Tasmania Devils (Talent League team)

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Tasmania Devils
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Full nameTasmania Devils
Nickname(s)Devils
2023 season
After finals3rd
Home-and-away season1st
Club details
Colours  Bottle green
  Primrose
  Maroon
Competition Talent League Boys (2019–present) [1]
Talent League Girls (2021–present) [1]
Coach Jeromey Webberley
Ground(s) Ninja Stadium (capacity: 20.000)
  University of Tasmania Stadium (capacity: 21.000)
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The Tasmania Devils (also known as the Tassie Devils) is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Talent League Boys and Talent League Girls competitions. The team is made up of footballers based in Tasmania aged between 17 and 19 years of age, and competes against other representative teams based in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, as part of the Australian Football League's (AFL) talent pathway systems for male and female players.

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History

The Victorian statewide under-18 competition has had a Tasmanian presence since 1995, when a team named the Tassie Mariners entered the boys league and competed until the end of the 2002 season. [2] By the late 2000s, Tasmania had returned to the boys competition as an "academy team" (which played only some matches against select Victorian teams and was not eligible for the league finals series or premiership), before graduating to full-time status as the Tasmania Devils in the 2019 season. [3] The girls team began competing as an "academy team" in 2019 before becoming a full-time team in the 2021 season. [4]

Home grounds

The Devils split home matches between York Park in Launceston and Bellerive Oval in Hobart.

Honours

Minor Premierships

Seasons

Boys

Tasmania NAB League Boys
SeasonW–L–DLadderFinals resultBest & Fairest Leading goalkicker Captain(s)Coach
2019 4–11–014thWildcard Final Oliver Davis [5] Jackson Callow (24) Nic Baker, Jared Dakin & Oliver Davis [6] Adrian Fletcher
2020 Season cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 5–3–05thNot playedZach Morris Jye Menzie (11) Sam Banks Adrian Fletcher
2022 10–3–02ndPreliminary FinalLiam JonesBrandon Leary (33) Sam Banks & Lachie Cowan Jeromey Webberley [7]
2023 10–3–01stPreliminary Final Geordie Payne Jack Dolliver (28)Tom Beaumont Jeromey Webberley
2024 Harry Elmer & Connor Ling Jeromey Webberley

Girls

Tasmania NAB League Girls
SeasonW–L–DLadderFinals resultBest & Fairest Leading goalkicker Captain(s)Coach
20216–2–02ndElimination Final Perri King Amy Prokopiec (12)TBC Cameron Joyce
20224–5–06thNot playedBrooke BarwickBellah Parker (15)Jemma Blair Jeromey Webberley [8]
20237-6-07thElimination FinalMeg HarrisonAva Read (20)Candice Belbin Jodie Clifford [9]
2024 Jess Wuetschner [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "THE DEVILS ARE BACK - AFL Tasmania". AFL Tasmania. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "TAC Cup History - NAB League".
  3. ↑ Andrew Mathieson (25 August 2019). "Tasmanian NAB League season ends against Cannon Calders". The Examiner.
  4. ↑ "Devils' season ends in heartbreak, but future is bright in Tassie". womens.afl. 4 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Davis, King claim top honours at 2019 Tasmania Devils Awards". AFL Tasmania. 13 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Talented trio to lead Devils in 2019". AFL Tasmania. 26 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Webberley joins Tasmania Devils talent program" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Webberley joins Tasmania Devils talent program" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Jodie Clifford to lead Devils girls in 2023 | Tasmania Devils" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  10. ↑ Tasmania, A. F. L. (19 February 2024). "AFLW star Jess Wuetschner returns home to coach Tassie Girls | AFL Tasmania" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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