Old Yarra Cobras Football Club

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Old Yarra Cobras
Old Yarra Cobras Football Club logo 2024.png
Names
Full nameOld Yarra Cobras Football Club
Nickname(s)Cobras
2024 season
Home-and-away season VAFA : 10th
VAFAW : 8th
Club details
Founded19 September 2022;2 years ago (19 September 2022)
Competition VAFA : Division 1
VAFAW : Premier
CoachVAFA: Nathan Monaco
VAFAW: Michael Wines
Captain(s)VAFA: Nick Zappala
VAFAW: Hilary Donelan
Ground(s)Swan St, Southbank

The Old Yarra Cobras Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster. The club was formed in 2022 following a merger of Manningham Cobras and Yarra Old Grammarians.

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As of 2024, the club's men's team currently competes in Division 1 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), while the women's team is in the Premier Division of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition.

History

Manningham Cobras

Colours of Maningham Cobras Manningham Cobras football club colors.jpg
Colours of Maningham Cobras

The Manningham Cobras Amateur Football Club was formed in 1996 as the Bulleen Cobras following a merger of Canterbury North Balwyn United and Bulleen United. [1]

Canterbury North Balwyn United was formed in 1977 following a merger of Canterbury Presbyterian and North Balwyn. The new club joined the Eastern Suburbs Churches Football Association (ESCFA) the same year before later entering the VAFA in 1993. [1]

Bulleen United was formed in 1961 as Bulleen Presbyterian Methodist Football Club, nicknamed the Bulls, and entered the ESCFA. In 1975, the club was renamed to Bulleen United and joined the VAFA. Its first premiership came in 1978, with a victory in the F Section reserves grand final. [1]

In 1996, the two clubs merged and formed the Bulleen Cobras for the 1997 season. [2] The club changed its name to Manningham Cobras in 2009. [1]

Yarra Old Grammarians

Colours of Yarra Old Grammarians Yarra Old Grammarians football club colors.jpg
Colours of Yarra Old Grammarians

The Yarra Old Grammarians Football Club, nicknamed the Bushrangers, was founded as the Yarra Valley Old Boys by former students of Yarra Valley Grammar in 1993. The club was admitted to the VAFA the same year, with Wayne Reddaway as senior coach and Jarrod Dickson as captain, joining the newly-formed F2 Grade. [3]

The club was renamed to Yarra Old Grammarians (also known as Old Yarra Grammarians) ahead of the 2017 VAFA season. [4] [5]

Merger and new club

Following the conclusion of the 2022 VAFA season, Manningham merged with Yarra Old Grammarians in order to keep both clubs viable on and off-field. [6] [7] On 19 September 2022, the formation of Old Yarra Cobras was announced. [8] [9]

In the club's first season in 2023, it made the Division 2 grand final but was defeated by Parkside by three points. However, the club was still promoted to Division 1 for the 2024 season. [10]

Seasons

PremiersGrand FinalistMinor premiersFinals appearanceWooden spoon

Men's

Seniors

YearDivisionFinishWLDCoachCaptainBest and fairestLeading goalkickerRef
2023 Division 2 3rd1251Nathan MonacoNick Zappala;
Tom Bell
Nick Zappala [11] Jack Hall38 [12]
2024 Division 1 10th2160Nathan MonacoNick ZappalaAnthony Raso [13] 29 [14]

Women's

Seniors

YearDivisionFinishWLDCoachCaptainBest and fairestLeading goalkickerRef
2023 Premier B 2nd1521Michael WinesHilary DonelanIliana Zafiriou36
2024 Premier 8th4140Michael WinesHilary Donelan [15]

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