The Thanet Bombers 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 is Kent

Kent

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's first and only Australian Rules Football Club, formed in 2006. The club is currently inactive due to a poor level of interest in playing the game in east Kent at this time. The team participated in the Aussie Rules UK

Aussie Rules UK

Aussie Rules UK was a United Kingdom organisation set up in April 2005 to introduce children in the UK to Australian rules football via an adaptation of the sport for use in schools...

 National League for the first and only time in 2007. The club had previously been known as the Bombardiers.

The players sported black guernseys with a red sash, black shorts and socks. They played home games at the Recreation ground, home of Thanet Wanderers RUFC.

The Bombers achieved their first ever victory on 30 June 2007 when they defeated the Brighton Black Swans 11.3 (69) - 9.9 (63).

Former players

• Joe Rixon
• Chris Johnson
• Danny 'Galah' McLeish
• Thiago 'JJ' Llewelyn-Jones
• Pete Takacs
• Chris Johnson
• Chris Clemson
• Simon Russell
• Sam Walker

• Oli Howland
• Tom Hills
• Joe Barker
• Chris 'Wiggy' Williamson
• Darius 'The Elephant' Sarrafan
• Liam Marsh
• Sam 'Idiot Boy' Rixon
• Harry Floyd
• Adam 'Fully' Fullager

• Ayman Elbadawi
• Kris Finneran
• Clive Hadfield