The Western Jets Football Club are an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 club who play in the U18 competition, the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

. The club have developmental squads in the U15 and 16 age groups, however much of the attention is towards its U18 team.

The club are geographically set in Melbourne's West as part of a decision by AFL Victoria (formerly Football Victoria

Football Victoria

AFL Victoria is the state-level sport governing body for Australian rules football in the state of Victoria, Australia...

) to have clubs in all regions of the state.

The club trains in Melbourne's inner west at Crofts Reserve in Altona North and play TAC Cup matches at Burbank Oval

Burbank Oval

Burbank Oval, formerly known as the Morris St. Oval, is located at Morris Street, Williamstown, Victoria. It backs onto Port Phillip Bay, and is next to the Esplanade....

 in Williamstown

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Sponsors

The club is sponsored by TAC

Transport Accident Commission

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, Victoria University, Australia

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, Werribee Mazda, Divella, Burbank Homes and KFC

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Statistics

Runners Up: 1992, 1993
Games Record Holder: Michael Turner (50 games)

Goals Record Holder: Stephen Neilsen (59 goals)

TAC CUP Coach Award Winners: Paul Carson (2000), Bradley Miller (2001)

Draftees

1992 Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher

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, Brad Copeland, Mark Ballan, Paul Satterley, Paul Docherty

1993 Aaron James

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, Brendan Duncan, Craig Ellis

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, Brad Johnson

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, David Innella, Darryl Griffin, Robert Stevenson

1994 Allen Nash, Stephen Zavalas, Shawn Lewfatt, Cain Liddle, Shannon Grant

Shannon Grant

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, Robert DiRosa, David Nicholson, Todd McHardy

Todd McHardy

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, Dean Helmers, Lee Fraser, Mark Belleville,

1995 Matthew Lloyd

Matthew Lloyd

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1996 -

1997 Lance Picioane

Lance Picioane

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, Chris Obst, Anthony Aloi, David Antonowicz, Dion Miles

1998 Heath Scotland

Heath Scotland

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, Daniel Ward

Daniel Ward (footballer)

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1999 Daniel Giansiracusa

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, Ty Zantuck

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2000 Ben Haynes

Ben Haynes

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2001 Brad Miller

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, Paul Chambers

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2002 Callum Urch

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, Dale Carson

2003 Michael Rischitelli

Michael Rischitelli

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, Murray Boyd

2004 Brent Prismall

Brent Prismall

Brent "Prizza" Prismall is an Australian rules football player who is currently signed to the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...

2005 Jake Edwards

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, Benjamin Davies

2006 Bachar Houli

Bachar Houli

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2007 Callan Ward

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, Will Sullivan

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2008 Jayden Post

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, Mitchell Banner

Mitchell Banner

Mitchell Banner is an Australian Rules Football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Banner was recruited to Port from the Western Jets with the 42nd selection in the 2008 AFL Draft. He also represented Victoria Metro at the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships...

2009 Trent Mckenzie

Trent McKenzie

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, Majak Daw

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TAC Cup team of the Year

1992 Brad Copeland

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, Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He is renowned as one of the finest defenders in the AFL, and has played at full-back for his team for many years. He is the son of former Bombers captain Ken Fletcher...

, Matthew Moylan

1993 Brad Johnson

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, David Weston, Mark Cheel

1994 Shannon Grant

Shannon Grant

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, Matthew Lloyd

Matthew Lloyd

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, Robert Di Rosa

1995 -

1996 Dion Miles

1997 Lance Picioane

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1998 Heath Scotland

Heath Scotland

Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...

1999 Ben Haynes

Ben Haynes

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2000 Paul Chambers

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2001 Brad Miller

Brad Miller (footballer)

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2002 -

2003 Cameron Gauci, Murray Boyd

2004 Brent Prismall

Brent Prismall

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2005 -

2006 Cameron Lockwood

2007 Callan Ward

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, Mitchell Banner

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TAC Cup Premiers

Season	Premiers	GF Score	Runner-up	Best-on-ground
1992	Geelong Falcons	18.16 (124) - 12.10 (82)	Western Jets	Daniel Fletcher
1993	Northern Knights	32.10 (202) - 18.11 (119)	Western Jets	Shannon Gibson Shannon Gibson Shannon Gibson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Collingwood in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
1994	Northern Knights	16.21 (117) - 15.17 (107)	Geelong Falcons	Anthony Rocca Anthony Rocca Anthony Rocca is a former Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the Australian Football League...
1995	Northern Knights	12.20 (92) - 7.21 (63)	Eastern Ranges	Brent Harvey Brent Harvey Brent "Boomer" Harvey is an Australian rules footballer and the current captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
1996	Northern Knights	15.15 (105) - 14.6 (90)	NSW/ACT Rams	Matthew Harrison
1997	North Ballarat Rebels	16.15 (111) - 10.16 (76)	Dandenong Stingrays	Adam Goodes Adam Goodes Adam Goodes is a professional Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....
1998	Murray Bushrangers	17.18 (120) - 12.12 (84)	Geelong Falcons	Michael Stevens Michael Stevens (footballer) Michael Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League ....
1999	Sandringham Dragons	16.8 (104) - 8.6 (54)	Gippsland Power	Dylan Smith
2000	Geelong Falcons	18.16 (124) - 15.12 (102)	Eastern Ranges	Amon Buchanan Amon Buchanan Amon Buchanan is an Australian rules football player from the Brisbane Lions of the AFL.- :Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne. He played football for Colac and the Geelong Falcons Under 18's team, winning a premiership with the Falcons in 2000 and subsequently...
2001	Calder Cannons	16.14 (110) - 10.13 (73)	Bendigo Pioneers	Jordan Barham
2002	Eastern Ranges	10.5 (65) - 9.10 (64)	Calder Cannons	Stephen Dinnell
2003	Calder Cannons	16.14 (110) - 2.6 (18)	Murray Bushrangers	Brock McLean Brock McLean Brock "Chooka" McLean is a professional Australian rules footballer currently with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League...
2004	Calder Cannons	19.20 (134) - 9.10 (64)	Eastern Ranges	Jesse D. Smith Jesse D. Smith Jesse D. Smith was an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Originally from Rupertswood, Smith was drafted in the 2004 rookie draft and debuted in Round 20, 2006 against Richmond. Smith played mainly in the midfield when with Carlton's , the...
2005	Gippsland Power	12.9 (81) - 10.6 (66)	Dandenong Stingrays	Dale Thomas Dale Thomas (footballer) Dale Robert Jordan Thomas is a professional Australian rules football player currently with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
2006	Oakleigh Chargers	19.16 (130) - 16.7 (103)	Calder Cannons	Dean Kelly
2007	Calder Cannons	14.20 (104) - 7.12 (54)	Murray Bushrangers	Ashley Arrowsmith
2008	Murray Bushrangers	21.16 (142) - 9.7 (61)	Dandegong Stingrays	Steele Sidebottom Steele Sidebottom Steele Sidebottom is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League....