Geelong Falcons Explained

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Clubname:	Geelong Falcons
Fullname:	Geelong Falcons Football Club
Nicknames:	Falcons
Season:	2023
Home&Amp;Away:	7th
Afterfinals:	4th
Colours:	Navy Blue White
League:	Talent League
Premierships:	Talent League (3) 1992, 2000, 2017
Ground:	Central Reserve, Simonds Stadium
Url:	GFFC

The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia.

The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to prepare them for AFL selection. There is an under-15 V-Line cup side and an under-16 side, but the club's main focus is its under-18 side, who play a longer season.

In 2007, Jimmy Bartel became the first ex-Falcon to win the AFL Brownlow Medal, for the league's best and fairest player, while Jonathan Brown became the first ex-Falcon to win the Coleman Medal for the most goals in the season.

Gary Ablett Jnr also became the first ex-Falcon to win the Leigh Matthews Trophy, for being voted the Most Valuable Player by the AFL Players Association.

Hawthorn half-back Luke Hodge became the first Falcon to win the Norm Smith Medal for his best on ground performance in the 2008 Grand Final against the Geelong Cats.

Nick Maxwell became the first Geelong Falcons player to captain a premiership team when he led Collingwood to the 2010 AFL Premiership.

Honours

Premierships (3): 1992, 2000, 2017
Runners-up (2): 1994, 1998
Minor Premiers (4): 1992, 1996, 2009, 2013
Wooden Spoon (1): 2019

Premierships (1): 2018
Runners-up (1): 2021

Notable Falcons players

Jonathan Brown - Brisbane Lions: Coleman Medallist 2007; All-Australian 2007, 2009; Premiership Player 2001, 2002, 2003; Brisbane co-captain 2007–2008; Brisbane sole captain 2009–2014
Gary Ablett, Jr. - /: All-Australian 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; All-Australian captain 2011; AFLPA MVP 2007, 2008, 2009; Premiership Player 2007, 2009; Brownlow Medallist 2009, 2013; Gold Coast captain 2011–2016
Jimmy Bartel - : Brownlow Medallist 2007; All-Australian 2007, 2008; North Smith Medalist 2011; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011
Luke Hodge - : Number One Draft Pick 2001; All-Australian 2005, 2008, 2010, All-Australian Captain 2010; Norm Smith Medallist 2008, 2014; Premiership Player 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Hawthorn captain 2011–2016
Chris Heffernan - /: Premiership Player 2000
Matthew Primus - /: All-Australian 2001, 2002; Port Adelaide Captain 2001-05, Port Adelaide Coach 2010–2012
Cameron Ling - : All-Australian 2007; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011, Premiership Captain 2011; Geelong Captain 2010–2011
Matthew Scarlett - : All-Australian 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011
Scott Lucas - : Premiership Player 2000
Jordan Lewis - /Melbourne: Premiership Player 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
Nick Maxwell - : Collingwood Captain 2008, Premiership Player/Captain 2010
Amon Buchanan - /: Premiership Player 2005
Matthew Capuano - /: Premiership Player 1996 and 1999
Mark Blake - : Premiership Player 2009
Allen Christensen - : Premiership Player 2011
Will Schofield - West Coast Eagles: Premiership Player 2018
Patrick Dangerfield: Brownlow medal 2016, all Australian 6x and premiership player 2022