Australian_rules_football_in_Tasmania
Australian rules football in Tasmania (known locally as "football"), has been played since the late 1860s and draws the largest audience for a football code in the state.
| Australian rules football in Tasmania | |
|---|---|
| Governing body | AFL Tasmania |
| Representative team | Tasmania |
| First played | 1866; 158 years ago (1866) |
| Registered players | 14,528 (2023)[1] |
| Clubs | 86 |
Club competitions | |
List
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Audience records | |
| Single match | 24,968 (1979). TFL Grand Final Glenorchy v Clarence (North Hobart Oval, Hobart) |
A 2018 study of Internet traffic showed that 79% of Tasmanians are interested in Australian rules football, the highest rate in the country.[2]
While it is the only state without an Australian Football League (AFL) club, after 30 years of campaigning by the state on 1 May 2023 the league's 18 clubs unanimously approved a 19th license to the state, which is expected to debut in 2028[3] along with the construction of the new Macquarie Point Stadium to be completed by 2029.[4][5]
While the audience for the sport remains significant and population growth has exceeded the national average, participation has been in freefall since 2006. The number of participants halved during the 2000s and has not recovered. Once having the strongest participation per capita,[6] it has dropped below the national average and is now similar to the sport in the Australian Capital Territory and only marginally higher than that in New South Wales and in Queensland.[7] In the 21st century it dropped off the top 10 team sports and the most popular team sports are now basketball and soccer.[8] While the code remains popular in the state's north and Launceston, its popularity has fared much worse in the south and in the state's capital Hobart. With the collapse of numerous clubs and competitions, the sport has undergone numerous restructures over the years. Tasmania has traditionally supplied the AFL with a disproportionately high number of players. Despite efforts to maintain a pathway, in the 2010s and 2020s it began to produce poorly in the AFL Draft and for the first time in history (including 2020 and 2022) Tasmanians missed selection altogether. The general consensus is that the state suffered from being ignored by national governing bodies for decades.[9][10] This prompted the Government of Australia to launch a Senate inquiry in 2008.[11]
The Tasmanian state team competed in senior interstate and State of Origin football; it won matches against all other Australian states (including Victoria, firstly in their 1960 match and most recently in their second last encounter in 1990) as well as several second division titles (including 1908 and 1947). Peter Hudson represented Tasmania more times than any other player, with 19 caps. The side played its last senior representative match in 1993. Tasmania continues to field underage sides in the national underage championships as part of a talent pathway to the AFL and remains a successful side with 8 Division two titles, the most recent in 2018. Tasmania has also fielded teams in the VFL (2001–2008), the TAC Cup (1996–2002; 2019-) and defeated a NEAFL representative side in 2013 as the Tasmania Mariners/Devils.
AFL premiership matches have been played every year except 2020 since 2001 with the first held at the North Hobart Oval in 1991. Attendance at these matches, per capita, up to the 2000s and 2010s were the highest in Australia with an average of more than 16,000 per game. Tasmanian Devils VFL home crowds averaged 4,000 a season until the Devils unpopular alignment with AFL club North Melbourne began in 2006. Many viewed it as an AFL attempt at club relocation and as a result average AFL attendances halved after the club began playing home games in Hobart. Tasmanian television audiences for the AFL were also among the highest per capita, consistently drawing bigger ratings than both Queensland and New South Wales; however, they too fell in the 2010s. These factors increased the urgency of the state's bid for an AFL club of its own.
Over 300 Tasmanians have played the game at the highest level, the VFL/AFL. Tasmania has four Australian Football Hall of Fame legends: Darrell Baldock, Peter Hudson, Ian Stewart and Royce Hart.
Matthew Richardson and Jack Riewoldt hold the records for most AFL goals (800) and most AFL games (346) respectively for born and raised Tasmanians. Jess Wuetschner holds both equivalent records for most AFLW games (55) and most AFLW goals (42).
English public school games: 1851-1879
Organised "Foot-ball" matches have been recorded in Van Diemens Land since 1851 and matches in southern Tasmanian towns of Hobart and Richmond between 1853 and 1855[12][13][14] significantly pre-date those recorded across Bass Strait in suburban Melbourne.
Rugby historian Sean Fagan claims that early matches played in Tasmania may have been an early form of rugby football, pointing to early mentions of goal posts with cross-bars and offside rules of later Tasmanian clubs.[15]
Accounts from Tasmanians of these early matches indicate that, as in early Victoria, they played mostly English public school football games particularly Rugby football, Harrow football and Eton football (the latter being similar to soccer) among others.[16]
However, apart from the fact that they were organised and played, few details of these matches actually survive, and the popularity of football in the fast-growing colony of Victoria quickly eclipsed the following that the pastime had in newly named colony of Tasmania.
First football clubs and introduction of the Victorian Rules: 1864-1878
The "football" club formed in New Town in 1864 is believed to be the earliest in Tasmania – but disbanded soon after. A series of high-profile matches were played between New Town and Hobart Football Club (now defunct) in late May of 1866. It is not known under which rules these games were played, though based on descriptions and the timing (official rules were distributed in the Australasian on 19 May) these matches are thought very likely to have been under the Victorian Rules.[17] Unlike other colonies however not long later, cricket clubs passed a motion prohibiting football from being played on their grounds proving a major setback for the code in the colony.[18]
By the mid- to late 1860s, more stable clubs, including Derwent and Stowell Football, emerged.
In 1871 the Break O'Day club was formed followed in 1875 by the Launceston Football Club and Launceston Church Grammar School in 1876.
Even by 1876, Tasmanian clubs had not decided on which rules to play. "Victorian Football Rules" began to gain favour only as the strong growth of the code in Victoria and Queensland became evident, even still most clubs preferred to play by their own rules[16]
Other clubs to form were Longford (1878) and Cornwall (1879), which became City in 1880. The City and Richmond clubs were formed in 1877 and the Oatlands and Railway clubs in 1879.
New Town formally started in 1878 and along with City and Richmond formed the basis of the game in Hobart, while in Launceston the abovementioned clubs formed the basis for the NTFA. New Norfolk District Football Club (1878) was one of the stronger regional clubs and North Hobart Football Club (1881) is another survivor of these early years.
Intercolonial football and adoption of the Victorian Rules: 1879
On 1 May 1879 members of the Tasmanian Cricket Association met and decided to form a club for their members, to be called Cricketers. They initially adopted English Association Rules (soccer) before succumbing to the pressure to play Victorian Rules.[19][20]
In 1879 the Hotham Football Club (now North Melbourne) wrote to Tasmanian clubs for an intercolonial challenge. The Tasmanians initially deferred the challenge due to no uniform rules among its clubs. On July 5, 1881, it played a combined Hobart team defeated them 3 goals 2 in front of 1500 spectators.[21] Following the intercolonial, Tasmanian clubs adopted a slightly modified version of the Victorian game.[22]
More intercolonials against Victorian clubs followed shortly after the official adoption of the code. The Essendon Football Club visited in 1882 playing against a combined Tasmanian side in front of more than 3,000 spectators.[23]
An Intrastate rivalry develops: 1900-
The history of local Tasmanian football differs considerably from any of the mainland states. Whereas mainland states had a major population centre around which a single dominant league was based, Tasmania's population was more evenly distributed. The consequences of this on Tasmanian football history are three-fold: firstly, a strong intrastate rivalry not noted in any mainland state; secondly, three different top-level football leagues in different regions of the state; and thirdly, the ability for teams representing very small towns to be competitive in the top leagues.
The Tasmanian Football League, based around Hobart, began in 1879. The Northern Tasmanian Football Association, based around Launceston, began in 1886.
Victorian clubs Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club visited in 1901 and 1902 respectively winning convincingly against the NTFA.[24][25]
A third top-level league, although not recognised as such until later, was the North West Football Union, contested by teams on the north-western coast of the state west of Latrobe, which began in 1910.
Victorian club Collingwood FC again visited Launceston in 1923 and played against the NTFA.[26]
The leagues were small in the pre-WWI era, with only three clubs competing in the TFL and NTFA, and four in the NWFU. Intrastate games between representative teams in the leagues were a regular fixture during these years. In the 1920s, the TANFL (as the TFL was now known) and NFTA expanded to four teams apiece, and the NWFU to six.
In 1929, Victorian club Collingwood FC again visited both Launceston and Hobart, playing against the NTFA and SFA respectively.[27]
After World War II, all leagues underwent further expansion. The TANFL switched to a district-based selection, and expanded to six clubs. The NFTA also expanded to six teams. The NWFU expanded from six teams to as many as fourteen, with a short-lived incorporation of four Circular Head-based clubs, but eventually contracted back to eight.
The local leagues were extremely popular and attracted large crowds. The TANFL Grand Final between Glenorchy and Clarence at the North Hobart Oval in 1979 attracted a record crowd of 24,968 which, although ostensibly small in comparison to mainland crowds, represented 15% of Hobart's population at the time.
Statewide Competition
There were always attempts made to somehow consolidate the major Tasmanian leagues into one statewide competition. The earliest and longest-lasting was the Tasmanian State Premiership, which began (officially) in 1909 as a single Grand Final game between the TANFL and NTFA premiers, for the right to be the State Premiers. The Hobart-based teams initially dominated, winning the first fourteen such contests. In 1950, the NWFU Premier was also invited to contest for the State Premiership. The final State Premiership was played in 1978.
The next attempt at statewide competition was the Winfield Statewide Cup, a seven-week tournament played prior to the 1980 season amongst all twenty teams in the TANFL, NTFA and NWFU, plus one team from the Circular Head Football Association (Smithton, who would join the NWFU that season). The competition was not popular with the northern clubs, who believed the organisation of the league biased towards the Hobart-based league. In response, they refused to play another Winfield Statewide Cup. Instead, the NTFA and NWFU joined to form the Greater Northern Football League, which resembled the old Statewide Premiership format, with the winners of the individual leagues playing off for the GNFL premiership. The GNFL experiment lasted only the 1981 and 1982 seasons.
In 1986 and 1987, a true Statewide League was finally realised, when five of the northern clubs left their respective leagues to join the TANFL, renamed the TFL Statewide League: North Launceston, East Launceston and City-South left the NTFA in 1986 (the latter two merging to form South Launceston), and Devonport and Cooee (which was renamed Burnie for the move) left the NWFU in 1987. The two northern leagues merged to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League.
From that point, Tasmanian local football slowly dwindled as teams began to lose money. Clubs began to leave both the NTFL and the Statewide league throughout the 1990s, returning to local or amateur competitions with lower travel costs, or in some cases (such as the TANFL's Sandy Bay Football Club) fold completely. Only six teams remained in the Statewide League by 2000, and after one of the most poorly attended Grand Finals in seventy years, the league folded. The clubs that survived returned to the NTFL and the newly formed Southern Football League.
The Tasmanian Devils and the VFL
Upon the disbanding of the TFL in 2000, the Tasmanian Devils was formed in 2001 and admitted into the Victorian Football League in its inaugural year. The team played home games in Launceston, Hobart, Ulverstone, Burnie and Devonport during its time in the league. The Devils attracted a strong following in comparison with many other VFL clubs at the time.
AFL aligns North Melbourne with Tasmania (2006)
At the start of the 2006 season the Devils and the Australian Football League's North Melbourne Football Club began a partial alignment, allowing six North Melbourne listed players to play for Tasmania when not selected in the seniors, and arrangement which lasted from 2006 until 2007. This was unpopular among local fans, significantly harming the popularity of the club; and the season proved to be a disappointment on-field, with the Devils finishing ninth and missing the finals.[28][29]
The Devils were wound up at the conclusion of the 2008 season in order to make room for the return of the TFL in 2009.
Tasmania and the National AFL Competition (1990-)
Tasmania's strong State of Origin team was one of the main reasons that the state held off expressing serious interest in joining the AFL competition. The state's historically strong supporter base for Australian rules football, one of the highest participation rates in the country and strong local leagues were also factors. However the team's strong performances against Victoria in the early 1990s prompted Tasmanian officials to open talks with the AFL.[30]
Tasmania was seen as a relocation target for the AFL's struggling clubs and in 1991 the Fitzroy Football Club were contracted for two home games a season at North Hobart Oval[31] however the experiment ended in 1992 when the venture resulted in a large financial loss for the Lions.
After the state side's last representative appearance in 1993, Tasmania stepped up its bids for inclusion in the national competition.
Between 1996 and 1998 a bid was prepared that involved the construction of a 30,000-capacity stadium in the Hobart showgrounds in Glenorchy, at the cost of $34 million. The stadium would have been the team's only home ground, but the appeal was unsuccessful and the stadium was not built.
In 2001, AFL clubs St Kilda and Hawthorn began playing home matches in Launceston at York Park (later known as Aurora Stadium), supported by the Tasmanian government in an attempt to build a local following. St Kilda ended its arrangement after 2006. Hawthorn however increased its presence in the state as part of an agreement with the tourism component of the Tasmanian government, whereby they were contracted to play four games in the state and the Tasmanian Government will be the major sponsor for the club.
A government-backed Tasmanian bid was prepared in response to the AFL admitting new licences for the Gold Coast and Western Sydney for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. While the AFL admitted that the state had put together a stronger business case, it was once again rejected by the league. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou was quoted to have said to the Tasmanian premier Paul Lennon "Not now, not ever".[32] Hobart's major daily newspaper The Mercury started a petition in response to this news on 16 April 2008.[33] The premier vowed to bypass the AFL CEO and take the appeal directly to the AFL Commission.
On 30 July, the Tasmanian government announced that it had secured a major sponsor, Mars for the bid in a deal worth $4 million over 3 years. It was long doubted by the AFL that the Tasmanian club would secure corporate interest before a proposal is accepted by the AFL and this announcement came as a major shock as it was before a sponsor could be found for either the Gold Coast or Western Sydney Clubs and as AFL clubs Richmond[34] and Western Bulldogs[35] was left without a major sponsor for 2009. In addition to the Gemba financial audit of the bid to meet the AFL criteria, the Tasmania team had secured more than 20,000 potential members, ahead of the Gold Coast and Western Sydney bid in raw numbers.[36]
Hawthorn Football Club (2001-)
Since 2001 Hawthorn has successfully cultivated a following in Tasmania playing numerous home games at York Park with its Tasmanian membership base has increased from 1,000 to more than 9,000. Recent studies have valued Hawthorn's economic impact in Tasmania and national brand exposure to total $29.5 million in 2014.[37] Since 2006, Hawthorn has increased its presence in the state as part of an agreement with the tourism component of the Tasmanian government, whereby they are contracted to play four games in the state and the Tasmanian Government will be the major sponsor for the club. This relationship was renewed for a further period for five years (2012–16) in November 2011.
On 31 July 2015, Hawthorn extended their partnership with Tasmania for a further five years.[37]
North Melbourne Football Club (2012-)
The North Melbourne Football Club has confirmed that it will play two games per year in Hobart at Bellerive Oval starting from 2012.[38]
The Return of the Statewide League (2009-)
After an eight-year absence, the Tasmanian Football League made a return in 2009. Ten teams were initially represented: from the south, North Hobart, Glenorchy, Hobart, Clarence, Lauderdale; from the north, Launceston, North Launceston, South Launceston; and from the north-western coast, Burnie and Devonport. All clubs except for Lauderdale had at some stage been part of the original Statewide League.
The league's membership underwent changes in 2014. South Launceston left the league and was replaced by the newly established Western Storm, based in western Launceston; North Hobart was disbanded and reincorporated into a new club called Hobart City;[39] and Hobart, which was to have been a joint partner in the Hobart City club before withdrawing from the deal,[40] was replaced by the Tigers FC, based in Kingston.[41]
In 2019, there were 14,465 participants, player numbers have halved in just over a decade and the participation had plunged to 3.3, ranking 5th in the country ahead of only NSW/ACT and Queensland.[7]
In 2007, there were 4,500 senior players and a total of 32,138 participants in Aussie Rules in Tasmania.[42] A total participation per capita of 5% is the second-highest participation in the country, behind the Northern Territory.[6]
Attendance record
- 24,968 (1979). TFL Grand Final Glenorchy v Clarence (North Hobart Oval, Hobart)
- Australian Football League Premiership Season (Hawthorn (Launceston) and North Melbourne (Hobart) 'home' games)
- Tasmanian State League Grand Final
- Southern Football League Grand Final
- Northern Tasmanian Football League Grand Final
In 2004 the Board of Management of AFL Tasmania named a Team of the Century for the state. It had 18 on field and seven interchange players as well as an umpire, coach and assistant coach.
- Assistant coach – Robert Shaw
- Umpire – Scott Jeffery
The Tasmanian representative team have played State of Origin test matches against all other Australian states. The team's last appearance was at the 1993 State of Origin Championships.
The team wears and all green guernsey with maroon trims and a gold insignia map of Tasmania more recently an embossed T symbol for Tasmania. The same guernsey design was later adopted by the state's AFL club.
Tasmania fields Underage teams at both Under 16 and Under 18 levels in both the AFL Under 19 Championships and 2021 AFL Women's Under 19 Championships.
A combined state team usually plays other state competitions around Australia, such as AFL Queensland in 2007, 2009, and 2010.
The governing body for Aussie Rules in Tasmania is AFL Tasmania.
In 2009 the three main community football leagues The Northern Tasmanian Football League, Northern Tasmanian Football Association, and the Southern Football League established the Tasmanian Football Council which is a united body that represents community Footballs interests in the state. The council has membership with the Australian Amateur Football Council.[citation needed]
The Tasmanian government set up the Football Tasmania Board in 2019 to provide advice to the government on the state of the game in Tasmania.[43][44][45]
State Leagues/clubs (past and present)
Current clubs
- Clarence
- Glenorchy
- Hobart City (rebrand of North Hobart from 2014 to 2017)
- Lauderdale
- Launceston
- North Hobart (rebranded as Hobart City in 2013 and returned 2018)
- North Launceston
- Kingborough Tigers (from 2014)
Former clubs
Tasmanian Football League
- Cooee / Burnie Hawks / Burnie Tigers / Burnie Dockers Football Club (exited league in 2018)
- Cananore (pre-WW2)
- Devonport (exited league in 2017)
- Hobart (exited league in 2013)
- Lefroy (pre-WW2)
- New Norfolk
- North Hobart (exited league in 2013)
- Sandy Bay
- East Launceston / South Launceston (exited league in 2013)
- Southern Districts
- Western Storm
Northern Tasmanian Football Association
- City / City-South / South Launceston
- Deloraine FC (also spent two seasons in the NWFU)
- Cornwall / East Launceston / South Launceston
- George Town FC (also in NTFL)
- Longford
- Scottsdale
North West Football Union
- Burnie Dockers
- Cooee
- East Devonport
- Latrobe
- Penguin
- Smithton
- Ulverstone
- Wynyard
- Tasmanian Amateur Football League (League had southern and northern divisions with a state amateur premiership)
- Tasmanian State Premiership
- Winfield Statewide Cup
- Tasmanian Devils (Victorian Football League) (2001–2008)
Local Leagues
- Circular Head Football Association
- Darwin Football Association
- King Island Football Association
- Northern Tasmanian Football Association
- Northern Tasmanian Football League
- North Western Football Association
- Oatlands District Football Association
- Old Scholars Football Association
- Southern Football League
Defunct Local Leagues
- Deloraine Football Association
- East Tamar Football Association – To the 'Tamar Football Association'
- Esk Football Association
- Esk Deloraine Football Association
- Esperance Football Association
- Fingal District Football Association
- Huon Football Association
- Kingborough Football Association
- Leven Football Association
- Midlands Football Association
- North East Football Union
- North West Christian Amateur Football League
- North West Football Union
- Northern Tasmanian Football Association (original)
- Peninsula Football Association
- South East Districts Football Association
- Southern Districts Football Association
- Tasman Football Association
- Tamar Football Association – To the ‘Northern Tasmanian Football Association’ (new)
- West Tamar Football Association – To the 'Tamar Football Association'
- Western Tasmanian Football Association
Junior
- Northern Tasmanian Junior Football Association (NTJFA)
- Northern Tasmanian Junior Football League (NTJFL)
- Southern Tasmania Junior Football League
Masters
- Masters Australian Football Tasmania
Umpires
- TFUA – Tasmanian Football Umpires Association
- NTFUA – Northern Tasmanian Football Umpires Association
- NWUA – North West Umpires Association
Women's
Tasmanian Women's Football League
The Tasmanian Women's Football League (TWFL) was established in 2007 and there are now 8 women's teams in the league statewide. These are:
Burnie Dockers, Clarence Football Club, Evandale, Glenorchy Football Club, Launceston Football Club, Mersey Leven, South East Suns, Tiger City.[46]
Grand Final results
Tasmanian State League Woman's
On Wednesday 19 April 2017, AFL Tasmania announced the formation of the TSLW. A five-team woman's league which will comprise:
- Clarence
- Burnie Dockers
- Glenorchy
- Launceston
- Tigers FC.[50]
They will compete over a 15-round season, commencing on Saturday 29 April 2017.[50]
Regional Women's Leagues
SFLW
- Blues
- Claremont Women
- Demons Women
- Port Women
- South East Suns Women
NTFAW (2019)
- Bridgenorth
- Evandale
- George Town
- Meander Valley
- Old Launcestonians (OLFC)
- Old Scotch
- Scottsdale
- South Launceston
TWL North West
- Circular Head Giants
- Devonport Magpies
- Latrobe
- Penguin
- Ulverstone
The following venues meet AFL Standard criteria and have been used to host AFL (National Standard) or AFLW level matches (Regional Standard) are listed by capacity.[53]
| Hobart | Launceston | Hobart |
|---|---|---|
| Bellerive Oval | York Park | North Hobart Oval |
| Capacity: 19,500 | Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 18,000 |
| Hobart | Devonport | |
| KGV Oval | Devonport Oval | |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 14,000 | |
Tasmania has supplied over 300 players to the elite level.
Greats
Tasmania has three Australian Football Hall of Fame legends: St Kilda and Latrobe premiership captain and three-time Wander Medallist Darrel Baldock, dual Leitch Medallist and twelve-time league goalkicking champion Peter Hudson and three-time Brownlow Medallist Ian Stewart.
Other players from Tasmania include Hall of Fame inductees Royce Hart, Vic Belcher, Horrie Gorringe, Matthew Richardson, Laurie Nash.
AFL Tasmania also maintains its own Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame with hundreds of footballers, many of whom also played in the AFL.
- Mitch Robinson is from Hobart
- Grant Birchall is from Devonport
- Jade Rawlings is from Devonport
- Nick Riewoldt is from Hobart
- Alastair Lynch is from Burnie
- Russell Robertson is from Penguin
- Matthew Richardson is from Devonport
- David Neitz is from Ulverstone
- Brad Green is from George Town
- Brady Rawlings is from Devonport
- Brendon Gale is from Burnie
- Andy Lovell is from Hobart
- Chris Fagan is from Queenstown
- Rodney Eade is from Hobart
- Verdun Howell is from Launceston
- Laurie Nash lived in Launceston
- Ivor Warne-Smith lived in Latrobe
- Roy Cazaly lived in Launceston
- Horrie Gorringe was from Sanford
- Vic Belcher was from Launceston
- Fred McGinis was from Hobart
AFL Recruitment Zones
In the absence of a Tasmanian AFL club, the Australian Football League granted its North Melbourne Football Club full access to Tasmania via its academy Recruitment Zone since 2016. This also meant that when North Melbourne entered the AFLW in 2019, it was given access to the Tasmanian talent from across the league so as to act as Tasmania's team in the competition.[9] Other clubs may access Tasmanians that are overlooked or via the rookie draft.
Men's
Current Players
- Jack Riewoldt is from Hobart
- Levi Casboult is from Hobart
- Jeremy Howe is from Hobart
- Andrew Phillips is from Hobart
- Jimmy Webster is from Hobart
- Alex Pearce is from Ulverstone
- Toby Nankervis is from Launceston
- Ben Brown is from Devonport
- Paddy McCartin is from Hobart
- Lachie Weller is from Burnie
- Jake Kolodjashnij is from Launceston
- Robbie Fox is from Burnie
- Hugh Greenwood is from Hobart
- Brody Mihocek is from Burnie
- Rhyan Mansell is from Launceston
- Sam Banks is from Whitefoord
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AFL Players from Tasmania
 | This article is missing information about players. (June 2022) |
| Currently on an AFL senior list |
| Player | TAS junior/senior club/s | Representative honours | AFL Draft | Selection | AFL Years | AFL Club/s | AFL Games | AFL (Goals) | Connections to Tasmania, Notes & References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arie Schoenmaker | Launceston, Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2023 | #62 | - | St Kilda | - | - | Raised in Launceston | |
| James Leake | Launceston | 2023 | #17 | - | Greater Western Sydney | - | - | Raised in Launceston | |
| Ryley Sanders | North Launceston | 2023 | #6 | 2024- | Western Bulldogs | 2 | - | Raised in Launceston | |
| Colby McKercher | Launceston, Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2023 | #2 | 2024- | North Melbourne | 2 | - | Raised in Launceston | |
| Seth Campbell | Burnie Dockers, North Launceston | U18 (2022) | 2023 (Rookie) | (Rookie #12) | 2024- | Richmond | 2 | 3 | Raised in Burnie |
| Sam Banks | Clarence, Tasmanian Devils | U18 | 2023- | Richmond | 5 | - | Raised in Whitefoord | ||
| Lachlan Cowan | Devonport, North Launceston, Tasmanian Devils | U18 (2019, 2021) | 2023- | Carlton | - | - | Raised in Devonport | ||
| Jye Menzie | North Hobart / Tasmanian Devils | U18 (2019, 2021) | 2022- | Essendon | - | - | Raised in Hobart | ||
| Jackson Callow | North Launceston | 2021-2022 | Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | Raised in Launceston | |||
| Rhyan Mansell | Prospect, North Launceston | U18 (2017) | 2020 | Pre-season supplemental | 2021- | Richmond | 15 | 1 | Raised in Launceston |
| Tarryn Thomas | North Launceston | U16 (2016), U18 (2016) | 2018 | #8 | 2019- | North Melbourne | 57 | 45 | Raised in Launceston |
| Chayce Jones | Longford / Launceston | 2019- | 38 | 10 | Born, raised in and recruited from Longford | ||||
| Hugh Dixon | Kingborough | U18 (2017) | 2018- | 11 | 6 | Raised and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Brody Mihocek | Burnie Dockers | U18 (2011) | 2018- | 101 | 164 | Born in Tasmania and raised in Burnie | |||
| Hugh Greenwood | - | U16 (2007) | 2017- | 86 | 45 | Born and raised in Hobart | |||
| Robbie Fox | Burnie Dockers | 2017- | 64 | 8 | Raised in Burnie | ||||
| Mitchell Hibberd | Clarence | 2016-2020 | 9 | 0 | Raised in Hobart | ||||
| Mackenzie Willis | Kingborough | 2016-2018 | 5 | 0 | Raised in Hobart | ||||
| Kieran Lovell | Kingborough | U18 (2015) | 2016-2018 | 2 | 0 | Raised in Hobart | |||
| Jake Kolodjashnij | Prospect / Launceston | U16 (2011), U18 (2012, 2013) | 2015- | 153 | 3 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Lachie Weller | Burnie Dockers | 2015- | 118 | 42 | Raised in Burnie | ||||
| Paddy McCartin | - | 2015- | 59 | 35 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Ryan Gardner | Burnie Dockers | 2015- | 35 | 2 | Born and raised in Smithton | ||||
| Ben Brown | Devonport / Glenorchy | 2014– | 160 | 341 | Raised in Devonport | ||||
| Toby Nankervis | Lilydale / North Launceston | U18 (2013) | 2014– | 121 | 34 | Raised in George Town | |||
| Alex Pearce | Ulverstone / Devonport | 2014– | 80 | 3 | Born and raised in Ulverstone, recruited from Devonport. (Palawa) | ||||
| Brady Grey | Burnie Dockers | 2014–2018 | 21 | 11 | Raised in and recruited from Burnie | ||||
| Kade Kolodjashnij | Prospect / Launceston | U16 (2011), U18 (2012, 2013) | 2014-2020 | 80 | 14 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Jackson Thurlow | Launceston | 2013–2020 | 63 | 14 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Aaron Hall | Hobart | 2012- | 147 | 93 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Jimmy Webster | Glenorchy | 2012- | 131 | 4 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Andrew Phillips | Lauderdale | 2012- | 52 | 15 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Jeremy Howe | Dodges Ferry / Lauderdale / Hobart | 2012- | 228 | 96 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Tim Mohr | Launceston | 2012-2019 | 48 | 1 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Henry Schade | North Hobart / Tassie Mariners | U18 (2011) | 2012-2017 | 28 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Maverick Weller | Burnie Dockers | 2011-2019 | 123 | 59 | Born and raised in Burnie | ||||
| Josh Green | Sorrell / Clarence | U18 (2020c) | 2011-2018 | 105 | 135 | Born, raised and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Daniel Archer | Clarence | 2011-2013 | 1 | 0 | Raised and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Ian Callinan | Rokeby / Lauderdale / Clarence | U18 (2000) | 2011-2013 | 32 | 49 | Raised and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Levi Casboult | - | 2010- | 193 | 213 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Jesse Lonergan | Launceston | 2010-2021 | 128 | 32 | Raised and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Ryan Harwood | Glenorchy, Tassie Mariners | U18 (2009) | 2010-2017 | 81 | 6 | Raised and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Brodie Moles | Glenorchy, Tasmanian Devils | 2010-2011 | 17 | 10 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Mitch Robinson | Tasmanian Devils | 2009- | 246 | 129 | Born, raised and recruited | ||||
| Liam Jones | North Hobart | 2009-2021 | 177 | 84 | Raised and recruited | ||||
| Nathan Grima | South Launceston, Tassie Mariners, Tasmanian Devils | 2009-2016 | 88 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Aaron Cornelius | Tasmanian Devils | 2009-2013 | 25 | 35 | Raised and recruited | ||||
| Aaron Joseph | Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners | U18 (2007) | 2009-2013 | 73 | 10 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Tom Bellchambers | Tasmanian Devils | 2008-2020 | 136 | 77 | Born and raised in Launceston, recruited | ||||
| Tom Collier | Tassie Mariners | U18 (2006) | 2008-2011 | 27 | 4 | Raised | |||
| Jack Riewoldt | Tassie Mariners / Clarence | U18 (2006) | 2007- | 346 | 786 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Ricky Petterd | - | 2007-2015 | 84 | 72 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Colin Garland | North Hobart / Tassie Mariners | 2007-2017 | 141 | 16 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Angus Graham | Tassie Mariners | 2007-2014 | 48 | 18 | Born on King Island | ||||
| Tom Hislop | Tassie Mariners | 2007-2011 | 27 | 12 | Born and raised in Burnie | ||||
| Mitch Thorp | North Launceston, Tassie Mariners | 2007-2009 | 2 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Grant Birchall | Tassie Mariners | 2006-2021 | 287 | 36 | Born and raised in Devonport | ||||
| Sam Iles | Tassie Mariners | 2006-2012 | 33 | 11 | Raised | ||||
| Sam Lonergan | Lauunceston / Tassie Mariners / Tasmanian Devils | U18 (2005) | 2006-2013 | 81 | 39 | Born and raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Andrew Lee | Burnie / Tassie Mariners / Tasmanian Devils | 2005-2008 | 5 | 2 | Born in Brighton, raised in and recruited from Burnie | ||||
| Cameron Thurley | Clarence / Tasmanian Devils | 2005-2006 | 12 | 12 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Jason Laycock | East Devonport / Tassie Mariners | 2004-2010 | 58 | 36 | Born, raised in and recruited from Devonport | ||||
| Luke Shackleton | Burnie / Tassie Mariners | 2004 | 1 | 0 | Raised in Burnie | ||||
| Barry Brooks | Grassy Football Club / Tassie Mariners | 2002-2007 | 10 | 3 | Born, raised in and recruited from King Island | ||||
| Ken Hall | North Hobart / Tassie Mariners | 2002-2003 | 1 | 0 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Brad Miller | - | 2002-2012 | 157 | 120 | Raised in Hobart | ||||
| Nick Riewoldt | - | 2001-2017 | 336 | 718 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Simon Wiggins | Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners | 2001-2009 | 116 | 36 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Peter Street | Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners | 2001-2008 | 78 | 16 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Andrew Hill | Tassie Mariners | 2001 | 1 | 0 | Raised | ||||
| Danny Roach | Tassie Mariners | 2001 | 1 | 0 | Born and raised | ||||
| Brad Green | Tassie Mariners | 2000-2012 | 254 | 350 | Born in Georgetown and raised in Launceston | ||||
| Patrick Wiggins | Tassie Mariners | 2000-2004 | 12 | 5 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Tim Hazell | Southern Districts | 2000-2003 | 5 | 3 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Brady Rawlings | Tassie Mariners | 1999-2011 | 245 | 62 | Born and raised in Devonport | ||||
| Brodie Holland | Tassie Mariners | 1998–2008 | 155 | 141 | Born and raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Justin Plapp | Burnie / Tassie Mariners | 1998-2002 | 44 | 30 | Born in Penguin, raised and recruited from Burnie | ||||
| Leigh Brockman | Tassie Mariners | 1998, 2002 | 12 | 1 | Raised | ||||
| Mark Harwood | Tassie Mariners | 1998-2001 | 30 | 19 | Raised | ||||
| Justin Wood | Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners | 1998 | 7 | 5 | Born and raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Russell Robertson | Tassie Mariners | 1997–2009 | 228 | 428 | Raised in Penguin and Burnie | ||||
| Gerrard Bennett | North Hobart / Tassie Mariners | 1997–2002 | 32 | 11 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Ben Beams | Glenorchy / Tassie Mariners | 1997–2001 | 23 | 17 | Born in Launceston, raised and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Jade Rawlings | Devonport | 1996-2006 | 148 | 96 | Born and raised in Devonport | ||||
| Ben Harrison | Devonport | 1995–2005 | 161 | 71 | Raised in Devonport | ||||
| Trent Bartlett | Deloraine | 1995–2002 | 81 | 42 | Raised in and recruited from Deloraine | ||||
| James Cook | North Hobart | 1994–2000 | 77 | 139 | Raised in Hobart | ||||
| Matthew Richardson | Devonport | 1993 | 1993–2009 | 282 | 800 | Born, raised in and recruited from Devonport | |||
| David Neitz | - | 1993–2008 | 306 | 631 | Born in Ulverstone | ||||
| Daryn Cresswell | Glenorchy / North Hobart | 1992-2003 | 244 | 208 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Jamie Shanahan | Hobart | 1991, 1993 | 1992-1999 | 162 | 0 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Nigel Palfreyman | Sandy Bay | 1993 | 1992-1994 | 16 | 7 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Paul Atkins | Wynyard | 1992 | 2 | 0 | Raised in and recruited from Wynyard | ||||
| Paul Williams | North Hobart | 1993 | 1991-2006 | 306 | 307 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Danny Noonan | Clarence | 1991-1993 | 55 | 19 | Lived in Hobart | ||||
| Matthew Mansfield | Glenorchy | 1990, 1993 | 1991-1993 | 32 | 5 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Brad Davis | Burnie Hawks | 1991-1993 | 5 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Burnie | ||||
| David Noble | North Hobart | 1991 | 2 | 0 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Paul Hudson | Hobart | 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1990-2002 | 245 | 479 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Brendon Gale | Burnie | 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1990-2001 | 244 | 209 | Raised in and recruited from Burnie | |||
| Chris Bond | North Hobart | 1991, 1993 | 1990-1999 | 163 | 45 | Born and raised in Wynyard, Tasmania, recruited from Hobart | |||
| Dion Scott | Devonport | 1993 | 1990-1999 | 79 | 61 | Born and raised in Ulverstone, recruited from Devonport | |||
| Jody Arnol | North Hobart | 1990-1991 | 13 | 6 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Adrian Fletcher | Glenorchy | 1991, 1993 | 1989-2001 | 231 | 97 | Raised and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Colin Alexander | Clarence | 1990, 1991 | 1989-1993 | 29 | 30 | Recruited from Hobart | |||
| Alastair Lynch | Wynyard / Hobart | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1988-2004 | 306 | 633 | Born and raised in Burnie, recruited from Hobart | |||
| Graham Wright | East Devonport | 1990, 1993 | 1988-1998 | 201 | 107 | Raised in and recruited from Devonport | |||
| Trent Nichols | Sandy Bay | 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1988-1998 | 112 | 107 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Bradley Plain | Clarence | 1988, 1993 | 1988-1996 | 56 | 96 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| John Klug | Glenorchy | 1991-1992 | 26 | 34 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Darren Davies | Launceston / North Hobart | 1990 | 1988-1991 | 39 | 39 | Raised in Launceston, recruited from Hobart | |||
| Shane Fell | Glenorchy | 1990 | 1990 | 15 | 30 | Lived in Hobart | |||
| Michael Parsons | Launceston | 1988 | 1988-1990 | 25 | 14 | Raised in Legana and Launceston | |||
| Justin Stubbs | Devonport | 1980, 1988 | 1988-1990 | 3 | 5 | Raised in and recruited from Devonport | |||
| Steven Febey | Devonport | 1993 | 1987-2001 | 258 | 40 | Raised in and recruited from Devonport | |||
| Matthew Febey | Devonport / Rochester | 1993 | 1987-2000 | 143 | 44 | Raised in and recruited from Devonport | |||
| Darrin Pritchard | Sandy Bay | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1987-1997 | 211 | 94 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Simon Atkins | Wynyard | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1987-1996 | 168 | 89 | Raised in and recruited from Wynyard | |||
| Matthew Armstrong | Hobart | 1988, 1993 | 1987-1994 | 175 | 89 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Brett Stephens | North Hobart | 1990 | 1987-1993 | 133 | 52 | Lived in Hobart | |||
| Simon Minton-Connell | North Hobart | 1988, 1991 | 1986-1998 | 112 | 305 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| John McCarthy | North Hobart | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1986-1996 | 163 | 178 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Ben Buckley | Smithton | 1993 | 1986-1993 | 74 | 15 | Raised in and recruited from Smithton | |||
| James Manson | North Hobart | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1985-1995 | 167 | 126 | Raised in and recruited from Devonport | |||
| Michael Gale | Marist College / Penguin | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1985-1993 | 196 | 49 | Raised in and recruited from Penguin | |||
| David Grant | South Launceston | 1988, 1991 | 1984-1996 | 198 | 75 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Doug Barwick | East Launceston | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1984-1991 | 147 | 218 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Stephen MacPherson | Clarence | 1990, 1991, 1993 | 1982-1995 | 188 | 152 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Stephen Nichols | Sandy Bay | 1988 | 1982-1983 | 7 | 6 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Scott Clayton | Hobart | 1988, 1990 | 1981-1990 | 160 | 23 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Scott Wade | Hobart | 1980 | 1981-1983 | 12 | 4 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Steve Goulding | North Launceston | 1979, 1988 | 1981 | 2 | 2 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Colin Robertson | Wynyard | 1979, 1980, 1988 | 1980-1986 | 116 | 62 | Raised in and recruited from Wynyard | |||
| Stephen Carey | North Launceston | 1979, 1980 | 1980-1986 | 112 | 6 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Shane Williams | North Hobart | 1979, 1988 | 1979-1988 | 61 | 30 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Stephen Mount | Sandy Bay | 1979 | 1979-1982 | 31 | 9 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Tony Martyn | Sandy Bay | 1979 | 1979-1981 | 32 | 5 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Graham Hunnibell | North Launceston | 1979 | 1978-1980 | 12 | 2 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Michael Roach | Longford | 1979, 1980, 1988 | 1977-1989 | 200 | 607 | Born, raised in and recruited from Longford | |||
| Chris Stone | - | 1978-1981 | 23 | 12 | Raised in Sandy Bay, Hobart | ||||
| Michael Conlan | - | 1977-1989 | 210 | 395 | Born | ||||
| Kerry Good | Ulverstone | 1979, 1980 | 1977-1983 | 74 | 150 | Raised in and recruited from Ulverstone | |||
| Michael Young | Clarence | 1979 | 1977-1983 | 52 | 15 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Mark Williams | Penguin | 1980 | 1977-1979 | 9 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Penguin | |||
| Rodney Eade | Glenorchy | 1979, 1980, 1988 | 1976-1990 | 259 | 49 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Ian Paton | Scotch College, Launceston | 1988 | 1976-1990 | 155 | 47 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Peter Hamilton | Ulverstone | 1979, 1980 | 1976-1983 | 52 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Ulverstone | |||
| Denis Scanlon | North Hobart | 1975, 1980 | 1976-1981 | 66 | 7 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Ian Marsh | North Launceston | 1979, 1980 | 1976-1980 | 68 | 16 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Tony Pickett | North Launceston | 1979 | 1976-1979 | 60 | 32 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Robert Neal | Wynyard | 1979, 1988 | 1974-1988 | 220 | 52 | Raised in and recruited from Wynyard | |||
| Greg Towns | Cooee | 1979 | 1974-1982 | 89 | 30 | Raised in and recruited from Cooee | |||
| Robert Shaw | Sandy Bay | 1979, 1980 | 1974-1981 | 51 | 8 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Craig Davis | Launceston | 1979, 1980 | 1973-1988 | 163 | 360 | Born and raised in Ross, Tasmania, recruited from Launceston | |||
| Phil Manassa | Devonport | 1980 | 1973-1979 | 122 | 60 | Lived in Devonport | |||
| Noel Carter | Ulverstone | 1979, 1980 | 1973-1977 | 50 | 55 | Raised in and recruited from Ulverstone | |||
| John Anthony | East Devonport | 1972 | 3 | - | Recruited | ||||
| Grant Allford | Latrobe | 1971-1973 | 30 | 1 | Recruited | ||||
| Darryl Sutton | Glenorchy | 1979 | 1970-1986 | 249 | 385 | Born, raised and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Barry Lawrence | Longford | 1969–1976 | 126 | 80 | Raised and recruited from Longford | ||||
| Ray Biffin | North Launceston | 1968–1979 | 170 | 131 | Born and raised in Launceston and recruited from Campbell Town | ||||
| Brent Crosswell | Campbell Town | 1968–1982 | 222 | 257 | Born and raised in Launceston and recruited from Campbell Town | ||||
| John Greening | Cooee | 1968–1976 | 107 | 70 | Born, raised and recruited from Burnie | ||||
| Derek Peardon | King Meadows High School | 1968–1971 | 20 | 1 | Born on Cape Barren Island, raised and recruited from Launceston. (Palawa) | ||||
| Peter Hudson | New Norfolk | 19 caps (1979) | 1967–1977 | 129 | 727 | Born, raised and recruited from New Norfolk | |||
| Royce Hart | Clarence | 1967–1977 | 187 | 369 | Born and raised Whiteford and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Peter Jones | North Hobart | 1979 | 1966-1979 | 249 | 284 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| John Bingley | East Devonport | 1965-1966 | 8 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Devonport | ||||
| Bruce Armstrong | Scottsdale | 1965-1966 | 7 | 0 | Raised in and recruited from Scottsdale | ||||
| Gary Arnold | Rosebery | 1963-1964 | 13 | 7 | Raised in and recruited from Rosebery | ||||
| Ian Stewart | North Hobart / Hobart | 1962–1971 | 205 | 80 | Born in Queenstown, raised and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Darrel Baldock | East Devonport / Latrobe | 15 caps | 1962–1968 | 119 | 237 | Born, raised and recruited from Devonport | |||
| Tassie Johnson | North Launceston | 1959–1969 | 202 | 20 | Raised and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Roy Apted | North Launceston | 1958, 1966 | 1959–1963 | 44 | 1 | Born, raised and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Maurie Sankeyl | Latrobe | 1959–1965 | 100 | 61 | Born in Tasmania, raised in Latrobe | ||||
| John Heathcote | Ulverstone | 1958–1962 | 69 | 70 | Raised in Ulverstone | ||||
| Berkley Coxl | City-South | 1958–1965 | 102 | 45 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Verdun Howell | City-South | 1958–1968 | 159 | 59 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Athol Webb | Scottsdale | 1955–1959 | 74 | 146 | Raised in and recruited from Scottsdale | ||||
| Dale Anderson | Latrobe | 1953-1954 | 7 | 15 | Born | ||||
| John Chick | New Town | 1952-1960 | 119 | 29 | Born in Tasmania, raised in Hobart | ||||
| Allan Miller | - | 1948–1951 | 36 | 48 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Arthur Hodgson | Queenstown | 1948–1952 | 76 | 7 | Raised in and recruited from Queenstown | ||||
| Ray Stokes | Burnie | 1946-1951 | 93 | 23 | Born in Longford, raised in and recruited from Burnie | ||||
| Ted Collis | North Hobart | 1946 | 9 | 12 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Geoff Barwick | New Norfolk | 1945 | 19 | 14 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Tom Calder | North Hobart | 1945 | 5 | 0 | Raised in Hobart | ||||
| Terry Cashion | Buckingham / New Town | 1942 | 5 | 5 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Lance Collins | - | 1947 c | 1942-1945 | 33 | 78 | Lived in Hobart for a time | |||
| Gordon Abbott | Lefroy | 1937-1947 | 133 | 70 | Born, raised, recruited | ||||
| Bill Cahill | Launceston | 1937-1938 | 15 | 0 | Bornin Hobart. Raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Len Pye | North Hobart | 1933 | 1934-1935 | 16 | 39 | Born and raised in New Norfolk and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Laurie Nash | City | 1933-1945 | 99 | 246 | Lived in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Eric Huxtable | New Town | 1930-1942 | 157 | 5 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Patt Hartnett | North Launceston | 1930-1937 | 66 | 58 | Born and raised in St Helens and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Clyde Beattie | North Hobart | 1930 | 5 | 2 | Born in Oatlands, raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Alan Scott | North Launceston | 1929-1930 | 32 | 26 | Born in Ringarooma, raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Doug Ringrose | - | 1928-1929 | 35 | 30 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Charlie Barnes | Latrobe | 1927-1929 | 33 | 0 | Raised in Latrobe | ||||
| Jack Cashman | - | 1926-1936 | 93 | 125 | Born in Zeehan | ||||
| Col Deane | New Town | 1924 | 1925-1934 | 85 | 53 | Born and raised in Launceston and Hobart | |||
| Fred Pringle | Cananore | 1923-1924 | 22 | 7 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | ||||
| Fred Brown | - | 1922-1926 | 41 | 7 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Ivor Warne-Smith | Latrobe | 1919-1932 | 146 | 110 | Lived in Latrobe | ||||
| Bert Davie | Latrobe | 1917-1919 | 27 | 1 | Born and raised in Hobart | ||||
| Claude Bryan | Cananore | 1911 | 1914-1920 | 22 | 1 | Born, raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| Percy Jory | North Hobart | 1911 | 1912-1920 | 60 | 15 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |||
| George Challis | Launceston | 1911 | 1912-1915 | 70 | 16 | Born in Cleveland, raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Stanley McKenzie | Launceston | 1911 | 1914 | 14 | 6 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Ted McDonald | Launceston | 1912-1919 | 48 | 2 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | ||||
| Viv Valentine | Launceston | 1908 | 1911-1918 | 116 | 91 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Jim Tumilty | 1910 | 2 | 1 | Born in Launceston | |||||
| Fred Anderson | 1908 | 1 | - | Born and raised in Launceston | |||||
| Bert Atkins | - | 1907-1919 | 39 | 1 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| George Morrissey | North Hobart | 1911 | 1907-1909 | 93 | 64 | Lived in Hobart | |||
| Albert Pannam | Wynyard | 1908 | 1907-1909 | 1 | - | Born in Beaconsfield, raised in and recruited from Wynyard | |||
| Vic Barwick | Queenstown | 1903-1913 | 105 | 66 | Born in Oatlands, raised in and recruited from Queenswtown | ||||
| Joe Littler | Launceston | 1908 | 1903 | 10 | 9 | Born, raised in and recruited from Launceston | |||
| Harvey Kelly | - | 1911 | 1902-1914 | 92 | 127 | Lived in Hobart | |||
| Vic Belcher | - | 1907-1920 | 226 | 62 | Born in Launceston | ||||
| Wal Smallhorn | - | 1905-1906 | 4 | - | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Jack Gardiner | - | 1908, 1911 (c) | 1901-1908 | 86 | 59 | Lived in Hobart | |||
| George McLeod | Launceston | 1908 | 1897-1913 | 68 | 6 | Lived in Mount Lyell | |||
| Dick Gibson | - | 1908 | 1897-1898 | 29 | 9 | Lived there | |||
| Horrie Stewart | Launceston | 1898 | 1 | - | Born in Westbury | ||||
| George Vautin | City | 1897-1898 | 26 | 1 | Born in Orielton, raised in Hobart | ||||
| Tod Collins | - | 1897-1903 | 98 | 27 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Fred McGinis | - | 1897-1901 | 84 | 36 | Born in Hobart | ||||
| Bill Casey | Southern Tasmania | 1897-1900 | 61 | 2 | Born in Richmond | ||||
| George Moysey | - | 1897-1899 | 35 | 25 | Born in Hobart (Battery Point) | ||||
| Colin Campbell | North-Eastern Tasmania | 1897-1899 | 12 | 4 | Born in Cressy | ||||
| George Williamson | Tasmania | 1887 | 1897-1898 | 12 | 0 | Born and raised in Launceston | |||
| Lew Massey | - | 1897 | 8 | 1 | Born in Woodbridge |
Women's
Current Players
- Daria Bannister is from Launceston
- Nicole Bresnehan is from Hobart
- Emma Humphries is from Burnie
- Ellie Gavalas is from Hobart
- Brittany Gibson is from Burnie
- Mia King is from Launceston
- Ellyse Gamble is from Burnie
AFLW players from Tasmania
| Currently on an AFLW senior list |
| Player | TAS junior/senior club/s | Representative honours | AFLW Draft | Selection | AFLW Years | AFLW Games | AFLW (Goals) | Connections to Tasmania, Notes & References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Clark | Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2023 | #8 | - | - | - | Raised in Hobart | |
| Brooke Barwick | Glenorchy, Claremont, Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2023 | #4 | - | - | - | Raised in Hobart | |
| Elise Barwick | North Hobart | 2023- | 5 | - | Raised in Hobart | |||
| Meagan Kiely | Launceston, Burnie Dockers | 2021 | #48 | 2022- | 19 | 4 | Born in Tasmania, raised in Burnie and Launceston | |
| Ella Maurer | North Launceston, Old Scotch Collegians, Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2022- | 5 | - | Raised in Launceston | |||
| Meghan Gaffney | Ulverstone, Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2022 | #66 | 2022- | 6 | - | Raised in Ulverstone | |
| Lily Johnson | Latrobe, Devonport | 2022- | 5 | 2 | Raised in Latrobe | |||
| Madison Brazendale | Launceston, Tasmania Devils (U18) | 2022- | 13 | 1 | Raised in Launceston | |||
| Brooke Brown | Ulverstone, Launceston | 2022- | 32 | 1 | Raised in Ulverstone and Launceston | |||
| Ellie Gavalas | - | 2019 | #10 | 2020- | 41 | 13 | Raised in Tasmania | |
| Mia King | Launceston | 2019 | #49 | 2020- | 49 | 5 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |
| Chloe Haines | Burnie Dockers | U18 (2018) | 2018 | #55 | 2019-2020 | 1 | 0 | Raised in Wynyard, Tasmania and recruited from Burnie |
| Nicole Bresnehan | Clarence | 2018 | #63 | 2019- | 49 | 0 | Raised in and recruited from Hobart | |
| Daria Bannister | Launceston | 2017 | #19 | 2018- | 40 | 25 | Raised in and recruited from Launceston | |
| Jess Wuetschner | Clarence | 2016 | #34 | 2017- | 55 | 42 | Born and raised in Hobart | |
| Brittany Gibson | Burnie Dockers | 2016 | #141 | 2017- | 30 | 8 | Born in Tasmania and raised in and recruited from Burnie | |
| Ellyse Gamble | Burnie Dockers | 2016 | #69 | 2017- | 41 | 1 | Raised in and recruited from Burnie | |
| Emma Humphries | Burnie Dockers | 2016 | #57 | 2017- | 26 | 3 | Raised in and recruited from Burnie |
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