQAFL Division 1 8th11
2013 SEQAFL Division 1 8th12
2014 QFA North 4th8
2015 QFA North 2nd7
2016 QFA North 2nd6
2017 QFA Division 1 Premiers10
2018 QFA Division 1 Premiers10
2019 QFA Division 1 2nd9
2020 QAFL 5th9
2021 QAFL 2nd11
2022 QAFL 7th12
2023 QAFL 8th12
2024 QAFL 7th12
2025 QAFL 13

Women's

SeasonDivisionResultNo. of teams in division
2016 QWAFA Premiers13
2017 QWAFL 6th7
2018 QWAFL 7th7
2019 QAFLW 4th8
2020 QAFLW 4th8
2021 QAFLW 3rd8
2022 QAFLW 4th8
2023 QAFLW 7th8
2024 QAFLW 7th8
2025 QAFLW 10

Premiers

Men's

Women's

Current squad

Maroochydore Roos
Senior listNew PlayersCoaching 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

AFL

AFLW

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roos go own way by Mark Bode on Sunshine Coast Daily, 11 April 2012