Cardiff Double Blues

Cardiff Double Blues ARFC
Names
Full name Cardiff Double Blues Australian Rules Football Club
Nickname(s) Double Blues
Club details
Founded 2007
Colours Dark Blue and Light Blue
Competition Welsh Australian Rules Football League
Premierships 2008
Ground(s) Fiztalan High School, Lawrenny Avenue, Cardiff CF11 8XB
Other information
Official website http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cardiffdoubleblues/

The Cardiff Double Blues are an Australian Rules Football team based in Cardiff, Wales.[1] They play in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League under the 9-a-side footy rules.

History

Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has a privileged history of being one of the founder clubs of the Welsh Australian Rules Football League (WARFL) in 2007.

Since that date, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has achieved considerable success. The club won the inaugural WARFL Premiership and Caerdydd Cup local derby against arch-rivals, the South Cardiff Panthers, in 2008. The club also won the first ever pre-season Cymru Clwb Cup tournament in 2009.[2]

Past results

Year Position Won Lost Points
200817114
200935710
201035310

2010 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia Justin Blackwood (Coach)
2 England Ben Coak
3 Wales Gareth Davies
4 Wales Peter Day
5 Wales Craig Farquhar
6 Wales Leon Ford
7 Wales Tom Gilard
8 Wales Chris Hann
9 Wales Rob Laing
10 Wales Rhys Lewis
11 Wales Tristan Lewis (Captain)
12 Australia Michael Martella
13 Wales Richard McCoy
14 Wales Rhys Morgan
15 England Glyn Smith
16 Wales Gareth Sturge
17 Wales Ben Thomas
18 Australia Tony Wolski

International representation

The club has contributed significantly to the growth of Australian-rules football at an international- evel in Europe by encouraging its players to strive to represent their national teams and Great Britain. Thus far, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC players have represented the following:

  • Cymru Red Dragons (Welsh National Australian Rules Football Team)
  • English Dragonslayers (English National Australian Rules Football Team)
  • Great Britain Bulldogs (British Representative Team)
  • European Legion (European Representative Team)

References

  1. ↑ Official WARFL homepage
  2. ↑ Cardiff Double Blues ARFC 1st Annual Report 2010 Available at: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cardiffdoubleblues/d/documents.html
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