Manuka Football Club is a defunct Australian Rules Football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club that played in the AFL Canberra

AFL Canberra

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 from 1928 - 1991. The club played at Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

 in the inner-south suburbs of Canberra

Canberra

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.

Guernsey

The original guernsey of Manuka Football Club was red and black (as below). Now, the original red and black is being used by Eastlake because of the merger.

Championship Success

Although Manuka merged with Eastlake in 1991, Manuka enjoyed premiership success 16 times before becoming Southern Districts in 1991.

• 1931
• 1935
• 1938
• 1942
• 1949
• 1950
• 1955
• 1967
• 1968
• 1969
• 1971
• 1973
• 1974
• 1975
• 1977
• 1981

Notable players

• Adrian Barich
  Adrian Barich
  Adrian "Barra" Barich is a sports presenter for television and radio, and a former Australian rules footballer and rugby league player...
  
   (Played for the West Coast Eagles
  West Coast Eagles
  The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
  
   from 1987–1994)
• Ian Low (Played for Footscray Football Club and Collingwood Football Club
  Collingwood Football Club
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  from 1975 to 1980)