Cardiff Double Blues
Encyclopedia
The Cardiff Double Blues are an Australian Rules Football
team based in Cardiff
, Wales. They play in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League
under the 9-a-side footy
rules.
Since that date, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has achieved considerable success. The club won the inaugural WARFL Premiership and Caerdydd Cup local derby against arch-rivals, the South Cardiff Panthers, in 2008. The club also won the first ever pre-season Cymru Clwb Cup tournament in 2009.
Thus far, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC players have represented the following:
Cymru Red Dragons (Welsh National Australian Rules Football Team)
English Dragonslayers (English National Australian Rules Football Team)
Great Britain Bulldogs (British Representative Team)
European Legion (European Representative Team).
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
team based in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, Wales. They play in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League
Welsh Australian Rules Football League
Australian Rules Football has been played on an organised basis in Wales since 2007, with the league and representative teams run and managed by the Welsh Australian Rules Football League who is the controlling body of the sport in the country...
under the 9-a-side footy
9-a-side Footy
Nine-a-side footy is a sport based on Australian rules football played informally by Aussie Rules clubs but not yet an official sport in its own right....
rules.
History
Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has a privileged history of being one of the founder clubs of the Welsh Australian Rules Football League (WARFL) in 2007.Since that date, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has achieved considerable success. The club won the inaugural WARFL Premiership and Caerdydd Cup local derby against arch-rivals, the South Cardiff Panthers, in 2008. The club also won the first ever pre-season Cymru Clwb Cup tournament in 2009.
Past results
| Year | Position | Won | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
2010 squad
{|International Representation
The club has contributed significantly to the growth of Australian Rules Football at an International-level in Europe by encouraging its players to strive to represent their national teams and Great Britain.Thus far, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC players have represented the following:
Cymru Red Dragons (Welsh National Australian Rules Football Team)
English Dragonslayers (English National Australian Rules Football Team)
Great Britain Bulldogs (British Representative Team)
European Legion (European Representative Team).