Murray Bushrangers
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| Full name | Murray Bushrangers Football Club |
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| Nickname | 'Rangers', 'Bushrangers' |
| Strip | Navy Blue guernsey with yellow, navy blue shorts, navy blue and yellow socks |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | TAC Cup |
| First season | 1993 |
| Ground | Wangaratta Oval - Wangaratta |
| Club song | Unknown |
| President/Chair | Andrew Carson |
| Coach | Peter Dean |
| Captain | To be announced |
| 2006 | 9th of 12 |
Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains in WJ Findley Oval. The team is coached by Peter Dean. Jersey colors are Black, Purple and Yellow, with black socks and black (home) or white (away) shorts.
The Bushrangers have produced some of the current elite Australian Football League players through the AFL Draft including Fraser Gehrig, Brett Deledio, David Teague, Jarrad Waite, Kayne Pettifer, Justin Koschitzke, Ryan Houlihan, Rory Hilton, Barry Hall, Ben Mathews, Steven King, Adem Yze and Joel Smith.
Murray recently lost in the 2007 TAC Cup Grand Final to the Calder Cannons. The onl TAC Team of the Year representative for the year was Ben McEvoy.
1993 Captain: Clint Whitsed (Albury) V. Capt:
1994 Captain: Mark Knobel (Myrtleford) V. Capt: Travis Eddy
1995 Captain: Jason Sheather (Albury) V. Capt: Rob Thornton
1996 Captain: Matthew Byers (Shepparton) V. Capt: Rory Hilton
1997 Captain: Matthew Hyde (Barooga), Joel McKay (Wodonga), Heath Younie (Wodonga)
1998 Captain: John Shiels (Tatura), Derek Murray (Lavington)
1999 Captain: Matthew Shir (Benalla), Todd Brown (Lavington)
2000 Captain: Craig Ednie (Yarrawonga), Chris Hyde (Barooga) Marc Bullen (Congupna)
2001 Captain: Josh Dicketts (Kyabram) V. Capt: David Gillespie, Justin Davies (Shepparton)
2002 Captain: Lachlan Longmire (Corowa-Rutherglen), Corey Brown (Lavington) Shannon Byrnes (Shepparton)
2003 Captain: Ryley Dunn (Shepparton), Will Gayfer (Corowa-Rutherglen)
2004 Captain: Jayden Kotzur (Albury), Michael Davidson (Wangaratta Rovers)
2005 Captain: Marcus Drum (Congupna) V. Capt: Adam Prior, Alipate Carlile (Wangaratta Rovers)
2006 Captain: Brad Collins (Numurkah) V. Capt: Jarrod Harbrow (Mooroopna) DV Capt: Ben McEvoy (Dederang-Mt. Beauty)
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| Clubs in the TAC Cup |
| Bendigo Pioneers | Calder Cannons | Dandenong Stingrays | Eastern Ranges | Geelong Falcons | Gippsland Power Murray Bushrangers | North Ballarat Rebels | Northern Knights | Oakleigh Chargers | Sandringham Dragons | Western Jets |
| Former Clubs : NSW/ACT Rams | Tassie Mariners |
