Australian Football

The Saints have a long and illustrious history, commencing in 1931 with the very first premiership of the Tasmanian Amateur Football League. In 1932, they repeated the achievement, as well as winning the inaugural Conder Shield, which at that point in time was a knock-out competition for northern amateur clubs only. St. Patrick’s overcame soon to become arch rivals Old Launcestonians in the final by a comfortable margin of 41 points, 14.10 (94) to 8.5 (53). Further TAFL flags were claimed in 1935 and 1936 making the 1930s the most successful decade in the club’s history to date.

The Saints’ first post-war premiership arrived in 1948 when Mowbray was defeated in the grand final by 4 points. The 1950s brought five successive grand final appearances between 1952 and 1956, with victory being attained in the last three. In 1954 the Saints backed up with the state title when they thrashed southern premier Old Virgilians by 83 points.

During the 1960s and ‘70s St. Patrick’s suffered the misfortune of being a regular bridesmaid courtesy of grand final losses in 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1979, but it was not until 1984 that premiership glory was again experienced thanks to a 13.15 (93) to 10.8 (68) grand final defeat of Rocherlea. The Saints currently compete in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association’s second division, with their tally of four premierships to date for a time representing a competition record (recently overhauled by Old Scotch with half a dozen).

St. Patrick's most recent grand final appearance came in 2015 when they went down by 31 points to Old Scotch. A year earlier they had lost the decisive match of the year by 57 points against the same opponents.

The 2016 and 2017 seasons both brought fifth place finishes. There was considerable improvement in 2018 as the Saints put in a series of outstanding performances during over the course of their 16 roster matches to top the ladder with 15 wins and a draw. Unfortunately, however, their lack of finals experience told as they crashed out of the flag race with "straight sets" losses to Evandale and East Coast Swans, meaning that their official finishing position was third.