Labrador Australian Football Club

Labrador Australian Football Club, also known as the Labrador Tigers, is a Gold Coast based sports club. Labrador's Australian rules football team currently competes in the Queensland Australian Football League. From 2011 to 2014 it was an inaugural member club of the NEAFL competition.[1]

Labrador
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Full nameLabrador Australian Football Club
Club details
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Colours   
CompetitionQAFL
PresidentLuke Black
CoachClint Watts
Captain(s)Bryce Retzlaff
Ground(s)Cooke-Murphy Oval
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitelabradortigers.com.au

Formed in 1963 the Tigers played in the Gold Coast AFL until they were promoted into the Queensland State League in 1997. Runners-up in 2010 the club is a founding member of the NEAFL.

Premierships (7)

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No. Year Competition Opponent Score Venue
1 1970 GCAFL Surfers Paradise Demons 15.13 (103) – 13.14 (92) Owen Park
2 1986 GCAFL
3 1991 GCAFL
4 1993 GCAFL Surfers Paradise Demons
5 1994 GCAFL Palm Beach Currumbin
6 2015 QAFL Morningside Panthers 14.12 (96) – 13.11 (89) Leyshon Park
7 2016 QAFL Palm Beach Currumbin 15.12 (102) – 7.7 (49) Leyshon Park

Club song

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The Labrador Tigers have the same club song as that of the Richmond Tigers based on "Row, Row, Row From Ziegfeld Follies".

Oh we're from Tigerland
A fighting fury, we're from Tigerland
In any weather you'll see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we're behind then never mind
We'll fight and fight and win
For we're from Tigerland.
We never weaken till the final siren's gone
Like the Tiger of old, we're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger – yellow and black – we're from Tigerland!

Players in the AFL Draft

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Year Name Team Draft No.
2001 Michael Osborne Hawthorn 11th (rookie)
2009 Daniel Stewart Port Adelaide 82nd
2009 Bryce Retzlaff Brisbane Lions 84th
2010 Claye Beams Brisbane Lions 76th (rookie)
2011 Stephen Wrigley Brisbane Lions 22nd (rookie)
2013 Fraser Thurlow Essendon 9th (rookie)
2019 Connor Budarick Gold Coast 16th (rookie)
2019 Patrick Murtagh Gold Coast Academy selection (rookie)
2020 Rhys Nicholls Gold Coast 40th (rookie)

AFL players

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There is a list of Labrador players who have played at AFL:

References

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  1. ^ "About Us - Labrador Tigers - AFL Club". www.labradortigers.com.au. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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