Tyne Tees Tigers

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Tyne Tees Tigers
Names
Full nameTyne Tees Tigers
Australian Rules Football Club
Nickname(s)Tigers
Motto"Tigers"
Club details
Founded2012 [1]
Colours  Black   Gold
Competition AFL Scotland
President Flag of England.svg Phil Martin
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Rodger
Captain(s) Flag of England.svg Anthony Brannigan
Ground(s) Broadway West, Gosforth "The Tigers Den"
Other information
Official website Official Website

The Tyne Tees Tigers are an Australian rules football club in North East England, [2] England.

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History

The Tigers were founded in April 2012 from the remnants of the North East England league, which formerly comprised the Durham Saints, Gateshead Miners, Hartlepool Dockers, Middlesbrough Hawks, Newcastle Centurions and the Redcar Bombers.

The 2012 and 2013 seasons saw the Tigers playing as a social team in friendly matches and tournaments in and in 2014 the Tigers played their first competitive season having been voted in as a full member team of the AFLCNE.

In 2016 the Tigers found a new home in Gosforth Sports Association and triumphed against Merseyside Saints and Sheffield Thunder in the AFLCNE Plate competition to take their first League silverware. In 2017 the Tigers repeated this feat with a one sided victory over Merseyside Saints.

From 2018 the Tigers will be playing in the SARFL.

Notable players

Notable past players include Chris "Crafty" Medcraft, Tom Lally and Josh Tambakis

References

  1. ↑ "Tyne Tees Tigers – Good To Go For 2014 - World Footy News". www.worldfootynews.com. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Active Newcastle - Tyne Tees Tigers Australian Rules Football Club". activenewcastle.co.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2025.

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