Boys Football

Australian Rules Football has been played by our boys since at least 1916 – well over 100 years.

Here we celebrate not only our Champion teams, but all teams and all boys who have pulled on our hallowed colours.

We know of 7 Boys Football teams to win the State Champion title, as well as 4 Senior teams that won the Herald Shield.

All 7 State Titles, plus 2 Herald Shields, were claimed in the Golden Era between 1994 and 2005. This coincides with the best era of producing AFL Footballers – 6 of our boys debuted in the AFL between 2001 and 2005.

On top of this, 3 more of our Boys teams have finished State Runner-Up. Two of them, by single-figure margins.

Individually, 19 of our boys have played at the highest level, the AFL. Incredibly, some of those boys played in the same School Teams, as explained below.

We will soon announce our All Time Team made up of these boys, as well as a Team Of The Last 25 Years (2000-2025).

If anybody has photos or articles of teams we are missing, we would love to get them and include them here.

Email – Jud.Mullins@education.vic.gov.au

Celebrating Our 11

State Champion Boys Football Teams

Click the images below, to be taken to a dedicated page for each team. Each page includes the Team Photo, and all associated Articles we have been able to locate.

Do you have a photo or article we don’t have?

Email them to Jud.Mullins@education.vic.gov.au

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SO CLOSE

State Runner-Up Boys Football Teams

Four of our teams have gone agonisingly close, but finished State Runner-Up.

The 1995 Year 8 team was up with just seconds to go, but somehow gave up 2 quick goals to lose by 8 points to Warrnambool High at Skinner Reserve, despite the heroics of future Carlton midfielder Jon McCormick. Many of the team made amends as Year 12s, winning the Herald Shield by 10 goals against Ballarat High at Waverley Park.

The 2004 Intermediate team also went within a kick to Lilydale High at Sandringham. Captain Tyson Hartwig won the BOG medal in the losing side. Many of those Year 10s had won it in Year 8 at Whitten Oval. They were agonisingly close to their 2nd State Title in 3 years.

The 1988 Senior Boys lost by 4 goals to Warrnambool Tech in their quest to win the Herald Sun Cup. It would have been back-to-back Cups for the Year 12s including 2 that would be drafted to the AFL just months later (Scott Williamson at CHB and Craig Patrick at Full Forward), and the school’s 3rd Cup in 4 years.

Click the images below, to be taken to a dedicated page for each team. Each page includes the Team Photo, and all associated Articles we have been able to locate.

Do you have a photo or article we don’t have?

Email them to Jud.Mullins@education.vic.gov.au