Mulwala Football Club

Mulwala
Names
Full name Mulwala Football Netball Club
Nickname(s) Lions
2023 season
After finals Premiers
Home-and-away season 17-1
Club details
Founded 1882
Colours      
Competition Murray FNL
Coach Rohan Davies, Jackson Gash
Captain(s) Dylan McNamara, Lachlan Rouel
Premierships (8): 1912, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1990, 2022, 2023
Ground(s) Lonsdale Reserve, Mulwala (capacity: 10,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website http://www.mulwalafnc.sportingpulse.net

The Mulwala Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Mulwala located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.

The first recorded match was Mulwala verses Murray Football Club on Saturday, 23 September 1882.

Between 1883 and 1886 a Selector's Union Football Club played their home games in Mulwala and played against Corowa and Border United for the Camplin Cup.

In 1894, the Tungamah Caladonian Society donated 20 medals to be competed for by the following football teams – Burramine South, Mulwala, Tungamah, Yarrawonga and Youarang.

In 1898 Mulwala FC competed in the Yarrawonga & District Football Association against – Burramine South, Bundalong, Katamatite, Telford and Yarrawonga.

In 1902, Mulwala were runners up to St. James / Devenish United Football Club in the Yarrawonga and Border Football Association.

Mulwala were runners up to Rennie in the 1939 and 1940 Coreen & District Football League grand final.

In 1948, Burramine defeated Mulwala by one point to win the premiership of the Murray Valley North East Football League.

Mulwala have competed in the Murray FNL, in both football and netball since 1987.

League competitions timeline

Tungamah Caledonian Society Football Competition

  • 1894

Yarrawonga District Football Association

  • 1898–1919;

Benalla Mulwala Football League

  • 1920–1937;

Coreen & District Football League

  • 1938–1940;
Mulwala Football Club
  • 1941–1945 Club in recess, due to World War II

Murray Valley North-East Football League

  • 1946–1948;

Benalla Tungamah Football League

  • 1949–1966

Tungamah Football League

  • 1967–1986

Murray Football League

  • 1987 to present day

Premierships

Senior Football

Football League – Best and Fairest Winners

Seniors

Benalla Tungamah Football League

  • 1955 – Les Squires

Tungamah Football League

  • 1977 – B Cooper

Murray Football League

  • 1987 – Phillip Beams
  • 1999 – Robert Lamberti
  • 2001 – Robert Lamberti
  • 2005 – Jason Sanderson
  • 2019 – Jackson Gash
  • 2023 – Jackson Gash

Mulwala FC players who played in the VFL / AFL

The following players played with Mulwala, prior to playing senior football in the VFL, with the year indicating their VFL debut.