The North Ballarat Rebels are an 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 which play in the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

, an under-18 competition in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

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.

North Ballarat is one of four regional clubs set up as part of a plan by the AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 to have clubs set in all regions of the state.

This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft

AFL Draft

The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.-History:...

, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs.

North Ballarat have drafted many notable AFL players including Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes is a professional Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....

, Shannon Watt

Shannon Watt

Shannon Watt is a former Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club.Drafted at number 14 in the 1997 National AFL Draft from the North Ballarat Rebels, Watt was a key defender...

, Troy Chaplin

Troy Chaplin

Troy David Chaplin is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Chaplin played for the Maryborough Football Club and was drafted by Port Adelaide at Pick 15 from North Ballarat Rebels in the 2003 AFL Draft.The then 20-year-old left footer debuted in...

, Jed Adcock

Jed Adcock

Jed Adcock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in Brisbane, Australia....

, Josh Thurgood

Josh Thurgood

Josh Thurgood is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Drafted onto the Hawthorn Football Club's Rookie List for the 2004 season, Thurgood suffered a serious knee injury in Round 2 of the VFL season playing for the Box Hill Hawks...

 and Shane O'Bree

Shane O'Bree

Shane O'Bree is a former professional Australian rules football player whose 246 game Australian Football League career was played with two clubs.- Early life :...

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TAC Cup Team of the Year

• 1993 -
• 1994 Shane Snibson, Brad Cassidy
  Brad Cassidy
  - Fremantle career :Brad was drafted in 1994 as a pre draft selection and was delisted at the end of the 1995 season after playing no games.- Fitzroy career :...
  
  
• 1995 Julian Field
• 1996 Brent Tuckey
  Brent Tuckey
  Brent Tuckey is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and West Coast in the Australian Football League ....
  
  , Shane O’Bree
• 1997 James Walker
  James Walker (Australian rules footballer)
  James Walker is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the Fremantle Football Club. He mainly played as a midfielder or a small defender....
  
  , Winis Imbi
  Winis Imbi
  Winis Imbi is an Australian rules footballer.Imbi is notable as the first player born in Papua New Guinea to reach VFL/AFL level....
  
  
• 1998 Marc Greig
• 1999 Jeremy Clayton
  Jeremy Clayton
  Jeremy Clayton is an Australian rules footballer who played at AFL level for the Kangaroos before enjoying great success with the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL, winning the Magarey Medal and four consecutive Best and Fairest Awards between 2005-2008.Clayton was originally from Warracknabeal...
  
  
• 2000 Shane Hutchinson, Drew Petrie
  Drew Petrie
  Drew Petrie is an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club. Since debuting in 2001 he has played over 100 games for the club. He has played in a variety of roles for the Kangaroos including centre half-forward, defence and ruck...
  
  
• 2001 Justin Perkins
• 2002 Adam Fisher
• 2003 Jed Adcock
  Jed Adcock
  Jed Adcock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in Brisbane, Australia....
  
  , Matt Sharkey
• 2004 Matthew Rosa
  Matt Rosa
  Matthew "Matt" Rosa is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .He is a midfielder who was recruited as the number 29 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft from North Ballarat. Rosa made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 17, 2005 against the Sydney Swans...
  
  
• 2005 Bill Driscoll, Steve Clifton
• 2006 Nathan Brown
  Nathan J. Brown
  Nathan J. Brown is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL....
  
  , James Frawley, Shaun Grigg
  Shaun Grigg
  Shaun Grigg is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Tigers in the Australian Football League . He was drafted by in the 2006 AFL Draft and played 43 games for them over four seasons before being traded to during the 2010 Trade Week.-Football career:Prior to AFL selection,...
  
  , Lachlan George
• 2007 Kyle Cheney
  Kyle Cheney
  Kyle Cheney is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Taken by the Melbourne Demons with the 53rd selection in the 2007 AFL National Draft, Cheney plays as a medium defender. He was recruited from North Ballarat, finishing second in their 2007 best and fairest count...
  
  , Nick Suban