Royals Football Club
Full name | Royals Football Club |
---|---|
Sport | Australian rules football |
League | Great Southern Football League |
Home ground | Centennial Oval, Albany |
President | Barry Panizza |
Head coach | Darrell Panizza.[1] |
Captain | Mitchell Curnow |
2010 | 2 of 5 |
Strip | |
Blue with White V |
Royals Football Club or Royals Football and Sporting Club, is an Australian rules football club located in Albany, Western Australia playing in the Great Southern Football League.[2]
The home ground is called Centennial Oval which is situated in the suburb of Centennial Park. The oval is part of the Albany show grounds.
Royals won a hat-trick of premierships in 1993, 1994 and 1995. They then won an unprecedented six premierships in a row between 1999 and 2004[3] under the reign of coach Darrell Panizza.[4]
The Royals League team were defeated in the 2007 Grand Final by North Albany the score was North Albany 18.19 (127) Royals 15.15 (105).[5]
North Albany 15.8 (98) beat Royals 5.7 (37) again in the 2008 Grand Final.
In 2009, Royals had a better season with them winning the minor premiership and then defeating North Albany in the Grand Final. The scoreline was Royals 13.13 (91) to North Albany 12.10 (82). Cleve Humphries from Royals was judged best on ground.
Royals commenced the 2010 season without their captain, Trevor Craig, and other senior players from the 2009 season. James McRae also has left the club to become the captain-coach of the Denmark Magpies.[6]
References
- ↑ "ABC News Online - Football club hits out at Gardiner graffiti". 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ "SportingPulse -Great Southern Football League". 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ↑ "Full Points Footy -Great Southern Football League". 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ↑ "Hansard Transcript - Darrell Panizza" (PDF). 2002. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ↑ "ABC Great Southern - GSFL Grand Final". 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ↑ "Albany Weekender - Footy Preparation in full swing". 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
Coordinates: 35°0′46.25″S 117°53′15.76″E / 35.0128472°S 117.8877111°E