Rumbalara Football Club
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The Rumbalara Football Club, nicknamed Rumba, is an Australian Rules Football
club playing in the Murray Football League
since 2006.
The club is based in the city of Shepparton
located in the north of Victoria. The club is affiliated with the Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-Operative. The club is an Indigenous Australian football club, Fitzroy Stars
is another, the two clubs play for an annual trophy.
The club debuted in 1997 in second division of the Goulburn Valley Football League
and finished fourth. the following year it won the Second division pennant defeating Alexandra.
In 1999 Rumbalara and all the second division clubs seceded from the Goulburn Valley FL and formed the Central Goulburn Football League. It won the first premiership of the league and also won in 2002. It came runners-up in 2003 and 2004 . It lost the 2004 Grand final replay by six points.
When the Central Goulburn FL finished in 2005 the club was unsuccessful in applying for admittance into the Goulburn Valley Football League
. It was admitted to the Murray Football League
in 2006 and has finish in tenth, eighth and fifth.
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 playing in the Murray Football League
Murray Football League
The Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.It covers much the same area as the...
since 2006.
The club is based in the city of Shepparton
Shepparton, Victoria
Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...
located in the north of Victoria. The club is affiliated with the Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-Operative. The club is an Indigenous Australian football club, Fitzroy Stars
Fitzroy Stars Football Club
The Fitzroy Stars Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 7 km north east of Melbourne in the suburb of Thornbury which has a population of 16726 circa 2006. Fitzroy Stars FC is based in the Aboriginal community of Melbourne inner Northern suburbs. Fitzroy. Stars play their...
is another, the two clubs play for an annual trophy.
The club debuted in 1997 in second division of the Goulburn Valley Football League
Goulburn Valley Football League
The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...
and finished fourth. the following year it won the Second division pennant defeating Alexandra.
In 1999 Rumbalara and all the second division clubs seceded from the Goulburn Valley FL and formed the Central Goulburn Football League. It won the first premiership of the league and also won in 2002. It came runners-up in 2003 and 2004 . It lost the 2004 Grand final replay by six points.
When the Central Goulburn FL finished in 2005 the club was unsuccessful in applying for admittance into the Goulburn Valley Football League
Goulburn Valley Football League
The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...
. It was admitted to the Murray Football League
Murray Football League
The Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.It covers much the same area as the...
in 2006 and has finish in tenth, eighth and fifth.
Premierships
- Murray Football LeagueMurray Football LeagueThe Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.It covers much the same area as the...
- Nil
- Central Goulburn Football League
- 1999, 2002
- Goulburn Valley Football LeagueGoulburn Valley Football LeagueThe Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...
Division 2- 1998
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