Greater Western Victoria Rebels Explained

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Clubname:	Greater Western Victoria Rebels
Fullname:	Greater Western Victoria Rebels Football Club
Nicknames:	Rebels
Season:	2023
Home&Amp;Away:	2nd
Afterfinals:	5th
Colours:	Black White Grey
League:	Talent League
Premierships:	Talent League (1) 1997
Ground:	Eureka Stadium, North Ballarat
Url:	GWVRFC

The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Talent League, the statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia.

Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green and gold, the team was established in 1993 as one of four regional under-18s clubs, set up as part of a plan by the AFL Commission to have clubs set in all regions of the state of Victoria. The club became affiliated with the new VFL's North Ballarat Football Club in 1996, and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this.^[1] In January 2017, the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone.^[2]

This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs.

Greater Western Victoria has produced many notable AFL players including Adam Goodes, Drew Petrie, Troy Chaplin, Jed Adcock, Tim Notting, Shannon Watt, James Walker and Shane O'Bree.

Honours

• Premierships (1): 1997
• Runners-up (0): Nil
• Minor Premiers (3): 2006, 2012, 2015
• Wooden Spoons (1): 2013

Draftees

• 1994

Brad Cassidy, Mark Orchard, Tony Bourke, Ross Funcke, Gerard Jess

• 1996

Brent Tuckey, Tim Notting

• 1997

James Walker, Shane O'Bree, Shannon Watt, Adam Goodes, Marcus Picken, Sam Cranage

• 2000

Drew Petrie, Jeremy Humm

• 2002

Luke Brennan, Tristan Cartledge

• 2003

Jed Adcock, Troy Chaplin, Adam Campbell

• 2004

Matt Rosa

• 2005

Stephen Owen

• 2006

Nathan Brown, James Frawley, Mitchell Brown, Shaun Grigg, Tim Houlihan, Matt Tyler

• 2007

Clayton Hinkley, Kyle Cheney, Matt Austin

• 2008

Nick Suban, Jordan Roughead, Tim Ruffles, Will Young

• 2009

David Astbury, Matthew Dea, Josh Cowan

• 2010

Lucas Cook, Tom McDonald, Ben Mabon^[3]

• 2011

Sebastian Ross, Rory Taggert, Tom Downie, Nick O'Brien,^[4] Brad Crouch*, Kurt Aylett+, Jeremy Cameron+

• 2012

Dominic Barry†, Jake Neade†, Michael Close, Tanner Smith, Martin Gleeson,^[5] Jake Lloyd

• 2013

Matt Crouch, Louis Herbert, Dallas Willsmore

• 2014

Oscar McDonald, Dan Butler, Jesse Palmer

• 2015

Jacob Hopper, Daniel Rioli, Darcy Tucker, Yestin Eades

• 2016

• 2017

Lloyd Meek, Flynn Appleby

• 2018

Tom Berry

• 2019

Jay Rantall

• 2020

Harry Sharp, Nick Stevens

• 2021

Josh Gibcus, Sam Butler

• 2022

Aaron Cadman, James van Es, Hugh Bond

• 2023

Luamon Lual, Joel Freijah, Lachlan Charleson, George Stevens

Notes:

• * Denotes being selected in Greater Western Sydney Mini-Draft (2011)
• + Denotes player was pre-listed by Greater Western Sydney (2011)
• † Denotes player was pre-listed and on-traded by Greater Western Sydney (2012)
• Sources:1994-2009: AFL Record Season Guide 2010^[6]

Team of the Year

• 1993: -
• 1994: Shane Snibson, Brad Cassidy
• 1995: Julian Field
• 1996: Brent Tuckey, Shane O'Bree
• 1997: James Walker, Winis Imbi^[7]
• 1998: Marc Greig
• 1999: Jeremy Clayton
• 2000: Shane Hutchinson, Drew Petrie^[8]
• 2001: Justin Perkins^[9]
• 2002: Adam Fisher^[10]
• 2003: Jed Adcock, Matt Sharkey^[11]
• 2004: Matt Rosa^[12]
• 2005: Bill Driscoll, Steve Clifton^[13]
• 2006: Nathan Brown, James Frawley, Shaun Grigg, Lachlan George^[14]
• 2007: Kyle Cheney, Nick Suban^[15]
• 2008: Andrew Hooper, Jordan Roughead, Nick Suban^[16]
• 2009: Andrew Hooper^[17]
• 2010: Lucas Cook^[18]
• 2011: Brad Crouch, Nick O'Brien^[19]
• 2012: Nick Rippon, Matt Crouch, Jake Lloyd^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us. North Ballarat Rebels. 4 January 2015.
2. Web site: Name change for North Ballarat Rebels - TAC Cup - SportsTG. SportsTG. en. 2017-01-28.
3. News: Smith, Cook, McDonald, Mabon drafted . 18 November 2010.
4. News: AFL draft: Geelong selects Orren Stephenson. 24 November 2011.
5. Web site: Three Rebels Selected In Draft.
6. Book: AFL Record Season Guide 2010. Lovett, Michael. 2010. 438–468. G. Slattery . 978-0-9806274-5-9.
7. Web site: 1997 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
8. Web site: 2000 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
9. Web site: 2001 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
10. Web site: 2002 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
11. Web site: 2003 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
12. Web site: 2004 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
13. Web site: 2005 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
14. Web site: 2006 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
15. Web site: 2007 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
16. Web site: Ellis coaches 2008 TAC Cup Team of the Year . Travis . Parnaby.
17. Book: AFL Record Season Guide 2010. Lovett, Michael. 2010. 906. G. Slattery . 978-0-9806274-5-9.
18. Web site: 2010 TAC Cup Team of the Year.
19. News: Rebels duo in TAC Cup team of the year. 12 September 2011.
20. Web site: 2007 TAC Cup Team of the Year.