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Balmain Australian Football Club

Balmain Tigers
Names
Full name Balmain Tigers Australian Football Club
Club details
Founded 1903
Colours      Yellow      Black
Competition Sydney AFL
Premierships 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2014
Other information
Official website Official Balmain Tigers Australian Football Club Website
Guernsey: Black with Yellow sash (Clash Jumper is inverted)

Balmain Australian Football Club is a NSWFL foundation Australian Football club competing in the Sydney AFL Premier League and based out of the Sydney suburb of Balmain.

The team train at Glover st Oval in Lilyfield from 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Home games are currently at HJ Mahoney Park in Marrickville.

The club formed in 1903 as the Balmain Football Club, a founding member of the Sydney Football League.

The Tigers won the Sydney AFL flag most recently in 2014.

Jack Ashley played for Balmain before being recruited by Port Adelaide, taking part in the clubs 1913 Championship of Australia victory and winning the Magarey Medal the following year.

Sydney Swans player Troy Luff played for Balmain after retiring from the Australian Football League from 2002 onward. Rugby league player Wally Messenger (the brother of Dally Messenger) played for the club in its early days.

Players to make VFL/AFL level from the Balmain Tigers over the years included John Stephenson (1907, Essendon), Charles Brown (1916–1923, Collingwood) Jack Armstrong (1925, St Kilda), Neil Davies (1955, Richmond), Paul Feltham (1970–78, North Melbourne, Richmond) and Ray Hall (1999, Richmond).


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