Greater Western Victoria Rebels

Greater Western Victoria Rebels
Names
Full nameGreater Western Victoria Rebels Football Club
Nickname(s)Rebels
2023 season
After finals5th
Home-and-away season2nd
Club details
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Colours  Black   White   Grey
CompetitionTalent League
PremiershipsTalent League (1) 1997
Ground(s)Eureka Stadium, North Ballarat
Other information
Official websiteGWVRFC

The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Talent League, the statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia.

They recruit players from the Ballarat, Wimmera and South West Victorian regions, including from Warrnambool, Hamilton, and Horsham.

Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green and gold, the team was established in 1993 as one of four regional under-18s clubs, set up as part of a plan by the AFL Commission to have clubs set in all regions of the state of Victoria. The club became affiliated with the new VFL's North Ballarat Football Club in 1996, and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this.[1] In January 2017, the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone.[2]

This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs.

Greater Western Victoria has produced many notable AFL players including Adam Goodes, Drew Petrie, Troy Chaplin, Jed Adcock, Tim Notting, Shannon Watt, James Walker and Shane O'Bree.

Honours

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  • Premierships (1): 1997
  • Runners-up (1): 2024
  • Minor Premiers (3): 2006, 2012, 2015
  • Wooden Spoons (1): 2013

Draftees

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Notes:

  • * Denotes being selected in Greater Western Sydney Mini-Draft (2011)
  • + Denotes player was pre-listed by Greater Western Sydney (2011)
  • † Denotes player was pre-listed and on-traded by Greater Western Sydney (2012)
  • Sources:1994-2009: AFL Record Season Guide 2010[6]

Team of the Year

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References

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  1. ^ "About Us". North Ballarat Rebels. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Name change for North Ballarat Rebels - TAC Cup - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Smith, Cook , McDonald, Mabon drafted". 18 November 2010.
  4. ^ "AFL draft: Geelong selects Orren Stephenson". 24 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Three Rebels Selected In Draft".
  6. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. G. Slattery. pp. 438–468. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
  7. ^ "1997 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  8. ^ "2000 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  9. ^ "2001 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  10. ^ "2002 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  11. ^ "2003 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  12. ^ "2004 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  13. ^ "2005 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  14. ^ "2006 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  15. ^ "2007 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  16. ^ Parnaby, Travis. "Ellis coaches 2008 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  17. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. G. Slattery. p. 906. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
  18. ^ "2010 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
  19. ^ "Rebels duo in TAC Cup team of the year". 12 September 2011.
  20. ^ "2007 TAC Cup Team of the Year".
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