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KEY FACTS

Known as
Areyonga

Former name
Areyonga Desert

Formed
Early 1960s

Colours
Black and yellow

Emblem
Tigers

Affiliation (Historical)
Central Australian Football League (CAFL) 2017–

Senior Premierships
AFL Central Australia Country Division Two - 2014 (1 total); Central Australian Country Cup - 1989 (1 total, but records are incomplete)

Areyonga

Areyonga are known to have won a Central Australian Country Cup premiership in 1989. Fourth and last after the minor round, they defeated Hermannsburg in the first semi final by a couple of points, Ti Tree in the preliminary final by 67 points, and St. Theresa in the grand final by 8 points. They reached a grand final in the same competition in 1997 but lowered their colours to Yuendumu by the lowest margin possible.

The Tigers won a Country Division Two flag in 2014 when they accounted for Ltyentye Apurte on grand final day by 54 points, 13.10 (88) to 5.4 (34). The previous season had seen them competing in Division One and getting as far as a losing grand final clash with MacDonnell Districts.

In 2017-18-19 the Tigers competed in the Community Division of the Central Australian Football League.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications

Footypedia - http://www.footypedia.com/00003242.htm, accessed 25/1/18.


 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.