AFL Tasmania
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AFL Tasmania is the governing body
for Australian rules football in Tasmania
.
The organisation is responsible for game development in the state. The organisation recently became affiliated with the Australian Football League
and was formerly known as Football Tasmania.
The body is responsible for two regional divisions:
The former Victorian Football League
club, the Tasmanian Devils Football Club
was also managed by AFL Tasmania.
Sport governing body
A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...
for Australian rules football in Tasmania
Australian rules football in Tasmania
Australian rules football in Tasmania known as Football officially and locally has a history dating back to the 1860s, with the state having the distinction of being the first place outside of Victoria to play the sport....
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The organisation is responsible for game development in the state. The organisation recently became affiliated with the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
and was formerly known as Football Tasmania.
The body is responsible for two regional divisions:
- AFL Northern TasmaniaNorthern Tasmanian Football LeagueThe Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.-History:The Northern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western...
- AFL Southern TasmaniaSouthern Football League (Tasmania)The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...
The former Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
club, the Tasmanian Devils Football Club
Tasmanian Devils Football Club
Tasmania Football Club, nicknamed The Devils, was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Victorian Football League in Australia. Formed in 2001, it was the youngest and the only non-Victorian club in the league. The club was based in the state of Tasmania at Bellerive Oval and was...
was also managed by AFL Tasmania.