Murray Bushrangers

Murray Bushrangers

Full name	Murray Bushrangers Football Club
Nickname(s)	'Rangers', 'Bushrangers'
Strip	Navy Blue guernsey with yellow, navy blue shorts, navy blue and yellow socks
Founded	1993
Sport	Australian rules football
League	TAC Cup
First season	1993
Ground	Wangaratta Oval - Wangaratta
Club song	Unknown
President	Andrew Carson
Coach	Darren Ogier

Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains in WJ Findlay Oval. The team is coached by Darren Ogier. Jersey colors are Black, Purple and Yellow, with black socks and black (home) or white (away) shorts.

The Bushrangers have produced some of the current elite Australian Football League players through the AFL Draft including Daniel Cross, Brett Deledio, Steve Johnson, Jarrad Waite, Kayne Pettifer, Justin Koschitzke, Hamish McIntosh, Barry Hall, Ben Mathews, Steven King, Robert Campbell, Alipate Carlile, David Mundy & Shannon Byrnes

Club history

Murray Bushrangers are based at Wangaratta, near the Victoria-NSW border and have been involved in the TAC Cup since 1993 when the competition added an additional four country teams. Murray lost in the 2007 TAC Cup Grand Final to the Calder Cannons by 50 points, the only TAC Team of the Year representative for the year was Ben McEvoy. 2008 saw the Bushrangers dominate the entire TAC Cup season finishing 1st at season end and defeating the Dandenong Stingrays by 81 points in the 2008 grand final, midfielder-forward Steele Sidebottom had a game-high 32 possessions and booted 10.3 claiming best on ground honours.

Statistcal Record

• Premiers: 1998, 2008
• Runners up: 2003, 2007
• Morrish Medallist: Derek Murray (1997), Farran Priest (2008)
• Games Record Holder: Derek Murray (48 games)
• Goals Record Holer: Adam Prior (85 Goals)
• TAC CUP Coach Award Winners: -
• Grand Final Best On Ground Medalist: Michael Stevens (1998), Steele Sidebottom (2008)

TAC Cup Team of the Year players

• 1993: Fraser Gehrig
• 1994: Joel Smith
• 1995: Jason Sheather, Barry Hall
• 1996: Hayden Lamaro
• 1997: Matthew Hyde, Heath Younie, Derek Murray
• 1998: Chris Lamb, Derek Murray
• 1999: Craig Ednie, Josh Fraser, David Teague
• 2000: Craig Ednie, Justin Koschitzke, Sean O’Keefe
• 2001: Mark McGough, Steve Johnson, Justin Davies
• 2002: Corey Brown, Hamish McIntosh
• 2003: Kane Tenace, Ryley Dunn, Lance Oswald
• 2004: Marcus Drum, Brett Deledio
• 2005: Tim Looby, Marcus Drum
• 2006: -
• 2007: Ben McEvoy
• 2008: Kade Klemke, Jack Ziebell, Tom Rockliff

Draftees

• 1993: Fraser Gehrig, Phil Lewis
• 1994: Joel Smith, Shane Sikora, Adem Yze, Shaun Gordon
• 1995: Adam Houlihan, Steven King, Luke Trew, Leigh Marshall, Andrew Lamb, Ben Matthews, Barry Hall
• 1996: Rory Hilton, Hayden Lamaro, Ben Parker
• 1997: Joel Mckay, Brad Stevens, Joshua Robertson
• 1998: Murray Vance, Aaron Henneman, Ricky Symes, Chris Lamb, Michael Stevens, Derek Murray
• 1999: Josh Fraser, Adam Butler, Andrew Mills, Robert Forster-Knight, Ryan Houlihan, Matthew Shir, Adam Matthews
• 2000: Justin Koschitzke, Kayne Pettifer, Blake Campbell, Allan Murray, Chris Hyde, Sean O'Keefe, Daniel Cross, Marc Bullen, Luke Hammond
• 2001: Steve Johnson, Mark Powell, Simon O’Keefe, Justin Davies, Mark McGough, Jarrad Waite, Josh Houlihan
• 2002: Hamish McIntosh, Luke Mullins
• 2003: Kane Tenace, Ryley Dunn, David Mundy
• 2004: Brett Deledio, Chris Egan, Michael Newton
• 2005: Marcus Drum, Beau Muston, Alipate Carlile
• 2006: Ben Reid
• 2007: Ben McEvoy, Dawson Simpson
• 2008: Jack Ziebell, Steele Sidebottom, Sam Wright, Caleb Tiller, Tom Rockliff, Andrew Browne*.^[1]
• 2009:

Other notable players

Sam Carpenter

Notes

1. ^ Wilson, Caroline (24 March 2009);Tigers tossing up taking a gamble on rookie

External links

• Official Murray Bushrangers Website
• Official Tac Cup Website
• Steele stars in TAC Cup grand final
• SportingPulse Bushrangers Page